202nd Independent Infantry Brigade (Home)
Active	20 October 1940 – 22 December 1941
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry Brigade
Role	Home Defence

The202nd Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) was a short-lived Home Defence formation of theBritish Army during theSecond World War.

The 202nd Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) was formed for service in the United Kingdom on 20 October 1940 by No 2 Infantry Training Group in the Northumbrian Area (laterNorthumberland County Division) of Home Forces.^[1][2][3] It was commanded by Brigadier H. Pawle (Brigadier G.F. Gough from 20 May 1941), and comprised four newly raised infantry battalions from Northern England.^[1] Home brigades had a purely static coast defence role.^[4]

The brigade's units had been dispersed to other brigades (in the Northumberland County Division and outside it) or for conversion to other roles by the time the brigade ceased to function operationally on 1 December.^[5][6] The Brigade HQ was disbanded on 22 December 1941.^[1]

The composition of 202nd Brigade was as follows:^[1]

• 11th Battalion,King's Regiment (Liverpool) –formed 4 July 1940 atFormby; joined 20 October 1940, left 18 November 1941; converted into152nd Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps 1 January 1942^[7][8][9]
• 12th Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) –formed 4 July 1940; joined 20 October 1940; to225th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) 27 May 1941; converted later that year into101st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery^[8][10][11]
• 11th Battalion,Green Howards –formed 4 July 1940 atRichmond, North Yorkshire; joined 20 October 1940, left 26 November 1941; later to143rd Infantry Brigade^[12]
• 7th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment –formed as 50th Holding Battalion, East Lancashires May 1940; became 7th Bn July 1940; joined 20 October 1940, left 26 November 1941; converted into103rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 1 December 1941^[10][13][14]
• 9th (Garrison) Battalion, Green Howards –formed 23 March 1940 atDover; served in theShetlands garrison as part ofOrkney and Shetland Defence Force (OSDEF); transferred from216th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) 14 November 1941; left 30 November and converted into108th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 1 January 1942^[3][10][15]

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• Military units and formations established in 1940
• Infantry brigades of the British Army
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