Structure of the British Army in 1939 Last updated February 24, 2025 In September 1939, the British Army was in process of expanding their anti-aircraft and mobile (including armoured) assets. Among these new changes was the formation of Anti-Aircraft Command which was formed on 1 April 1939, and the 1st Armoured Division formed in 1937. The list below will include the British Army units, colonial units, and those units which were in the process of formation.
The list includes units which were in the process of formation, cadre sized, or had no units attached. Also included are Territorial Army (TA) and Supplementary Reserve (SR) units.
Aldershot Command Aldershot Command's geographical area encompassed portions of the following counties Berkshire , Hampshire , Surrey , Sussex . Its primary formations on the outbreak of the war were: [ 1]
Northern Command Northern Command Headquartered at York , covering the areas of: Berwick-upon-Tweed (except regulars), Northumberland , County Durham , Yorkshire , Lincolnshire , Rutlandshire , Leicestershire , Nottinghamshire , and Derbyshire . General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command : General Sir William 'Barty' Henry Bartholomew Northern Command Pay Section, Royal Army Pay Corps , Imphal Barracks Air Formation Signals, Royal Corps of Signals (SR), Leeds Northern Command Signal Company, Royal Corps of Signals , York 4th Artillery Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals, Catterick Camp 7th Tank Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals, Catterick Camp Signals Training Centre, Royal Corps of Signals, Catterick Camp Training Battalion, Royal Corps of Signals , Catterick Camp 1st Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own North Yorkshire Regiment (The Green Howards) , Catterick Camp (attached to 13th Inf Bde for Admin) Royal Irish Fusiliers Depot, Catterick Camp (temporary) Railway Operating Group, Royal Engineers (SR), Leeds 1st Docks Group, Royal Engineers (SR), York 2nd Docks Group, Royal Engineers (SR), Crewe 106th (West Riding) Army Troop Company, Royal Engineers (SR), Doncaster 107th (North Riding) Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers (SR), Middlesbrough 150th (London and North Eastern ) Railway Construction, Royal Engineers (SR), Cambridge 15th Company, Royal Army Service Corps , Imphal Barracks 28th Company, Royal Army Service Corps , Catterick Camp H Company, Royal Army Service Corps , Catterick Camp 9th Section, Royal Army Ordnance Corps , Catterick Camp 13th Section, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Chetwynd Barracks 8th Company, Royal Army Medical Corps , York Detachment, Royal Army Veterinary Corps , Catterick Camp Detachment, Royal Army Veterinary Corps, Imphal Barracks Section, Corps of Military Police , Claro Barracks Section, Corps of Military Police, Uniacke Barracks Royal Artillery Fixed Defences, Northern Ports Northumbrian Area Northumbrian Area , Darlington : comprising the counties of Northumberland , County Durham , North Riding of Yorkshire (excluding Catterick Area and Strensall Camp ), East Riding of Yorkshire ; also Berwick-upon-Tweed (except regulars).
Northumbrian Area Commander: Colonel P. J. Sears Northumberland Hussars (TA), Newcastle upon Tyne 1st East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry (TA), Kingston upon Hull 2nd East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry (2/TA), Kingston upon Hull 7th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (2/TA), Alnwick , machine-gun 9th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (2/TA), Alnwick , machine-gun 4th (Durham) Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Gateshead-on-Tyne 6th Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery (2/TA), Gateshead-on-Tyne 37th (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Tynemouth , not batteries constituted until 1940 123rd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery , RAF Croft 127th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery , RAF Croft 234th (Northumbrian) Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Gateshead-on-Tyne 506th Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Gateshead-on-Tyne Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Depot, Newcastle upon Tyne East Yorkshire Regiment Depot, Beverley Green Howards Depot, Richmond Durham Light Infantry Depot, Newcastle upon Tyne 25th Army Tank Brigade (TA) Northumbrian Area Coastal Defences Tynemouth Heavy Coastal Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Blyth East Riding Heavy Coastal Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Kingston upon Hull Durham Heavy Coastal Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Hartlepool Tyne Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers (TA), Tynemouth North Riding Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers (TA), Middlesbrough East Riding Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers (TA), Kingston upon Hull 23rd (Northumbrian) Division (2/TA) 23rd (Northumbrian) Division , Darlington Headquarters, 23rd (Northumbrian) Division, commanded by Major General William Norman Herbert 23rd (Northumbrian) Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Darlington 8th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers , Prudhoe , motorcycle reconnaissance 23rd Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps, Darlington 23rd Infantry Divisional Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Darlington 23rd Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps, Darlington 23rd Infantry Divisional Military Police Company, Corps of Military Police , Darlington 69th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, 69th Infantry Brigade & Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals , Malton 5th Battalion, The Duke of York's Own East Yorkshire Regiment , Kingston upon Hull 6th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (North) Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) , Richmond 7th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (North) Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) , Scarborough 70th Infantry Brigade Divisional Royal Artillery Divisional Royal Engineers 50th (Northumbrian) Motor Division (TA) 50th (Northumbrian) Motor Division , Darlington Headquarters, 50th Motor Division, commanded by Major General Sir Giffard Le Quesne Martel 50th (Northumbrian) Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Darlington 4th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers , Alnwick , motorcycle reconnaissance 50th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps, Darlington 50th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Darlington 149th (Northumbrian) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps , Darlington 150th (Northumbrian) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps , Darlington 151st (Northumbrian) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps , Darlington 50th Infantry Divisional Military Police Company, Corps of Military Police , Darlington 150th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, 150th Infantry Brigade & Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals , Malton 4th Battalion, The Duke of York's Own East Yorkshire Regiment , Kingston upon Hull 4th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (North) Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) , Richmond 5th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (North) Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) , Scarborough 151st Infantry Brigade Divisional Royal Artillery Divisional Royal Engineers West Riding Area West Riding Area : York , covering West Riding of Yorkshire , County Borough of York , Strensall Camp , Lincolnshire , Rutlandshire , Leicestershire , Nottinghamshire , and Derbyshire .
