2 Anti-Aircraft Brigade was formed in October 1936 at Lichfield in Staffordshire. It served in France in 1939/40 with the BEF. The Brigade moved to Egypt in November 1940 and served in the Middle East before moving to Sicily. From there it went to Italy in September 1943. 2 Anti-Aircraft Brigade was disbanded in June 1946.
Note: When a unit designation is two number blocks seperated by a slash (/) this means it is a battery followed by the regiment it is from e.g. 210/73 is 210 Battery from 73 Regiment.
Illustrations of the formation badges under which a unit served or supported are given. This is no guarantee that the unit used this formations badge.
| Oct 36 | Lichfield, Staffordshire |  | Northern Command |
| Sep 39 | Lichfield, Staffordshire |  | Western Command |
| Sep 39 | Nantes, France | | GHQ BEF |
| Nov 39 | Beauval, France | | GHQ BEF |
| Apr 40 | Villers-Bretonneux, France | | GHQ BEF |
| May 40 | Arras, France | | GHQ BEF |
| May 40 | Saint-Omer, France | | GHQ BEF |
| May 40 | Dunkirk, France | | GHQ BEF |
| Jun 40 | Pembury, Kent |  | 6 AA Division but under
Eastern Command |
| Nov 40 | Cairo, Egypt |  | British Troops Egypt |
| Oct 42 | Alamein, Egypt |  | 8 Army |
| Jan 43 | Tripoli, Libya | | 8 Army |
| Jul 43 | Syracuse, Sicily | | 8 Army |
| Aug 43 | Catania, Sicily | | 8 Army |
| Sep 43 | Reggio Calabria, Italy | | 8 Army |
| Sep 43 | Foggia, Italy | | 8 Army |
| Jul 44 | Ancona, Italy | | 8 Army |
| Sep 44 | Gothic Line, Italy | | 8 Army (some units under
US 5 Army) |
| May 45 | Forli, Italy as a motor transport group | | disbanded June 1946 |
Order of Battle 10 May 1940
| 2 Anti-Aircraft Regiment (6 & 21 Batteries) |
| 60 (City of London) Anti-Aircraft Regiment (168, 169, 194 & 210/73 Batteries) |
| 51 (Devon) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (151, 152 & 153 Batteries) |
| 58 (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (172 & 173 Batteries) |
Order of Battle 22 May 1940
Brigade reorganised into ad hoc groups under regimental commanders
| Huntforce – Merville airfield |
| RHQ 60 Anti-Aircraft Regiment |
| 169 AA Battery less a Troop |
| 1 Troop of 194 AA Battery |
| 151 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery |
| Hammondforce – Saint-Omer & Clairmarais |
| RHQ 51 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment |
| 168 AA Battery |
| 194 AA Battery less a Troop |
| 155 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery from 52 LAA Regiment |
| Forbesforce – Hazebrouck |
| 21 AA Battery with pool of 13 gun tractors for whole Brigade |
| 152 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery |
| Troop from 1 Independent Light Anti-Aircraft Battery |
| Troop from 173 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery |
| 3 & 4 Searchlight Batteries, 1 Searchlight Regiment |
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| 2 Searchlight Regiment less one and a half Batteries |
| Half of 5 Searchlight Battery with Huntforce |
Order of Battle August 1940
| RHQ 6 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (12, 251/80, 260/84 HAA & 152/51 LAA Batteries) |
| 2 AA Brigade Signals R.Sigs |
| 2 AA Brigade Company RASC |
Order of Battle January 1941
| 9 (Londonderry) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (24, 25, 26, 28 HAA, 5 LAA Batteries) |
| 74 (City of Glasgow) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (230, 231, 232 Batteries) |
| 15 (Isle of Man) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (41, 42, 129) |
| 5 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery Royal Malta Artillery |
| Searchlight detachments from 37 & 38 LAA Batterys, 13 LAA Regiment |
Order of Battle June 1941
| 74 (City of Glasgow) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment |
| 68 (North Midland) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment |
| 89 (Cinque Ports) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment |
| 15 (Isle of Man) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment |
| 25 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment |
| 27 Searchlight Regiment |
Order of Battle October 1941
| Brigade HQ – Moascar |
| Alexandria |
| HQ AA Defences Alexandria |
| GOR Alexandria |
| GOR Aboukir |
| 9 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment less a battery |
| 277/68 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery |
| 283/88 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery |
| 5 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery Royal Marines |
| 38/13 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery less a Troop |
| 22 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery Royal Marines |
| Troop from 155/52 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery |
| Troop from 390/27 Searchlight Battery |
| Port Said & Port Fuad |
| AA Sector Operations Room Port Said |
| AA Sector Operations Room Fayid |
| 74 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment |
