4th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom)

4th Anti-Aircraft Brigade
Active1 March 1940–1 July 1944
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeAnti-Aircraft Brigade
RoleAir Defence
Part ofBritish Expeditionary Force
Eighth Army
EngagementsBattle of France
Dunkirk evacuation
Western Desert Campaign
Siege of Tobruk
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Brigadier J.N. Slater
Brigadier John Muirhead

4th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (4 AA Bde) was an air defence formation of the British Army during the Second World War. It was formed just before the Battle of France to protect the British Expeditionary Force's bases. After the Dunkirk evacuation it was reformed in Egypt as a mobile formation with the Western Desert Force. It played a distinguished part in the Defence of Tobruk in 1941, but its headquarters was captured in the Fall of Tobruk the following year. It was reconstituted as a training formation in Persia and Iraq Command for the rest of the war.