 By mid-March, the battery had moved to the Tetbury area, with HQ at Manor Farm, Westonbirt, taking over existing searchlight sites and equipment from 455th Company, 1st (Rifles) Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment (68th Searchlight Regiment).The new battery came under the orders of that regiment, but within a month it moved to Kings Worthy in Hampshire and came under the command of 4th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (63rd Searchlight Regiment) in 47th AA Brigade.It was controlled by the operations room at RAF Tangmere and formed part of the AA defences for Southampton.