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201st Independent Infantry Brigade (Home)

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Country
  
United Kingdom

Type
  
Infantry

Size
  
Brigade

Branch
  
British Army

Role
  
Home Defence

Active
  
4 October 1940-13 December 1941

The 201st Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) was a short-lived Home Defence formation of the British Army during World War II.

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Formation and Service

The 201st Independent Infantry Brigade was formed for service in the United Kingdom on 4 October 1940 by No 1 Infantry Training Group in Aldershot Command. It was commanded by Brigadier A.E. Lawrence, and comprised four newly raised infantry battalions from Southern England.

Service

The brigade moved from Aldershot Command to XII Corps on 10 October and then briefly to the West Sussex County Division (on 9 November), then to the Yorkshire Area (Military District) (on 21 February 1941), then to the Yorkshire County Division on 19 March, after that was formed on 24 February. The Yorkshire County Division was re-designated the East Riding Coastal Area on 1 December and the brigade went with it until it was disbanded on 13 December.

Order of Battle

The composition of 201st Brigade was as follows:

  • 13th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (4 October 1940 — 25 November 1941)
  • 14th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (4 October 1940 — 3 June 1941, converted in December that year into the 99th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery)
  • 9th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment (4 October 1940 — 5 December 1941, converted later that year into the 157th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps)
  • 10th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment (4 October 1940 — 25 November 1941, converted later that year into the 147th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps)

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