Headquarters West Riding Area, York under Area Commander Brigadier Richard Montague Wootten West Riding Area Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals , York Leicestershire Yeomanry (TA), Derby 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry (TA), Derby 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry (TA), Derby 60th (North Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Lincoln 115th (North Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (2/TA), Leicester 107th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (TA), Nottingham 150th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars) Field Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (2/TA), Nottingham 27th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Newark-on-Trent 38th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Bradford 39th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Lincoln 52nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery , Thorncliffe 106th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery , RAF Waddington 109th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery , RAF Hemswell 126th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery , RAF Coal Aston 53rd (King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Doncaster 57th (King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (2/TA), Doncaster 1st Field Artillery Depot, Harrogate 4th Infantry Training Group, Ripon Lincolnshire Regiment Depot, Lincoln West Yorkshire Regiment Depot, York Leicestershire Regiment Depot, Leicester The Duke of Wellington's Regiment Depot, Halifax Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) Depot, Derby King's Own (South) Yorkshire Light Infantry Depot, Pontefract York and Lancaster Regiment Depot, Pontefract Anti-Aircraft Training Depot, Royal Corps of Signals , Harrogate Training Depot, Royal Engineers , Ripon 5th Cavalry Brigade (TA) , Bootham 46th Infantry Division (2/TA) 46th Infantry Division , York Headquarters 46th Infantry Division commanded by Major General Algeron Lee Ransome 46th Infantry Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Leeds 46th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps, York 46th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Ordnance Corps, York 46th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps, York 46th Infantry Divisional Military Police Company, Corps of Military Police , York 137th Infantry Brigade 138th Infantry Brigade 139th Infantry Brigade Divisional Royal Artillery 46th Division Headquarters, Divisional Royal Artillery, York 121st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Leeds 122nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Halifax 123rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Sheffield 68th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery , Bridlington Divisional Royal Engineers 46th Division Headquarters, Divisional Royal Engineers, Sheffield 270th Field Company, Royal Engineers , Sheffield 271st Field Company, Royal Engineers , Sheffield 272nd Field Company, Royal Engineers , Sheffield 273rd Field Park Company, Royal Engineers , Sheffield 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division (TA) 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division , Clifton Headquarters, 49th Infantry Division commanded by Major General Pierse Joseph Mackesy 49th (West Riding) Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Leeds 49th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps, Clifton 49th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Clifton 49th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps, Clifton 49th Infantry Divisional Military Police Company, Corps of Military Police , Clifton 146th Infantry Brigade 147th Infantry Brigade 148th Infantry Brigade Divisional Royal Artillery 49th Division Headquarters, Divisional Royal Artillery, York 69th (West Riding) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Leeds 70th (West Riding) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Halifax 71st (West Riding) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Sheffield 58th (Duke of Wellington's Regiment) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery , Bridlington Divisional Royal Engineers 49th Division Headquarters, Divisional Royal Engineers, Sheffield 228th (West Riding) Field Company, Royal Engineers , Sheffield 229th (West Riding) Field Company, Royal Engineers , Sheffield 230th (West Riding) Field Company, Royal Engineers , Sheffield 231st (West Riding) Field Park Company, Royal Engineers , Sheffield Scottish Command Scottish Command , Edinburgh covered Scotland and Berwick-upon-Tweed (so far as regards Regulars and Militia only).
Headquarters Scottish Command, Edinburgh under General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Scottish Command : General Sir Charles John Cecil Grant Scottish Command Pay Detachment, Royal Army Pay Corps , Edinburgh Scottish Command Pay Detachment, Royal Army Pay Corps , Leith and Edinburgh Scottish Command Pay Detachment, Royal Army Pay Corps , Perth Scottish Command Signal Company, Royal Corps of Signals , Edinburgh General Headquarters Signals, Royal Corps of Signals (SR), Glasgow 2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers , Edinburgh 1st Battalion, The City of Glasgow Regiment (Highland Light Infantry) , Fort George 12th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Dunbar Detachment, The Survey Battalion, Royal Engineers , Edinburgh 103rd (Glasgow) Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers (SR), Glasgow 109th (Glasgow) Workshop and Park Company, Royal Engineers (SR), Glasgow 11th Section, Royal Army Ordnance Corps , Stirling 13th Company, Royal Army Medical Corps , Edinburgh Royal Artillery Fixed Defences, Scottish Ports Headquarters, Scottish Coastal Defences, Leith Forth Fire Command, Leith Clyde Fire Command, Gourock Orkneys Fire Command, Orkney Highland Area Highland Area , Perth : covering the counties of Sutherland , Caithness , Ross and Cromarty , Inverness-shire , Nairnshire , Morayshire , Banffshire , Aberdeenshire , Kincardineshire , Angus , Perthshire , Kinross-shire , Fife , Clackmannanshire , Stirlingshire , Dumbartonshire , Renfrewshire , Buteshire , and Argyllshire .
