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Southern 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 Southern District Command was based at Government House in the High Street in Portsmouth.〔Smythies, p. 442〕 Second Army Corps was an additional title given to the local district command which was moved to Tidworth Camp on Salisbury Plain under Sir Evelyn Wood on 1 October 1901.〔"A command for Sir Evelyn Wood" The Times (London). Thursday, 5 September 1901. (36552), p. 4〕 Southern Command was established from the Second Army Corps in 1905 and was initially based at Tidworth Camp〔(General Sir Ian Hamilton at the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives )〕 but moved to Erskine Barracks near Fugglestone St Peter in Wiltshire in 1949.〔'Fugglestone St Peter', in ''A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 6'' (1962), (pp. 37-50 ) online〕〔(Subterranea Britannica )〕 In 1939 regular troops reporting to Southern Command included 1st Armoured Division, based at Andover, and 3rd Infantry Division, based at Bulford.〔(Patriot Files )〕 Other Regular Troops reporting to Southern Command at that time included:〔 *8th Royal Tank Regiment *9th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery *6th/23rd Field Battery, 12th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery *3rd Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery *4th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery *1st Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery *2nd Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery *2nd Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery 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「Southern Command (United Kingdom)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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