| 305/27 Searchlight Battery |
| Suez & Shallufa |
| 88 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment |
| 205/89 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery |
| 5 Australian Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery |
| 100/52 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery |
| 9 Australian Light Anti-Aircraft Battery |
| 81/25 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery |
| Troops from 38/13 & 41/15 Light Anti-Aircraft Batteries |
| 390/27 Searchlight Battery less a Troop |
| Suez Canal |
| 200/69 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery |
| 37/13 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery |
| 42/15 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery |
| 41/15 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery less a Troop |
| 155/52 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery less a Troop |
| Troop from 23 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery Royal Marines |
| 1 Independent Light Anti-Aircraft Battery less a Troop |
| 304/27 Searchlight Battery |
Order of Battle October 1942
| 69 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (6, 199 Batteries) |
| 2 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (6, 155 Batteries) |
| 21 AA Brigade Company RASC |
| 2 AA Brigade Workshop REME |
| 2 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Workshop section REME |
| 101 AA Defence HQ (AADC Railways) |
Order of Battle January 1943
| 9 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (24, 25, 26 Batteries) |
| 94 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (261, 291, 292 Batteries) |
| 40 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (105, 140, 268 Batteries) on loan from 51 Division |
| 53 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (157, 158, 159 Batteries) |
| 166/56 & 167/56 Light Anti-Aircraft Batteries detached from 8 Armoured Division |
| 274/52 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery |
| 306/27 Searchlight Battery |
| 2 AA Brigade Signals |
Order of Battle May 1943
| 9 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment |
| 69 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment |
| 93 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment |
| 2 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment |
| 30 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment |
| 38 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment |
| 83/25 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery |
| 274/52 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery |
| 306/27 Searchlight Battery |
| 2 x AAOR’s |
Order of Battle September 1943
| Reggio |
| 242/51 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery |
| 186/74 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery |
| Canadian Light Anti-Aircraft Battery |
| Beaches |
| 299/97 & 319/97 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Batteries |
| 53 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment |
| Airfield |
| 152/51 & 153/51 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Batteries |
| 225/74 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery |
| 150 AAOR |
| Smoke units |
| Messina |
| 298/97 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery |
| Canadian Light Anti-Aircraft Battery |
Order of Battle August 1944–April 1945
| 1 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment |
| 51 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment – left October 1944 |
| 84 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment – disbanded October 1944 |
| 97 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment – left September 1944 |
| 11 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment – in Defence, Mortar & Heavy Machine Gun roles |
| 26 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment – joined November 1944 |
| 51 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment – in Defence, Mortar & Heavy Machine Gun roles |
| 52 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment – left September 1944 |
| 53 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment – September 1944 as Infantry |
| 47 AAOR |
| 400 Independent Searchlight Battery |
| 66 Medium Regiment |
| One battery from 75 Heavy Regiment |
| 169 Line Section R Sigs |
Macforce April 1945 – in support of Italian units
| 2 Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment |
| 4 Battalion 11th Sikhs |
| Jodhpur Sadar Infantry |
| Lovat Scouts |
| 2 Battalion Highland Light Infantry |
| 85 Mountain Regiment less a Battery |
| 57 Field Regiment |
| 11 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment less a Battery |
| 66 Medium Regiment |
| One Troop from 11 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment |
| 51 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment including a counter-mortar organisation |
