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Eastern Command was a Command of the British Army. ==History== The District Commands of the British Army in Great Britain and Ireland first appear in print in 1840. In January 1876 a ‘Mobilization Scheme for the forces in Great Britain and Ireland’ was published, with the ‘Active Army’ divided into eight army corps based on the major Commands and Districts. This scheme disappeared in 1881, when the districts were retitled ‘District Commands’. The Eastern District Command was based at Flagstaff House in Colchester. Fourth Army Corps was created in London under Lord Grenfell in April 1903. Eastern Command was established in 1905 from the Fourth Army Corps and was based in London.〔Whitaker's Almanack 1905〕 Among the formations raised under its supervision in World War I was the 12th (Eastern) Division. During World War I, Eastern Command was based at 50 Pall Mall, London.〔Jeffery, p. 198〕 By 1939 its headquarters was located at Horseguards in London.〔(Patriot Files )〕 At that time Regular Troops reporting to the Command included 4th Infantry Division.〔 During the Second World War, the Command relocated to Luton Hoo in Bedfordshire.〔(Discover Bedfordshire )〕 During the war, the 76th Infantry (Reserve) Division was assigned to the command as its training formation. After the War it moved to Hounslow Barracks in Hounslow〔TA Heathcote, ''The British Field Marshals 1736-1997'', Pen & Sword Books, Published 1999, ISBN 0-85052-696-5, Page 120〕 and then, in 1954, it moved to Wilton Park in Beaconsfield.〔(Subterranea Britannica )〕 223rd Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) was raised in the Command, seemingly in September 1940. When the Territorial Army was reformed in 1947, 54th (East Anglian) was not reconstituted as a field division, but 161st Infantry Brigade was reformed as an independent infantry brigade in Eastern Command.〔(Watson, ''TA 1947''. )〕 The Command was merged into HQ UK Land Forces (HQ UKLF) in 1972. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eastern Command (United Kingdom)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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