page_title: London Heavy Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery
section_title: Capture of Tobruk
hierarchical_section_title: London Heavy Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery / World War II / 64th (London) Medium Regiment / Capture of Tobruk
caption_attribution_description: AWM caption&#160;: "TOBRUK - `A' TROOP OF BRITISH SIX INCH 26 CWT BL HOWITZERS IN ACTION AT TOBRUK."
context_page_description: The London Heavy Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery was a unit of the British Territorial Force formed in 1908. It fought on the Western Front during World War I, and its successors served in the Mediterranean and North-West Europe theatres during World War II.
context_section_description: In late 1940, the regiment sailed for Egypt, joining British Troops Egypt (BTE) in January 1941 before moving out into Libya as part of XIII Corps during the capture of Tobruk.
caption: British battery of 6-inch howitzers in action at Tobruk, 23 January 1941
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