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In 1968, a new command (Army Strategic Command) was formed at Erskine Barracks, largely staffed by the Southern Command personnel already based there. At the same time a new HQ Southern Command was established at Hounslow Barracks , into which was merged HQ Eastern Command (which was thence disestablished as a separate command). [ 16 ]
Netherlands East Indies Command (c.1946-1947) Northern Command; HQ Northern Ireland; Persia and Iraq Command; Scottish Command; South Eastern Command (1941–1944) Southern Command (until 1972) United Kingdom Land Forces (1972–1995) United Kingdom Support Command (Germany) West Africa Command (1941–1956) Western Command
Army Strategic Command (United Kingdom) B. British Expeditionary Force (World War I) ... Scottish Command; Southern Command (United Kingdom) Structure of Aldershot ...
The regiment took over responsibility for the eastern part of Southern Command's area [51] and was redesignated 63 Command (Mixed) Signal Regiment on 6 March 1957 ('Mixed' indicating that members of the Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC) were integrated into the unit), 63 (Mixed) Signal Regiment in 1959, and simply 63 Signal Regiment in 1961.
In Southern Command (United Kingdom) the colouring of the shield and sometimes the stars was varied according to the wearers arm of service, 18 second world war varieties are known including the headquarters, and the Auxiliary Territorial Service. [46]
A reorganisation of AA Command in October 1942 saw the AA divisions disbanded and replaced by a smaller number of AA Groups more closely aligned with the groups of RAF Fighter Command. 8th AA Division merged with 9th AA Division into 3 AA Group based at Bristol and cooperating with No. 10 Group RAF, while 5th AA Division's responsibilities ...
Eastern Command was one of two southern commands, itself overseeing the areas of: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex (except Purfleet and Rainham rifle ranges; and (when occupied by Foot Guards) the Guards' barracks at Warley Barracks), Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Middlesex, Kent, Sussex, and Surrey (less portion in the Aldershot Command ...
Southern Army was a home service formation of the British Army during the First World War, responsible for the defence of South-East England, including both sides of the Thames Estuary. It was formed on 11 April 1916 under the command of Sir Arthur Paget , with headquarters at Brentwood, Essex .