3rd Anti-Aircraft Division | |
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Active | 1 September 1939 – 30 September 1942 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Territorial Army |
Type | Anti-Aircraft Division |
Role | Air Defence |
Part of | Anti-Aircraft Command (1939–40) III AA Corps (1940–42) I AA Corps (1942) |
Engagements | The Blitz |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Maj-Gen Lancelot Hickes Maj-Gen William Wyndham Green |
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. It defended Scotland and Northern Ireland during the early part of the war.