1st Royal Marines Anti-Aircraft Brigade

1st Royal Marines Anti-Aircraft Brigade - protilietadlová brigade kráľovskej námornej pechoty. The brigade was formed pôvodne ako Air Defence Brigade of the Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization I 29.01.1940. Formovanie brigade was completed in januári 1941 (01/1941) in nasledujúcom zložení:
Veliteľstvo
1st Royal Marine Anti-Aircraft Regiment
2nd Royal Marine Anti-Aicraft Regiment
11th Searchlight Regiment

In summer 1941 (05/1941) bolo veliteľstvo brigade premiestnené to Crete, and subsequently to Egypt. In winter 1941/1942 boli units in podriadenosti brigade premiestnené in Sri Lanka. From veliteľstva 1st Royal Marine Anti-Aircraft Regiment was formed new veliteľstvo brigade and from pôvodného veliteľstva bola in Káhire in decembri 1941 (12/1941) built in such a way "And" Battery, that sa to brigáde will to v decembri 1942.

To podriadenosti brigade in Sri Lanke belonged nasledujúce units:
1st Royal Marine Anti-Aircraft Regiment (12/1941 - 05/1944)
2nd Royal Marine Anti-Aicraft Regiment (12/1941 - 05/1944)
Gunnery Operations Room Troop (03/1942 - 11/1942)
the 63rd (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Regiment (10/1942 - 03/1943)

In the period from februára 1942 (02/1042) to 29.08.1943 bolo veliteľstvo brigade súčastne aj veliteľstvom protivzdušnej of defense of Sri Lanka (Anti-Aircraft Ceylon).

07.05.1944 bola brigade rozpustená, aj lf oficiálny an order of rozpustení no 719/44 bol issued 16.05.1944. Súčasti brigade after it rozpustení sa premiestnili to Škótska, where the sa of them created the 5th Royal Marines Anti-Aircraft Brigade.

Source:
www.royalmarinesmuseum.co.uk
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