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* 8th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment ''(12 October 1940 — 31 May 1941)
* 8th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment ''(12 October 1940 — 31 May 1941)
* 12th Battalion, [[Sherwood Foresters]] ''(from 12 October 1940 — 31 August 1942)''
* 12th Battalion, [[Sherwood Foresters]] ''(from 12 October 1940 — 31 August 1942)''
* 6th Battalion, [[King's Shropshire Light Infantry]] ''(12 October 1940 — 24 November 1941) – converted in March 1943 to the [[181st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery]]''<ref>Neal.</ref><ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/field/page181.html 181 Fd Rgt at RA 39–45]</ref>
* 6th Battalion, [[King's Shropshire Light Infantry]] ''(12 October 1940 — 24 November 1941) – converted in March 1943 to the [[181st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery]]''<ref>Neal.</ref><ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/field/page181.html 181 Fd Rgt at RA 39–45] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221545/http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/field/page181.html |date=2016-03-03 }}</ref>
* 7th Battalion, [[Leicestershire Regiment]] ''(26 November 1941 — 31 August 1942)''
* 7th Battalion, [[Leicestershire Regiment]] ''(26 November 1941 — 31 August 1942)''
Attached when an Independent Brigade.
Attached when an Independent Brigade.
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==Online sources==
==Online sources==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051228103659/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/index.htm Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth (Regiments.org)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051228103659/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/index.htm Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth (Regiments.org)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140806195614/http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk:80/index.html The Royal Artillery 1939–45]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140806195614/http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.html The Royal Artillery 1939–45]


[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1940]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1940]]

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204th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home)
204th Independent Infantry Brigade
Insignia of the 204th Independent Infantry Brigade[1]
Active12 October 1940-1 September 1942
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeInfantry Brigade
RoleHome Defence
Insignia
Badge worn when in the Lincolnshire County Division

204th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) was a Home Defence formation of the British Army during World War II.

Origin

The 204th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) was formed for service in the United Kingdom on 12 October 1940 by No 4 Infantry Training Group in the West Midland Area of Home Forces.[2] It was commanded by Brigadier G. McI. Bruce and comprised four newly raised infantry battalions from the North and Midlands of England.[2]

Service

The brigade moved from West Midlands Area to the Lincolnshire County Division when that was formed on 27 March 1941.[2][3] The Lincolnshire County Division ceased to function on 24 November and the brigade, now re-designated the 204th Independent Infantry Brigade was transferred to the Durham and North Riding Coastal Area.[2][3] On 1 September 1942, the Brigade headquarters was re-designated 185th Infantry Brigade and its units transferred to other formations.[2][4] 7th South Lancashires, 12th Foresters and 7th Leicesters went to India[5] while 8th South Lancashires was disbanded.[6]

Order of Battle

The composition of the 204th Brigade was as follows:[2]

Attached when an Independent Brigade.

Insignia

The brigade's cloth shoulder badge was a triangle composed of three smaller conjoined triangles in the Facing colours of its three senior units: buff (S. Lancashires), pearl grey (Leicesters) and Lincoln green (Foresters), the whole being edged in blue (KSLI).[9]

Notes

  1. ^ Cole p. 131
  2. ^ a b c d e f Joslen, p. 367.
  3. ^ a b Joslen, p. 113.
  4. ^ Joslen, p. 360.
  5. ^ Joslen, pp. 253–4, 292, 538, 543–4.
  6. ^ S Lancs at Regiments.org
  7. ^ Neal.
  8. ^ 181 Fd Rgt at RA 39–45 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Neal, pp. 3 & 30, Plate XLVII.

References

  • Cole, Howard (1973). Formation Badges of World War 2 Britain, Commonwealth and Empire. London: Arms and Armour Press.
  • 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.
  • Don Neal, Guns and Bugles: The Story of the 6th Bn KSLI – 181st Field Regiment RA 1940–1946, Studley: Brewin, 2001, ISBN 1-85858-192-3.

Online sources

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