Headquarters, Highland Area, Perth Lovat Scouts (TA), Inverness Scottish Horse (TA), Dunkeld 1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (TA), Kirkcaldy 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (2/TA), Dundee 4th (The City of Aberdeen) Battalion, Gordon Highlanders (TA), Aberdeen , machine-gun 8th (The City of Aberdeen) Battalion, Gordon Highlanders (2/TA), Aberdeen , machine-gun 5th (Renfrewshire) Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (TA), Paisley 6th (Renfrewshire) Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (TA), Paisley 56th (Highland) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Aberdeen 65th (Highland) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Fraserborough 54th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Dumbarton Castle 58th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (2/TA), Clydebank 100th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (TA), RAF Montrose 102nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (TA), RAF Donibristle 104th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (TA), RAF Stranraer 105th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (TA), Scapa Flow Orkneys Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) Fife Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) Orkneys Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers (TA) The Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch) Depot, Perth The Duke of Albany's Seaforth Highlanders (The Ross-shire Buffs) Depot, Fort George Gordon Highlanders Depot, Aberdeen The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Depot, Inverness The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) Depot, Stirling 9th (Highland) Infantry DivisionHeadquarters, 9th (Highland) Division commanded by Major General George Mackintosh Lindsay , Perth 9th (Scottish) Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Perth 9th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps, Perth 9th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Perth 9th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps, Perth 9th Infantry Divisional Military Police Company, Corps of Military Police , Perth 26th Infantry Brigade 27th Infantry Brigade 28th Infantry Brigade Divisional Royal Artillery 9th Division Headquarters, Divisional Royal Artillery, Perth 126th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Aberdeen 127th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Dundee 128th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Renfrew 61st (West Highland) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery , Rothesay Divisional Royal Engineers 9th Division Headquarters, Divisional Royal Engineers, Aberdeen 274th Field Company, Royal Engineers , Alness 275th Field Company, Royal Engineers , Stromness 276th Field Company, Royal Engineers , Paisley 277th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers , Dundee 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (TA) 51st (Highland) Infantry Division , Perth Headquarters, 51st (Highland) Infantry Division commanded by Major General Victor Morven Fortune 51st (Highland) Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Aberdeen 51st Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps, Perth 51st Infantry Divisional Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Perth 51st Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps, Perth 51st Infantry Divisional Military Police Company, Corps of Military Police , Perth 152nd (Highland) Infantry Brigade 153rd (Highland) Infantry Brigade 154th (Highland) Infantry Brigade Divisional Royal Artillery 51st Division Headquarters, Divisional Royal Artillery, Perth 75th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Aberdeen 76th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Dundee 77th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Renfrew 51st (West Highland) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery , Rothesay Divisional Royal Engineers 51st Division Headquarters, Divisional Royal Engineers, Aberdeen 236th (City of Aberdeen) Field Company, Royal Engineers , Aberdeen 237th (City of Dundee) Field Company, Royal Engineers , Dundee 238th (County of Renfrewshire) Field Company, Royal Engineers , Renfrew 239th (City of Aberdeen) Field Company, Royal Engineers , Aberdeen Lowland Area Lowland Area , Darlington : comprising the counties of West Lothian , Midlothian , East Lothian , Berwickshire (including Berwick-upon-Tweed for Regulars and Militia only), Roxburghshire , Dumfriesshire , Kirkcudbrightshire , Wigtownshire , Ayrshire , Lanarkshire , Peeblesshire , Selkirkshire ; and (for Clyde and Forth Defences only), and Fife .
Headquarters, Lowland Area in Darlington The Earl of Carrick's Own Ayrshire Yeomanry (TA), Ayr Lanarkshire Yeomanry (TA), Lanark 1st Lothians and Border Horse (TA), Edinburgh 2nd Lothians and Border Horse (2/TA), Ladybank 57th (Lowland) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Edinburgh 66th (Lowland) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Prestonpans The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) Depot, Milton Bridge Royal Scots Fusiliers Depot, Ayr The King's Own Scottish Borderers Depot, Berwick-upon-Tweed The Scottish Rifles (Cameronians) Depot, Hamilton The City of Glasgow Regiment (Highland Light Infantry) Depot, Glasgow 14th Searchlight Depot, Royal Artillery (SR), Troon Lowland Coast Defences 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division , Glasgow Headquarters, 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division commanded by Major General Roland Le Fanu 15th Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Glasgow 15th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps, Glasgow 15th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Glasgow 15th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps, Glasgow 15th Infantry Divisional Military Police Company, Corps of Military Police , Glasgow 44th Infantry Brigade 45th Infantry Brigade 46th Infantry Brigade Divisional Royal Artillery Divisional Royal Engineers Headquarters, Divisional Royal Engineers, Baillieston 278th Field Company, Royal Engineers , Coatbridge 279th Field Company, Royal Engineers , Motherwell 280th Field Company, Royal Engineers , Rutherglen 281st Field Company, Royal Engineers , Rutherglen 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division (TA) 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division , Glasgow Headquarters, 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division commanded by Major General James Syme Drew 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Glasgow 52nd Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps, Glasgow 52nd Infantry Divisional Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Glasgow 52nd Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps, Glasgow 52nd Infantry Divisional Military Police Company, Corps of Military Police , Glasgow 155th (South Scottish) Infantry Brigade , Edinburgh 156th (Scottish Rifles) Infantry Brigade , Glasgow 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Infantry Brigade , Glasgow Divisional Royal Artillery Divisional Royal Engineers Eastern Command 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 and London District ), and Woolwich Garrison (exclusive of the Territorial Army troops quartered there).
