The 37th (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery was an air defence unit of the British Army during World War II.

The unit was raised in late August 1939, as part of the rapid expansion of the Territorial Army (TA) after the Munich Crisis.

Lieutenant-Colonel W. Brooks was appointed Commanding Officer on 21 September, and established Regimental Headquarters (RHQ) at Middlesbrough.

[8][9] On 27 October it began to take over LAA defence at various RAF stations and other vital points (VPs) in NE England:[1][6][7] 123 LAA Battery, County Durham 127 LAA Battery, North Riding of Yorkshire Each troop consisted of five Lewis guns; in September each battery was also assigned a newly-formed six-gun troop: 461 Tp (formed at RAF Ottercops Moss) to 123 Bty, 464 Tp (formed at Danby, North Yorkshire) to 127 Bty.

At the end of August all three batteries were finally at full establishment, and were reorganised the following month:[7] From September there were frequent air raid warnings and some action over Wallsend and Seaham.

[12] In February 1941, 52 (Ind) LAA Bty left the regiment, going to Iceland in March to reinforce the AA cover for 'Alabaster Force', which had occupied the island the previous year.

As the final stages of the Tunisian Campaign were being played out, the regiment moved up to Sfax under 12 AA Bde to defend airfields, taking up positions around the Hani landing grounds before aircraft of 57th and 79th Pursuit Groups, USAAF, arrived to operate from them.

In October the regiment was under 24 hours' notice to move as part of Force 292, earmarked for Operation Accolade, an attack on Rhodes, but this was cancelled and it continued training exercises.

[24] By January 1944 the regiment was deployed defending Haifa under 1 AA Bde,[26] but the Middle East was now a backwater, and manpower was required in other theatres.