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221st Independent Infantry Brigade (Home)

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Origin and Service
Order of battle
Notes
References

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The 221st Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) was a short-lived Home Defence formation of the British Army during World War II.

Origin and Service

The 221st Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) was formed for service in the United Kingdom under the Chatham Area headquarters of Home Forces on 8 November 1940. It was commanded by Brigadier C.H. Gotto, and comprised three newly raised infantry battalions ^[1] After a brief spell attached to the 2nd Infantry Division, the Brigade became part of the Yorkshire County Division (later East Riding Coastal Area) on 19 March 1941.^[2] The brigade was disbanded on 22 December 1941.^[1]

Order of battle

The composition of 221 Brigade was as follows:^[1]

11th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (8 November — 11 December 1941, converted early 1942 into the 118th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery)^[3]
10th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment (8 November — 11 December 1941, converted early 1942 into the 119th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery)^[4]
7th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry (8 November 1940 — 29 November 1941, converted that year into the 99th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery)^[5]

Notes

1. ^¹²Joslen, p. 384.
2. ^Joslen, pp. 117, 384.
3. ^{{cite web|last1=Evans |first1=Nigle F |title=118 Light AA Regiment RA (TA) |url=http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/laa/page112.html |website=The Royal Artillery 1939-45 |accessdate=8 January 2017 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710064530/http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/laa/page112.html |archivedate=10 July 2015 }}
4. ^{{cite web|last1=Evans |first1=Nigle F |title=119 Light AA Regiment RA (TA) |url=http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/laa/page113.html |website=The Royal Artillery 1939-45 |accessdate=8 January 2017 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723221235/http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/laa/page113.html |archivedate=23 July 2015 }}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Anti-Tank Regiments|url=http://nigelef.tripod.com/regtsumm.htm#atkregt|website=British Artillery Regiments in World War 2|accessdate=8 January 2017}}

References

Lt-Col H.F. Joslen, Orders of Battle, United Kingdom and Colonial Formations and Units in the Second World War, 1939–1945, London: HM Stationery Office, 1960/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2003, {{ISBN|1843424746}}.

4 : Military units and formations established in 1940|Infantry brigades of the British Army|Infantry brigades of the British Army in World War II|Military units and formations disestablished in 1941

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