201st Independent Infantry Brigade (Home)

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Not to be confused with 201st Guards Motor Brigade or 201st (2/1st Middlesex) Brigade, formed during the First World War.
201st Independent Infantry Brigade (Home)
Active4 October 1940-13 December 1941
Country United Kingdom
BranchFlag of the British Army.svg British Army
TypeInfantry
RoleHome Defence
SizeBrigade
Insignia
Badge worn when in the Yorkshire County DivisionYorkshire County Division -vector.svg

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

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.[1] 'Home' brigades had a purely static defence role.[2]

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.[1][3] 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.[1]

Order of battle[]

The composition of 201st Brigade was as follows:[1]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d Joslen, p. 364.
  2. ^ Joslen, p. 223.
  3. ^ Joslen, p. 117
  4. ^ Joslen, p. 374.
  5. ^ Frederick, pp. 200, 836.
  6. ^ a b Frederick, pp. 12–3, 253.

References[]

  • J.B.M. Frederick, Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-007-3.
  • Joslen, H. F. (2003) [1990]. Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84342-474-1.

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