Manx Regiment
| 15th (Isle of Man) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA 515 (Isle of Man) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA | |
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Royal Artillery cap badge | |
| Active | 1 July 1938 – 10 March 1955 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Territorial Army |
| Type | Artillery |
| Role | Light Anti-Aircraft |
| Size | Regiment |
| Part of | 4th AA Division 2nd AA Brigade 12th AA Brigade 7th Armoured Division 59 AA Brigade |
| Peacetime HQ | Douglas, Isle of Man |
| Engagements | Western Desert East Africa Crete Alamein Tunisia Italy Normandy North West Europe |
The Manx Regiment – the 15th (Isle of Man) Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – was raised in 1938 as a Territorial Army (TA) unit of the British Army. It recruited on the Isle of Man and formed part of Anti-Aircraft Command at the outbreak of the Second World War. The regiment was posted to the Middle East in November 1940, serving in the Western Desert, East Africa and Crete (where one of its batteries was lost). In August 1942 it became the air defence regiment for the 7th Armoured Division (the 'Desert Rats'). It served with the division through the North African, Italian and North West European campaigns. It was reformed in the postwar TA as 515 (Isle of Man) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment before being reduced to a staff troop in 42nd (Lancashire) Division in 1955.