Headquarters, Eastern Command, Cavalry Barracks, Hounslow commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Guy Williams Eastern Command Pay Detachment, Royal Army Pay Corps , Barnet Eastern Command Pay Detachment, Royal Army Pay Corps, Canterbury Eastern Command Pay Detachment, Royal Army Pay Corps, Chatham Eastern Command Pay Detachment, Royal Army Pay Corps, Foots Cray Eastern Command Pay Detachment, Royal Army Pay Corps, Hounslow Eastern Command Pay Detachment, Royal Army Pay Corps, Warley Eastern Command Pay Detachment, Royal Army Pay Corps, London Eastern Command Signal Company, Royal Corps of Signals, London 8th Artillery Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals , Canterbury 10th Artillery Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals , Canterbury 13th Artillery Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals , Canterbury Signal Experimental Establishment, Royal Corps of Signals , Woolwich 5th Construction Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals (SR), Ravenscourt Park 1st Line Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals (SR), Guildford 2nd Line Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals (SR), Guildford 17th/21st Lancers , Colchester 2nd Battalion, The Essex Regiment , Warley Barracks 1st Infantry Training Group, Colchester 2nd Infantry Training Group, Lydd 27th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Colchester 32nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Preston Barracks 5th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery , Royal Artillery School of Gunnery 2nd Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery , Royal Artillery School of Gunnery The Riding Establishment, Royal Artillery , St John's Wood Detachment from The Survey Battalion, Royal Engineers , London 108th (Essex) Electrical and Mechanical Company, Royal Engineers (SR), Chelmsford Royal Army Service Corps Driving School, Feltham Barracks 2nd Company, Royal Army Service Corps , Woolwich Garrison 18th Company, Royal Army Service Corps , Kitchener Barracks 22nd Company, Royal Army Service Corps , Shorncliffe Army Camp 37th Company, Royal Army Service Corps , Woolwich Garrison 38th Company, Royal Army Service Corps , Woolwich Garrison 45th Company, Royal Army Service Corps , Woolwich Garrison 46th Company, Royal Army Service Corps , Shorncliffe Army Camp 57th Company, Royal Army Service Corps , Colchester Garrison 59th Company, Royal Army Service Corps , Colchester Garrison 60th Company, Royal Army Service Corps , Woolwich Garrison F Company, Royal Army Service Corps , Woolwich Garrison Maintenance Stores Depot, Royal Army Service Corps , Feltham Barracks Heavy Maintenance Repair Shop, Royal Army Service Corps , Feltham Barracks Vehicle Reserve Depot, Royal Army Service Corps , Feltham Barracks Non-combatant Labour Corps Depot, Colchester 7th Section, Royal Army Ordnance Corps , Dover 8th Section, Royal Army Ordnance Corps , Colchester 9th Company, Royal Army Medical Corps , Colchester 10th Company, Royal Army Medical Corps , Shorncliffe 12th Company, Royal Army Medical Corps , Woolwich 18th Company, Royal Army Medical Corps , Millbank Barracks Veterinary Platoon, Royal Army Veterinary Corps , Woolwich Veterinary Platoon, Royal Army Veterinary Corps , Colchester Veterinary Platoon, Royal Army Veterinary Corps , Shorncliffe Veterinary Platoon, Royal Army Veterinary Corps , Dover 1st Veterinary Depot, Royal Army Veterinary Corps , Woolwich Section, Corps of Military Police , Colchester Garrison Section, Corps of Military Police , Shorncliffe Army Camp Section, Corps of Military Police , Shorncliffe Army Camp Section, Corps of Military Police , Dover Section, Corps of Military Police , Kitchener Barracks Section, Corps of Military Police , Woolwich Garrison Section, Corps of Military Police , Woolwich Garrison Eastern Command Coastal Artillery 4th Infantry Division 4th Infantry Division , Colchester Garrison Headquarters, 4th Infantry Division commanded by Major General Dudley Graham Johnson 4th Infantry Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Colchester 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards , Colchester , divisional reconnaissance 2nd Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers , Colchester, divisional machine-gun battalion 4th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Colchester Garrison 4th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps, Colchester Garrison 10th Infantry Brigade 11th Infantry Brigade 12th Infantry Brigade Divisional Royal Artillery Headquarters, Divisional Royal Artillery, Colchester Garrison 17th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Woolwich 22nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Shorncliffe Army Camp 30th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 14th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Divisional Royal Engineers Headquarters, Divisional Royal Engineers, Shorncliffe Army Camp 7th Field Company, Royal Engineers 9th Field Company, Royal Engineers 29th Field Company, Royal Engineers, Canterbury Barracks 18th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers, Colchester Garrison Divisional Royal Army Service Corps Headquarters, Divisional Royal Army Service Corps, Colchester Garrison 21st Company, Royal Army Service Corps 44th Company, Royal Army Service Corps, Woolwich Garrison East Anglian Area East Anglian Area covered the counties of Cambridgeshire , Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , Middlesex , Hertfordshire , and Bedfordshire (less the following: Colchester Garrison , Purfleet Rifle Range , and Rainham rifle ranges (when occupied by the Foot Guards) the Guards' Barracks at Warley Barracks which area under London District , That partition of Essex in Chatham Area from Grays Thurrock Station along main road to Stanford-le-Hope , thence north side of railway via South Benfleet to Southend-on-Sea borough boundary - thence a line drawn north-east to Lower Edward's Hall - thence road eastwords to Harp House - thence a line south-east to Southchurch Lawn - thence a line due north to River Roach - thence along south bank of River Roach and south bank of River Crouch to Foulness Point ).
