202nd Independent Infantry Brigade (Home)

This article is about the British Home Defence Brigade formed during World War II; it should not be confused with 202nd (2/1st Kent) Brigade formed during World War I.
202nd Independent Infantry Brigade (Home)
Active 20 October 1940-22 December 1941
Country  United Kingdom
Branch British Army
Type Infantry Brigade
Role Home Defence
Insignia
Badge worn when in the Northumbrian County Division

The 202nd Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) was a short-lived Home Defence formation of the British Army during World War II.

Origin and Service

The 202nd Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) was formed for service in the United Kingdom on 20 October 1940 by No 2 Infantry Training Group in the Northumbrian Area (later Northumberland County Division) of Home Forces.[1][2] It was commanded by Brigadier H. Pawle (Brigadier G.F. Gough from 20 May 1941), and comprised four newly raised infantry battalions from Northern England.[1]

The brigades units had been dispersed to other brigades (in the Northumberland County Division and outside it) by the time the brigade ceased to function operationally on 1 December.[3][4] The Brigade HQ was disbanded on 22 December 1941.[1]

Order of battle

The composition of 202nd Brigade was as follows:[1]

  • 11th Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) (20 October 1940 — 18 November 1941, converted later that year into the 152nd Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps)[5]
  • 12th Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) (20 October 1940 — 27 May 1941, converted later that year into the 101st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery)[6]
  • 11th Battalion, Green Howards (20 October 1940 — 26 November 1941)
  • 7th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment (20 October 1940 — 26 November 1941, converted later that year into the 103rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery)[7]
  • 9th Battalion, Green Howards (14 – 30 November 1941)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Joslen, p. 365.
  2. ↑ Joslen, p. 115.
  3. ↑ Joslen p. 288
  4. ↑ Joslen
  5. ↑ Forty p. 50
  6. ↑ "101 Light AA Regiment RA (TA)". The Royal Artillery 1939-45. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "103 Light AA Regiment RA (TA)". The Royal Artillery 1939-45. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
Sources
  • Joslen, Lt-Col H.F. (2003) [1960]. Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945. Uckfield: Naval and Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84342-474-1.
  • Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth

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