222nd Infantry Brigade ( United Kingdom ) 222nd Infantry Brigade was a Home Service formation of the British Army that existed under various short - lived titles in both World War I and World War II World War I . On the outbreak of World War I the Territorial Force ( TF ) immediately mobilised for home defence , but shortly afterwards ( 31 August 1914 ) , its units were authorised to raise 2nd battalions formed from those men who had not volunteered for , or were not fit for , overseas service , together with new volunteers , while the 1st Line went overseas to supplement the Regulars . Early in 1915 the 2nd Line TF battalions were raised to full strength to form new divisions , and began to form Reserve ( 3rd Line ) units to supply drafts . The remaining Home Service men were separated out in May 1915 to form brigades of Coast Defence Battalions ( termed Provisional Battalions from June 1915 ) . Composition . 2nd Provisional Brigade formed in North East England in May 1915 with the following composition : In March 1916 the Provisional Brigades were concentrated along the South East Coast of England . 21st Battalion , which had been guarding the Northumberland Coast , moved to Herne Bay , Kent and joined 10th Provisional Brigade . 26th and 27th Provisional Battalions also left 2nd Provisional Brigade , and 23rd ( formerly Durham Light Infantry details ) joined . 2nd Provisional Brigade was billeted in and around Clacton and St Osyth in Essex . Here it came under the orders of Southern Army . Service . The Military Service Act 1916 swept away the Home / Foreign service distinction , and all TF soldiers became liable for overseas service , if medically fit . The Provisional Brigades thus became anomalous , and at the end of 1916 the remaining battalions became numbered battalions of their parent units . Part of their role was physical conditioning to render men fit for drafting overseas , alongside units of the Training Reserve . 2nd Provisional Brigade became 222nd Infantry Brigade , with its subunits redesignated as follows : 222nd Brigade had no divisional allocation and remained subordinate to Southern Army and later Eastern Command . In May 1918 each of the non - divisional home service brigades provided one Garrison Guard battalion to reconstitute the 59th Division in France . 222nd Brigade supplied the 36th Northumberland Fusiliers , which was replaced in the brigade by a newly - raised Home Service battalion of the regiment . The brigade never served overseas , and was demobilised early in 1919 . World War II . A new brigade under the title of 222nd Independent Infantry Brigade ( Home ) was formed for service in the United Kingdom on 31 October 1940 , largely from battalions of East Anglian regiments . Composition . The following units served in 222 Bde : Commanders . The following officers commanded 222 Bde during World War II : Service . After a brief spell attached to the East Anglian 18th Infantry Division , 222 Bde became part of Norfolk County Division on 24 December 1940 . On 18 November 1941 the Norfolk County Division became 76th Infantry Division and 222nd Independent Infantry Brigade ( Home ) was retitled 222nd Infantry Brigade . 222 Bde was disbanded on 18 November 1943 .