6th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)

6th Anti-Aircraft Division
Formation sign of the 6th Anti-Aircraft division.[1]
Active21 August 1939–30 September 1942
Country United Kingdom
Branch Territorial Army
TypeAnti-Aircraft Division
RoleAir Defence
Part ofAnti-Aircraft Command (1939–40)
I AA Corps (1940–42)
Garrison/HQUxbridge, later Chelmsford
EngagementsBattle of Britain
The Blitz

The 6th Anti-Aircraft Division (6th AA Division) was an air defence formation created within Anti-Aircraft Command of Britain's Territorial Army just before the Second World War. It defended the Thames Estuary and the approaches to London during the Battle of Britain and the Blitz.

  1. ^ Cole p. 55