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The 31st (North Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade (31 AA Bde) was an air defence formation of Britain's Territorial Army from 1936 until 1948. During World War II it defended West Yorkshire and later participated in the North West Europe campaign. ==Origins== The formation was raised as 31st (North Midland) Anti-Aircraft Group on 1 November 1936 at Retford forming part of 2nd Anti-Aircraft Division. Its initial order of battle was as follows:〔(2nd AA Division at British Military History )〕 * 66th (Leeds Rifles, The West Yorkshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Brigade RA (TA) – ''Heavy Anti-Aircraft (HAA) unit formed at Leeds in 1936 by conversion of 7th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment'' * * HQ Battery * * 184th Anti-Aircraft Battery * * 185th Anti-Aircraft Battery * * 186th Anti-Aircraft Battery (at Oulton) * * 197th Anti-Aircraft Battery * 67th (The York and Lancaster Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Brigade RA (TA) – ''HAA unit formed at Rotherham in 1936 by conversion of 5th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment'' * * HQ Battery * * 187th Anti-Aircraft Battery * * 188th Anti-Aircraft Battery * * 189th Anti-Aircraft Battery * * 198th Anti-Aircraft Battery * 43rd (The Duke of Wellington's Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, RE (TA) – ''Searchlight unit formed at Huddersfield in 1936 by conversion of 5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment'' * * HQ Company * * 370th Anti-Aircraft Company * * 371st Anti-Aircraft Company * * 372nd Anti-Aircraft Company * * 373rd Anti-Aircraft Company * 46th (The Lincolnshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, RE (TA) – ''Searchlight unit formed at Grimsby in 1936 by conversion of 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment'' * * HQ Company * * 382nd Anti-Aircraft Company * * 383rd Anti-Aircraft Company * * 384th Anti-Aircraft Company * * 385th Anti-Aircraft 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. 31st AA Bde transferred to the new 7th Anti-Aircraft 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, existing units moved to other brigades 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「31st (North Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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