| Unit Name: | 201st Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) |
| Dates: | 4 October 1940-13 December 1941 |
| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Type: | Infantry |
| Role: | Home Defence |
| Size: | Brigade |
| Identification Symbol Label: | Badge worn when in the Yorkshire County Division |
The 201st Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) was a short-lived Home Defence formation of the British Army during the Second World War.
The 201st Independent Infantry Brigade was formed for service in the United Kingdom on 4 October 1940 by No 1 Infantry Training Group in Aldershot Command. It was commanded by Brigadier A.E. Lawrence, and comprised four newly raised infantry battalions from Southern England.[1] 'Home' brigades had a purely static defence role.[2]
The brigade moved from Aldershot Command to XII Corps on 10 October and then briefly to the West Sussex County Division (on 9 November), then to the Yorkshire Area (Military District) (on 21 February 1941), then to the Yorkshire County Division on 19 March, after that was formed on 24 February.[1] [3] The Yorkshire County Division was re-designated the East Riding Coastal Area on 1 December and the brigade went with it until it was disbanded on 13 December.[1]
The composition of 201st Brigade was as follows:[1]