East Anglian Area Headquarters, The Barracks, Herford commanded by Area Commander Colonel W. P. Buckley 1/7th Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment , Hornsey 2/7th Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment , Southgate 1/8th Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment , Hounslow 2/8th Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment , Ruislip Manor Norfolk Regiment Depot, Britannia Barracks Suffolk Regiment Depot, Gibraltar Barracks Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment Depot, Kempston Barracks Essex Regiment Depot, Warley Barracks Middlesex Regiment Depot, Inglis Barracks 104th (Essex Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery , Brentwood 147th (Essex Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Chelmsford 58th (Suffolk) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery , Ipswich 67th (Suffolk) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery , Bury St Edmunds Suffolk Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery , Dovercourt 97th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery , RAF Hounslow 119th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery , RAF Westley 250th (East Anglian) Field Company, Royal Engineers , Cambridge Suffolk Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers , Ipswich 18th Infantry Division (2/TA) 18th (Eastern) Infantry Division , Hertford Headquarters, 18th Infantry Division commanded by Major General Thomas Gerald Dalby 18th (Eastern) Infantry Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Stratford 18th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps, Stratford 18th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Stratford 18th Infantry Divisional Military Police Company, Corps of Military Police , Stratford 54th Infantry Brigade 55th Infantry Brigade Divisional Royal Artillery Headquarters, 18th Divisional Royal Artillery, The Barracks, Hertford 105th (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Bedford 135th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Hitchin 148th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Luton 65th (Norfolk Yeomanry ) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, Swaffham Divisional Royal Engineers 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division (TA) 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division , Hertford Headquarters, 54th Infantry Division commanded by Major General John Hedley Thornton Priestman 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Stratford 54th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps, Hertford 54th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Hertford 54th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps, Hertford 54th Infantry Divisional Military Police Company, Corps of Military Police , Hertford 161st (Essex and London) Infantry Brigade Headquarters, 161st Infantry Brigade & Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals , Brentwood 1/4th Battalion, The Essex Regiment , Chelmsford 2/4th Battalion, The Essex Regiment , Ilford 1/5th Battalion, The Essex Regiment , Braintree 2/5th (East) Battalion, The Essex Regiment , Colchester 5th (Hackney) Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's Royal Berkshire Regiment , Hackney 7th (Stoke Newington) Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's Royal Berkshire Regiment , Stoke Newington 162nd (East Midland) Infantry Brigade 163rd (Norfolk) Infantry Brigade Division Royal Artillery Headquarters, Royal Artillery, The Barracks, Hertford 85th (East Anglian) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Stratford 86th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Hertford 134th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Stratford 55th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment , Royal Artillery, Bury St Edmunds Divisional Royal Engineers Headquarters, Royal Engineers, Bedford 249th (East Anglia) Field Company, Royal Engineers, Luton 286th Field Company, Royal Engineers, Bedford 289th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers, Luton Chatham Area Chatham Area covered the areas of: Foulness Point (Essex ) by a line drawn south to Shellness (Kent ) thence a line drawn south-west to Ladydane thence along a road to Watling Street thence Watling Street to road Faversham , Leaveland , Challock Lees, Chaning, Lenham , Harrietsham , Elsfield , Hollingbourne thence Pilgrim's Way via Detling , Burham , Snodland thence via Pilgrim's Road to Trosley Towers thence along road Wrotham-Gravesent to Northumberland Bottom thence Watling Street to Southern Railway Bridge at Springhead thence northward along stream to River Thames , along south bank of River Thames to lighthouse on Swanscombe Marshes thence by a line drawn northeast across the River Thames to Grays Thurrock Station (Essex ) thence along the main road to Stanford-le-Hope thence northside of railway via South Benfleet to Southend Borough boundary thence a line drawn northeast to lower Edward's Hull thence along road Eastwood to Harp House thence a line drawn south-east to Southchurch Lawn thence a line due north to River Roach , along south bank of River Roach and south bank of River Crouch to Foulness Point .
Home Counties Area Home Counties Area covered the areas of: Woolwich (exclusive of Territorial Army troops in London District ), Counties of Kent (less areas in Chatham Area and the 4th Infantry Division stations of Dover , Shorncliffe , Hythe and Lydd ), Sussex , Surrey (less the eastern boundaries of the parishes of Chobham , Horsell and Woking through Woking ) including portions of the parishes of Stoke-next-Guildford , St. Nicholas, Arlington, to the west of the railway.
Headquarters, Home Counties Area, Woolwich Station under Area Commanded Brigadier Alastair Ian Macdougall Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment Depot, Stoughton Barracks Royal East Kent Regiment (Buffs) Depot, Canterbury Barracks City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) Depot, Hounslow Barracks East Surrey Regiment Depot, The Barracks, Kingston upon Thames Royal Sussex Regiment Depot, The Barracks, Chichester Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Depot, Maidstone Barracks 97th (Kent Yeomanry) Field Regiment , Royal Artillery (TA), Maidstone 98th (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry, Queen Mary's) Field Regiment , Royal Artillery (TA), Clapham Park 143rd (Kent Yeomanry) Field Regiment , Royal Artillery (TA), Ashford 144th (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry, Queen Mary's) Field Regiment , Royal Artillery (TA), Chichester Kent and Sussex Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Dover Royal Artillery Depot, Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich Kent Fortress Engineers , Royal Engineers (TA), Dover Cinque Ports Fortress Engineers , Royal Engineers (TA), Northfleet 21st Army Tank Brigade (TA), only part, other regiment under Southern Command 12th (Eastern) Infantry Division 12th (Eastern) Infantry Division (TA) , Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich Headquarters, 12th Infantry Division commanded by Major General Roderic Loraine Petre 12th (Eastern) Infantry Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Stamford Brook 12th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps, Stamford Brook 12th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Stamford Brook 12th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps, Stamford Brook 12th Infantry Divisional Military Police Company, Corps of Military Police , Stamford Brook 35th Infantry Brigade 36th Infantry Brigade 37th Infantry Brigade (Doubling as HQ Eastern Sub-Area) Divisional Royal Artillery Headquarters, Divisional Royal Artillery, Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich 113th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Shoreham-by-Sea 114th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Bexhill-on-Sea 118th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Plumstead 67th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery , Sutton Divisional Royal Engineers Headquarters, Divisional Royal Engineers, Brighton 262nd Field Company, Royal Engineers , Hastings 263rd Field Company, Royal Engineers , Eastbourne 264th Field Company, Royal Engineers , Lewes 265th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers , Eastbourne 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division (TA) Headquarters, 44th Infantry Division, Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich commanded by Major General Edmund Archibald Osborne 44th (Home Counties) Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Stamford Brook 44th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps, Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich 44th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich 44th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps, Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich 44th Infantry Divisional Military Police Company, Corps of Military Police , Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich 131st (Surrey) Infantry Brigade (Doubling as HQ Western Sub-Area) 132nd Infantry Brigade (Doubling as HQ Central Sub-Area) 133rd (Kent and Sussex) Infantry Brigade (Doubling as HQ Eastern Sub-Area) Divisional Royal Artillery Headquarters, Divisional Royal Artillery, Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich 57th (Home Counties) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Brighton 58th (Sussex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Eastbourne 65th (8th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Lee Green 57th (East Surrey) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery , Wimbledon Divisional Royal Engineers Headquarters, Divisional Royal Engineers, Brighton 208th (Sussex) Field Company, Royal Engineers , Eastbourne 209th (Sussex) Field Company, Royal Engineers , Brighton 210th (Sussex) Field Company, Royal Engineers , Seaford 211th (Sussex) Field Company, Royal Engineers , Worthing Northern Ireland District Northern Ireland District was one of two army districts, tasked with covering all of Northern Ireland .
