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The 30th (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an air defence formation of Britain's Territorial Army from 1936 until 1955, which defended Tyneside and Sunderland during World War II. ==Origins== The formation was raised as 30th (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Group on 1 November 1936 at Sunderland forming part of 2nd Anti-Aircraft Division. Its initial order of battle was as follows:〔(2nd AA Division at British Military History )〕 * 62nd (North and East Riding) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Artillery (RA) – ''Heavy Anti-Aircraft (HAA) unit formed in 1936 by conversion of 73rd (Northumbrian) Field Brigade, RA'' * * HQ at Kingston upon Hull * * 172nd (1st East Riding) AA Battery * * 173rd (2nd East Riding) AA Battery * * 174th (1st North Riding) AA Battery * * 175th (2nd North Riding) AA Battery * 63rd (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade RA – ''HAA unit formed in 1936 by conversion of 55th (Northumbrian) Medium Brigade, RA'' * * HQ at Sunderland * * 176th (Durham) AA Battery * * 177th (Durham) AA Battery * * 178th (Durham) AA Battery * 64th (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade RA – ''HAA unit formed in 1936 by conversion of batteries from Tynemouth Heavy Brigade RA * * HQ at North Shields * * 179th (Tynemouth) AA Battery converted from 150 Heavy Battery * * 180th (Tynemouth) AA Battery converted from 152 Heavy Battery * * 268th (Durham) AA Battery raised 1939 * 37th (Tyne) Anti-Aircraft Battalion (Tyne Electrical Engineers), Royal Engineers (RE) – ''Searchlight unit formed in 1936 by expansion of 307 (Tyne) AA S/L Coy RE (Tyne Electrical Engineers) * * HQ at Tynemouth * * 307th AA Company * * 308th AA Company * * 348th AA Company * * 349th AA Company * 47th (The Durham Light Infantry) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, RE – ''Searchlight unit formed in 1936 by conversion of 7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry''〔Litchfield pp 54–7.〕 * * HQ at Sunderland * * 386th AA Company * * 387th AA Company * * 388th AA Company * * 389th AA Company In 1938 the RA replaced its traditional unit designation 'Brigade' by the modern 'Regiment', which allowed the 'AA Groups' to take the more usual formation title of 'Brigades'. Anti-Aircraft Command was formed in April 1939 to control all the TA's AA units and formations. 30th AA Brigade transferred to the new 7th AA Division when that was formed in Newcastle in June 1939.〔(7 AA Division 1940 at British Military History )〕〔Routledge, Table LVIII, p. 376.〕 As AA Command continued to expand, 62nd AA Regiment and 47th Searchlight Battalion moved to other brigades in 7 AA Division and were replaced by newly formed units. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「30th (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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