March 1943 as 'B' HQ AGRA, numbered 17 March 1943; Italy; disbanded in CMF 1 November 1945 7th AGRA – formed in Paiforce as 'P' HQ AGRA 13 January 1943, numbered 22 March 1943; Italy; redesignated postwar as HQ 181 Infantry Brigade in CMF 8th AGRA – formed at Brandeston Hall, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1 May 1943 from HQ RA 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division; North-West Europe, usually attached to VIII Corps; disbanded 20 November 1945 9th AGRA – formed at Brodsworth Hall, Doncaster, 1 May 1943 from HQ RA 79th Armoured Division; North-West Europe attached to 21st Army Group; disbanded in BAOR 15 April 1946 10th AGRA – formed in Middle East as 'C' AGRA 1 June 1943, numbered 10 July 1943; Italy; units absorbed by 7th AGRA March 1945; HQ disbanded in UK 3 October 1945 11th AGRA – formed 1944; Far East 15th AGRA – formed 1944; Middle East 16th AGRA – formed at Harrogate 23 August 1943 from HQ Northumbrian District (Artillery) 28 August 1943; Far East; disbanded 1 January 1947 17th AGRA – formed from HQ Super Heavy Group RA, 7 March 1945; North West Europe; disbanded in BAOR 9 January 1946 18th AGRA – formed at Sefton Park, Buckinghamshire, 28 March 1945; disbanded 27 September 1945 59th AGRA – formed 25 August 1944 from HQ RA 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division; North-West Europe and Far East 60th AGRA – formed in India 20 August 1945 from 9th Anti-Aircraft (AA) Brigade; Far East 61st AGRA – formed in India 20 August 1945 from 24th AA Brigade; Far East 1st Canadian Army Group Royal Artillery – Italy, North-West Europe (from March 1945) 2nd Canadian Army Group Royal Artillery – North-West Europe usually attached to II Canadian Corps The 107th Anti-Aircraft Brigade acted as an AGRA during the Siege of Dunkirk in 1944–45, controlling field and medium artillery as well as AA units firing in both the AA and medium roles. List of postwar AGRAs After the Second World War, AGRAs were mainly used to control Territorial Army (TA) units, particularly AA units that did not form part of Anti-Aircraft Command. Later, a few were created in the regular Army for the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). 1 AGRA (Field) – formed at Troon, Ayrshire, 31 May2 1955 from 68 AA Brigade (the wartime 42nd AA Brigade); joined BAOR 1958; became 1 Artillery Brigade 4 October 1961 2