Early Detection Equipment

Radar position situated at Qawra Tower taken in 1943.The equipment in this
photo is thought to be
sound enhancing equipment to detect raids at a distance.
Photo courtesy of Paul from his father (Bill Lazell's) collection.

Operations room in Lascaris Bastion, Valletta.
Photo courtesy of Paul from his father (Bill Lazell's) collection.

1941 instructors (& tiffies): back row with pipe Harold Gingell, 4th from left Cyril Oxley from Yorkshire, 5th from left Peter Holdy from Stroud, Gloucestershire

1942 instructors: 5th from left Cyril Oxley from Yorkshire, 6th from left Malcolm Cross

1942: Harold Gingell with pipe & tiffy Haskell

These 3 photos courtesy of Tim Gingell whose father Harold Gingell worked on radar during his time in Malta.

Rank: Staff Sgt
Radar Instructors ( Sgt Cyril Oxley and myself ) were posted to Malta Command HQRA.
Arrived by boat in Malta on 24-12-1939.
Posted to 10th A.A. Brigade.
Posted to 7th A.A. Regt., Manoel Island.
Posted to School of Artillery,Birzebbuga ( Pretty Bay ).
Left Malta and posted back to England in Feb 1944.


Mk 1 Receiver stationed at Zebbug, 1942.
Photo courtesy of Paul from his father (Bill Lazell's) collection.