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The 32nd (Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade was an air defence formation of Anti-Aircraft Command in Britain's Territorial Army (TA) from 1936 to 1955, charged with defending the East Midlands of England. ==Origin== The formation was raised on 1 November 1936 at Normanton House, Derby, as 32nd (South Midland) Anti-Aircraft Group, forming part of 2nd Anti-Aircraft Division. It comprised anti-aircraft (AA) 'brigades' of the Royal Artillery (RA) and AA battalions of the Royal Engineers (RE), but when the RA redesignated its brigades as regiments in 1938, the group adopted the more usual title of 32nd (Midland) Ant-Aircraft Brigade in November 1938. On first formation the brigade comprised the following units:〔(2 AA Division 1936 at British Military History )〕 * 69th (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Brigade RA (TA) – ''Heavy Anti-Aircraft (HAA) unit formed at Birmingham in 1936 by conversion of the 6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment'' * * HQ, 190th, 191st, 192nd, 199th Anti-Aircraft Batteries * 40th (The Sherwood Foresters) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, RE (TA) – ''Searchlight unit formed at Chesterfield in 1936 by conversion of the 6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters'' * * HQ, 358th, 359th, 360th, 361st Anti-Aircraft Companies * 42nd (The Robin Hoods, Sherwood Foresters) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, RE (TA) – ''Searchlight unit formed at Nottingham in 1936 by conversion of 7th (Robin Hood Rifles) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters'' * * HQ, 366th, 367th, 368th, 369th Anti-Aircraft Companies * 44th (The Leicestershire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, RE (TA) – ''Searchlight unit formed at Leicester in 1936 by conversion of the 4th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment'' * * HQ, 374th, 375th, 376th, 377th Anti-Aircraft Companies * 45th (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, RE (TA) – ''Searchlight unit formed at Birmingham in 1936 by conversion of the 5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment'' * * HQ, 378th, 379th, 380th, 381st Anti-Aircraft Companies All these units had previously been infantry battalions of the former 46th (North Midland) Division, which had been converted into 2 AA Division in 1935.〔''TA 1927'' and ''Army Lists''.〕 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「32nd (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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