Headquarters, Northern Ireland District, Victoria Barracks under Major General Robert Valentine Pollock Northern Ireland District Pay Officer, Royal Army Pay Corps , Victoria Barracks Northern Ireland District Signal Company, Royal Corps of Signals , Victoria Barracks North Irish Horse (SR), Belfast 2nd Battalion, The South Wales Borderers , Ebrington Barracks 1st Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment , Palace Barracks 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment , Abercorn Barracks 2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment , Victoria Barracks Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Depot, St Lucia Barracks Royal Ulster Rifles Depot, Gough Barracks Antrim Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers (TA), Belfast 26th Company, Royal Army Service Corps , Victoria Barracks 53rd Company, Royal Army Service Corps , Victoria Barracks 54th Company, Royal Army Service Corps , Ebrington Barracks Northern Ireland District Section, Royal Army Ordnance Corps , Kinnegar Army Barracks 15th Company, Royal Army Medical Corps , Palace Barracks District Royal Artillery 3rd (Northern Ireland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade (SR) Western Command Western Command was the largest command by area covered, including: Wales and the Counties of Cumberland , Westmorland , Lancashire , Staffordshire , Shropshire , Herefordshire , Cheshire , and Beachley , Gloucestershire , and The Isle of Man .
Headquarters, Western Command based at Dale Barracks 'The Dale' under Lieutenant General Robert Hadden Haining Western Command Pay Detachment, Royal Army Pay Corps , Chester Western Command Pay Detachment, Royal Army Pay Corps , Preston Western Command Pay Detachment, Royal Army Pay Corps , Shrewsbury Western Command Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , The Dale 1st (East Lancashire) Corps Medium Artillery Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals (SR), Manchester 2nd Lines of Communications Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals (SR), Manchester 3rd (West Lancashire) Lines of Communications Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals (SR), Liverpool 2nd Battalion, The Royal East Kent Regiment (Buffs) , Defensible Barracks 100th (Monmouthshire) Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers (SR), Monmouth Castle 101st (Monmouthshire) Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers (SR), Monmouth Castle 104th (East Lancashire) Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers (SR), Manchester 105th (West Lancashire) Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers (SR), Liverpool 154th (Great Western ) Railway Operating Company, Royal Engineers (SR), Newport 16th Company, Royal Army Service Corps , Preston I Company, Royal Army Service Corps , Chester 10th Section, Royal Army Ordnance Corps , Burscough 19th Company, Royal Army Medical Corps , Warrington 2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade Royal Artillery Fixed Defences, North-Western Ports Royal Artillery Fixed Defences, Welsh Ports Welsh Area Welsh Area covered Wales and the Countries of Shropshire and Herefordshire , and Beachley (Glouchestershire ).
Welsh Area Headquarters, Copthorne Barracks Shropshire Yeomanry (TA), Shrewsbury Royal Welch Fusiliers Depot, Hightown Barracks South Wales Borderers Depot, The Barracks, Brecon Welch Regiment Depot, Maindy Barracks King's Shropshire Light Infantry Depot, Copthorne Barracks 6th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery , 69th (Caernarvon & Denbigh Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Bangor 70th (Royal Welch Fusiliers) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Mold 20th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Cardiff 3rd Field Depot, Royal Artillery , Park Hall Barracks 4th Field Depot, Royal Artillery , Kinmel Camp 10th Anti-Aircraft Depot, Royal Artillery , Park Hall Barracks 11th Anti-Aircraft Depot, Royal Artillery , Park Hall Barracks 15th Searchlight Depot, Royal Artillery , Park Hall Barracks 16th Searchlight Depot, Royal Artillery , Kinmel Camp 17th Searchlight Depot, Royal Artillery , RAF Credenhill 246th (Welsh) Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Cardiff Welsh Area Coast Defences 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division (2/TA) 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division (1/TA) 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division , Shrewsbury Headquarters, 53rd Infantry Division commanded by Major General Bevil Thomson Wilson 53rd (Welsh) Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Cardiff 53rd Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps, Shrewsbury 53rd Infantry Divisional Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Shrewsbury 53rd Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps, Shrewsbury 53rd Infantry Divisional Military Police Company, Corps of Military Police , Shrewsbury 158th (Royal Welch Fusiliers) Infantry Brigade 159th (Welsh Border) Infantry Brigade 160th (South Wales) Infantry Brigade Divisional Royal Artillery Headquarters, Divisional Royal Artillery, Shrewsbury 81st (Welsh) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Port Talbot 83rd (Welsh) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Newport 133rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Griffithstown 60th (Royal Welch Fusiliers) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery , Flint Divisional Royal Engineers Headquarters, Divisional Royal Engineers, Swansea 244th (Welsh) Field Company, Royal Engineers , Swansea 245th (Welsh) Field Company, Royal Engineers , Neath 282nd Field Company, Royal Engineers , Port Talbot 285th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers , Gorseinon West Lancashire Area West Lancashire encompassed: Lancashire , south and west of a line along the River Douglas and the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, South-East to Worsley , Cheshire , and Staffordshire .
