page_title: 84th (Middlesex, London Transport) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
section_title: North Africa
hierarchical_section_title: 84th (Middlesex, London Transport) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery / World War II / North Africa
caption_attribution_description: English: The British Army in Tunisia 1943 A 3.7-inch anti-aircraft gun in use in the field artillery role byy 264 Battery, 58th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery in the Medjez-el-Bab sector, 27 April 1943.
context_page_description: The 84th (Middlesex, London Transport) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery was an air defence unit of Britain's Territorial Army raised from employees of the London Passenger Transport Board during the period of international tension that preceded the outbreak of World War II. During the war it served in the Norwegian Campaign and the London Blitz, and later in Tunisia and Italy.
context_section_description: The regiment left the UK and joined Allied Force Headquarters in North Africa. By mid-March 1943 it was deployed around Bone in Algeria and Tabarka in Tunisia under 66th AA Brigade. Bone was under regular air attack and 66th AA Bde had little early warning of attacks, as a result it 'was being hammered'. By the culmination of the campaign, in May, 84th HAA Rgt had been transferred to  52nd AA Brigade and was 'on its wheels ready to move to Tunis and Bizerta, immediately behind the leading battle groups' of Operation Vulcan. When the Axis forces surrendered, it was in the process of deploying in Bizerta, which was designated an 'Inner Artillery Zone' for air defence.
caption: A 3.7-inch AA gun in Tunisia, 1943, operating in a field gun role.
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