89th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
The 89th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, (89th LAA Rgt) was an air defence unit of the British Army during World War II. Initially raised as an infantry battalion of the Buffs in 1940, it transferred to the Royal Artillery in 1941. It served with 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division in Normandy (Operation Overlord) and through the campaign in North West Europe until VE Day. 11th Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) The unit was originally formed in January 1940 as a company of 14th (Holding) Battalion at Tonbridge in Kent, as part of the rapid expansion of the Army with wartime conscripts. When 14th (H) Battalion was disbanded on 28 May 1940, the company was expanded into 50th Holding Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), and converted to a normal infantry battalion on 9 October that year as 11th Battalion, Buffs. On 26 October it joined 219th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) which was being organised as a static defence formation. The brigade was temporarily attached to 45th Division, at that time serving in I Corps in the invasion-threatened south-east corner of Kent. The brigade remained in position while the mobile divisions were swapped around: next it came under 44th