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241220 Bmbdr. Arthur Hood British Army 34th LAA., 65th LAA Bty. Royal Artillery from:Nuneaton Arthur Hood joined with his twin brother, Thomas Hood. He trained in Milford Haven, then at Weybourne in Norfolk, where they live-fired at towed targets. Arthur moved overseas and from October 1942 was in Alamein. In January 1943 he was part of the 17th AA Brigade near Tobruk, Adem Gambut, which was equipped with 12 x 40mm Bofors. In May 1943 he was in 12th AA Brigade, 8th Army, and then transferred to 22nd AA Brigade to Sousse and Sfax airfields in Tunisia for the final part of Operation Torch. Arthur landed in Italy in late December 1943, now under the command of 25th AA Brigade. He was assigned to air defence of the port of Barletta in south eastern Italy. In December 1944, 25 AA Brigade was relieved of all tasks and moved to Salerno. The Brigade was disbanded in February 1945. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.