Headquarters, West Lancashire Area, Preston under Brigadier William Havelock Ramsden 4th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment , Chester (TA) , machine-gun battalion 5th (Earl of Chester's) Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment (TA) , Knutsford , machine-gun battalion 6th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment (TA) , Stockport , machine-gun battalion 7th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment (TA) , Macclesfield , machine-gun battalion King's Liverpool Regiment Depot, Seaforth Barracks Cheshire Regiment Depot, Chester Castle South Staffordshire Regiment Depot, Whittington Barracks The Prince of Wales's South Lancashire Volunteers Depot, Peninsula Barracks The Prince of Wales's North Staffordshire Regiment Depot, Whittington Barracks 106th (Lancashire Hussars) Field Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (TA) , Liverpool 149th (Lancashire Hussars) Field Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (TA) , Hoylake 88th (2nd West Lancashire) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) , Preston 137th (2nd West Lancashire) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) , Blackpool 51st (Midland) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) , Stoke-on-Trent 59th (4th West Lancashire) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) , Liverpool 63rd (Midland) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) , Stoke-on-Trent 68th (4th West Lancashire) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Liverpool 135th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (TA), Weaver Junction 12th Anti-Aircraft Depot, Royal Artillery , Saighton Camp 18th Searchlight Depot, Royal Artillery , Saighton Camp Mobile Divisional Royal Engineer Headquarters, Mobile Divisional Royal Engineers, Liverpool 2nd (Cheshire) Field Squadron, Royal Engineers , Birkenhead 3rd (Cheshire) Field Squadron, Royal Engineers , Wallasey 141st Field Park Troop, Royal Engineers , Liverpool 142nd Field Park Troop, Royal Engineers , Liverpool 213th (North Midland) Army Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Cannock 214th (North Midland) Army Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Tunstall 252nd (West Lancashire) Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Walsall 253rd (West Lancashire) Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), St Helens 254th (West Lancashire) Field Park Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Liverpool 290th Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Rowley Regis 291st Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Walsall 292nd Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), The Potteries 293rd Field Park Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Stafford 6th Cavalry Brigade (TA) 23rd Army Tank Brigade (2/TA) West Lancashire Area Coastal Defences 55th (West Lancashire) Motor Division (TA) 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division , Liverpool Headquarters, 55th Motor Division commanded by Major General Vivian Henry Bruce Majendie 55th (West Lancashire) Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Liverpool 5th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment , Bolton , motorcycle reconnaissance 55th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps, Liverpool 55th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Liverpool 55th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps, Liverpool 55th Infantry Divisional Military Police Company, Corps of Military Police , Liverpool 164th Infantry Brigade , all units motor infantry 165th Infantry Brigade , all units motor infantry Divisional Royal Artillery Divisional Royal Engineers 59th (Staffordshire) Motor Division (2/TA) 59th (Staffordshire) Motor Division , Stafford Headquarters, 59th Motor Division commanded by Major General John Blakiston-Houston 59th (Staffordshire) Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Stafford 6th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment , Bolton , motorcycle reconnaissance 59th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps, Stafford 59th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Stafford 59th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps, Stafford 59th Infantry Divisional Military Police Company, Corps of Military Police , Stafford 176th Infantry Brigade 177th Infantry Brigade Divisional Royal Artillery Divisional Royal Engineers (cadre, not formed yet)East Lancashire Area East Lancashire Area comprised the areas of: Cumberland , Westmoreland and that part of Lancashire not included in West Lancashire Area.
Headquarters, East Lancashire Area, Manchester under Brigadier General Cecil Francis Drew The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry (TA), Manchester 1/9th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment (TA), Ashton-under-Lyne , machine-gun battalion 2/9th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment (TA), Audenshaw , machine-gun battalion King’s Own Lancaster Regiment Depot, Bowerham Barracks Lancashire Fusiliers Depot, Wellington Barracks East Lancashire Regiment Depot, Burnley Barracks Border Regiment Depot, Carlisle Castle Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Depot, Fulwood Barracks Manchester Regiment Depot, Ladysmith Barracks 52nd (East Lancashire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Burnley 56th (East Lancashire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Oswaldtwistle 134th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (TA), RAF Great Orton 13th Anti-Aircraft Depot, Royal Artillery , Carlisle Castle Barracks 23rd Searchlight Depot, Royal Artillery Carlisle Castle Barracks 275th Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Manchester 24th Army Tank Brigade (2/TA) 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division (TA) 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division , Manchester Headquarters, 42nd Infantry Division commanded by Major General William George Holmes 42nd (East Lancashire) Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Manchester 42nd Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps, Manchester 42nd Infantry Divisional Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Manchester 42nd Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps, Manchester 42nd Infantry Divisional Military Police Company, Corps of Military Police , Manchester 125th (Lancashire Fusiliers) Infantry Brigade 126th Infantry Brigade 127th (Manchester) Infantry Brigade Divisional Royal Artillery Headquarters, Divisional Royal Artillery, Whalley Range 51st (Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Carlisle 52nd (Manchester) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Manchester 53rd (Bolton) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Bolton 56th (King's Own) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery , Manchester Divisional Royal Engineers Headquarters, Divisional Royal Engineers, Manchester 200th (East Lancashire) Field Company, Royal Engineers , Manchester 201st (East Lancashire) Field Company, Royal Engineers , Manchester 202nd (East Lancashire) Field Company, Royal Engineers , Manchester 203rd (East Lancashire) Field Park Company, Royal Engineers , Smethwick 66th Infantry Division (2/TA)London District London District comprises County of London , Warley Barracks (Foot Guards only), Rainham Rifle Range, Purfleet , Woolwich (for Territorial Army Troops), Caterham Barracks , Pirbright , and (for regular troops) Combermere Barracks and Victoria Barracks .
