III Anti-Aircraft Corps (United Kingdom)

III Anti-Aircraft Corps was a high-level formation of Britain's Anti-Aircraft Command from 1940 to 1942. ^[1]

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Air defence units and formations of the British Army
Corps of the British Army in World War II
Military units and formations in Edinburgh

Air Defence of Great Britain

The Air Defence of Great Britain (ADGB) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) command comprising substantial army and RAF elements responsible for the air defence of the British Isles.

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Anti-Aircraft Command (AA Command, or "Ack-Ack Command") was a British Army command of the Second World War that controlled the Territorial Army anti-aircraft artillery and searchlight formations and units defending the United Kingdom. III Anti-Aircraft Corps (United Kingdom) and anti-Aircraft Command are air defence units and formations of the British Army.

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Army Reserve (United Kingdom)

The Army Reserve is the active-duty volunteer reserve force of the British Army.

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Baedeker Blitz

The Baedeker Blitz or Baedeker raids was a series of bombing raids in April and May 1942 by the German Luftwaffe on English cities during World War II.

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Belfast Blitz

The Belfast Blitz consisted of four German air raids on strategic targets in the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland, in April and May 1941 during World War II, causing high casualties.

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Bishopbriggs

Bishopbriggs (The Briggs; Achadh an Easbaig) is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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Clydebank Blitz

The Clydebank Blitz was a pair of air raids conducted by the Luftwaffe on the shipbuilding and munition-making town of Clydebank in Scotland.

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County Durham

County Durham, officially simply Durham (/ˈdʌrəm/), is a ceremonial county in North East England.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Finchale Priory

Finchale Priory, sometimes referred to as Finchale Abbey, was a 13th-century Benedictine priory.

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Firth of Forth

The Firth of Forth is the estuary, or firth, of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth.

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Glasgow

Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland.

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Greenock Blitz

The Greenock Blitz is the name given to two nights of intensive bombing of the town of Greenock, Scotland by the Nazi German Luftwaffe during the Second World War.

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Invergordon

Invergordon (Inbhir Ghòrdain or An Rubha) is a town and port in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland.

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Kincardine, Fife

Kincardine (Cinn Chàrdainn) or Kincardine-on-Forth is a town on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland.

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Luftwaffe

The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.

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Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is a town in North Yorkshire, England.

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Newcastle Blitz

The Newcastle Blitz refers to the strategic bombing of Newcastle upon Tyne, England by the Nazi German Luftwaffe during the second world war.

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No. 13 Group RAF

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No. 14 Group RAF

No. III Anti-Aircraft Corps (United Kingdom) and No. 14 Group RAF are Military units and formations established in 1940.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region.

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Orkney

Orkney (Orkney; Orkneyjar; Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands (archaically "The Orkneys"), is an archipelago off the north coast of Scotland.

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RAF Fighter Command

RAF Fighter Command was one of the commands of the Royal Air Force.

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Renfrew

Renfrew (Renfrew; Rinn Friù) is a town west of Glasgow in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.

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River Clyde

The River Clyde (Abhainn Chluaidh,, Clyde Watter, or Watter o Clyde) is a river that flows into the Firth of Clyde, in the west of Scotland.

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River Tees

The River Tees, in England, rises on the eastern slope of Cross Fell in the North Pennines and flows eastwards for to reach the North Sea in the North East of England.

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River Tyne

The River Tyne is a river in North East England.

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Shetland

Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway.

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Sunderland

Sunderland is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England.

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The Blitz

The Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War.

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The National Archives (United Kingdom)

The National Archives (TNA; Yr Archifau Cenedlaethol) is a non-ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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12th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)

12th Anti-Aircraft Division (12th AA Division) was an air defence formation of the British Army during the early years of the Second World War. III Anti-Aircraft Corps (United Kingdom) and 12th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom) are Military units and formations disestablished in 1942 and Military units and formations established in 1940.

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30th (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade

The 30th (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an air defence formation of Britain's Territorial Army from 1936 until 1955, which defended Tyneside and Sunderland during the Second World War.

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36th (Scottish) Anti-Aircraft Brigade

36th (Scottish) Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an air defence formation of Britain's Territorial Army, created in the period of tension before the outbreak of the Second World War. III Anti-Aircraft Corps (United Kingdom) and 36th (Scottish) Anti-Aircraft Brigade are Military units and formations in Edinburgh.

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3rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom)

3rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade (3 AA Bde) was a Supplementary Reserve air defence formation of the British Army formed in Northern Ireland in 1938. III Anti-Aircraft Corps (United Kingdom) and 3rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom) are Military units and formations disestablished in 1942.

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3rd Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)

The 3rd Anti-Aircraft Division was an air defence formation of the Territorial Army, part of the British Army, created in the period of tension before the outbreak of the Second World War. III Anti-Aircraft Corps (United Kingdom) and 3rd Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom) are Military units and formations disestablished in 1942 and Military units and formations in Edinburgh.

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42nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom)

42nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an air defence formation of Britain's Territorial Army (TA).

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43rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom)

43rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an air defence formation of Britain's Territorial Army (TA).

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52nd Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom)

52nd Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an air defence formation of Britain's Territorial Army (TA) during the Second World War.

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7th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)

The 7th Anti-Aircraft Division was an air defence formation of the British Army during the early years of the Second World War. III Anti-Aircraft Corps (United Kingdom) and 7th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom) are Military units and formations disestablished in 1942.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/III_Anti-Aircraft_Corps_(United_Kingdom)

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III Anti-Aircraft Corps (United Kingdom)

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See also

Air defence units and formations of the British Army

Corps of the British Army in World War II

Military units and formations in Edinburgh

References