Headquarters, London District, Horse Guards commanded by Major-General Commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding London District Sir Andrew Thorne London District Pay Detachment, Royal Army Pay Corps , Deptford London District Pay Detachment, Royal Army Pay Corps , Regent's Park Barracks Lines of Communications Signals, Royal Corps of Signals (SR) London District Signals, Royal Corps of Signals (TA), London London Corps Signals, Royal Corps of Signals (TA), Putney Bridge Mobile Divisional Signals (The Duke of Cambridge's Middlesex Hussars Yeomanry), Royal Corps of Signals (TA), Chelsea 2nd (London) Air Formation Signals, Royal Corps of Signals (SR), Putney Bridge 2nd (8th London) Construction Section, Royal Corps of Signals (SR), London 2nd (9th London) Construction Section, Royal Corps of Signals (SR), London 3rd (London) Construction Section, Royal Corps of Signals (SR), London Life Guards , Hyde Park Barracks Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) , Combermere Barracks 1st Battalion, Scots Guards , Chelsea Barracks 1st Battalion, Irish Guards , Wellington Barracks 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards , Wellington Barracks Guards Depot, Caterham Barracks 5th Infantry Training Group, Pirbright 11th (Honourable Artillery Company) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery , Finsbury Barracks 12th (Honourable Artillery Company) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, Finsbury Barracks 91st (4th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Lewisham 92nd (5th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Kennington Lane 139th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Lewisham 140th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Clapham Common 53rd (London) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Barnsbury 64th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Barnsbury 52nd (6th London) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) Brixton 62nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Stockwell K Battery, Royal Horse Artillery , St John's Wood (The Riding Troop, Royal Horse Artillery ) Railway Stores Group, Royal Engineers (SR) 216th (1st London) Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Bethnal Green 217th (1st London) Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Bethnal Green 218th (1st London) Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Bethnal Green 219th (1st London) Field Park Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Bethnal Green 221st (2nd London) Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Chelsea 222nd (2nd London) Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Chelsea 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Barnet 295th Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Barnet 296th Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Barnet 297th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Barnet 102nd (London) Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers (SR), Bethnal Green 151st (Great Western) Railway Construction Company, Royal Engineers (SR), Paddington station 152nd (Great Western) Railway Construction Company, Royal Engineers (SR), Paddington station Officers Producing Group Group Headquarters, RHQ Welsh Guards, Birdcage Walk 102nd (Westminster Dragoons) Officer Cadet Training Unit (TA), Westminster The Inns of Court Regiment (TA), Lincoln's Inn Artists Rifles (TA), Finsbury 1st Observation Post Section, 11th (Honourable Artillery Company) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (TA), Finsbury Barracks 2nd Observation Post Section, 11th (Honourable Artillery Company) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (TA), Finsbury Barracks 22nd Heavy Armoured Brigade (TA) 1st London Motor Division (TA) 1st London Motor Division , Finsbury Barracks Headquarters, 1st London Motor Division commanded by Major General Claude Francis Liardet 1st (City of London) London Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Clapham Park 1st Battalion, Queen Victoria's Rifles , Davies Street , motorcycle reconnaissance 1st London Infantry Brigade Headquarters, 1st London Infantry Brigade & Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals , RHQ Grenadier Guards, Birdcage Walk 8th (1st City of London) Battalion, The City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) , Bloomsbury 9th (1st City of London) Battalion, The City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) , Balham 1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles , Duke of York's Headquarters 2nd London Infantry Brigade 3rd London Infantry Brigade (attached for administrative purposes) Divisional Royal Artillery Divisional Royal Engineers 2nd London Motor Division (2/TA) 2nd London Motor Division , London Headquarters, 2nd London Motor Division commanded by Major General Harry Willans 2nd (City of London) London Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Clapham Park 2nd Battalion, Queen Victoria's Rifles , Grosvenor , motorcycle reconnaissance 4th London Infantry Brigade Headquarters, 4th London Infantry Brigade & Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals , RHQ Grenadier Guards, Birdcage Walk 11th Battalion, The City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) , Fusilier Hall, SW1 12th Battalion, The City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) , Balham 2nd Battalion, London Irish Rifles , Duke of York's Headquarters 5th London Infantry Brigade 6th London Infantry Brigade (attached for administrative purposes) Divisional Royal Artillery Divisional Royal Engineers Headquarters, Divisional Royal Engineers, Duke of York's Headquarters 501st Field Company, Royal Engineers , Chelsea 502nd Field Company, Royal Engineers , New Barnet 503rd Field Company, Royal Engineers , New Barnet 504th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers , New Barnet Southern Command Southern Command comprised: Counties of Warwickshire , Northamptonshire , Huntingdonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire (except Victoria Barracks and Combermere Barracks and that portion of the county included in the Aldershot Command ), Oxfordshire , Hampshire (except that portion included in the Aldershot Command ), Wiltshire , Dorset , Devonshire , Cornwall , Somerset , Gloucestershire (expect Beachley ) and Worcestershire .
Headquarters, Southern Command, Bulford Barracks commanded by Lieutenant General Bertie Drew Fisher Southern Command Pay Detachment, Royal Army Pay Corps , Wyvern Barracks Southern Command Pay Detachment, Royal Army Pay Corps , Hilsea Barracks Southern Command Pay Detachment, Royal Army Pay Corps , Bulford Barracks Southern Command Pay Detachment, Royal Army Pay Corps , Budbrooke Barracks Southern Command Pay Detachment, Royal Army Pay Corps , Peninsula Barracks Southern Command Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Bulford Barracks 2nd Artillery Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals , Bulford Barracks 5th Artillery Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals , Bulford Barracks 7th Artillery Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals , Bulford Barracks 9th Artillery Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals , Bulford Barracks 2nd Artillery Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals , Bulford Barracks 4th Artillery Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals , Bulford Barracks 4th Air Formation Signals, Royal Corps of Signals (SR), Birmingham 1st Wireless Section, Royal Corps of Signals (SR), Coventry 2nd Wireless Section, Royal Corps of Signals (SR), Coventry 1st Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery , Royal Artillery Barracks, Larkhill 2nd Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery , Royal Artillery Barracks, Larkhill 9th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Bulford Barracks 3rd Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery , Royal Artillery Barracks, Larkhill 4th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Bulford Barracks 2nd Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery , Clarence Barracks 58th Chemical Warfare Company, Royal Engineers , Porton Down Detachment from The Survey Battalion, Royal Engineers , Horfield Barracks 2nd Section, Royal Army Ordnance Corps , Bulford Barracks 3rd Section, Royal Army Ordnance Corps , Bovington Camp 4th Section, Royal Army Ordnance Corps , Vauxhall Barracks Corps Depot, Royal Army Ordnance Corps , Hilsea Barracks 4th Company, Royal Army Medical Corps , Netley Hospital 20th Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps , Bulford Barracks Southern Command Veterinary Depot, Royal Army Veterinary Corps , Bulford Barracks 1st Armoured Division 1st Armoured Division , Priory Lodge, Andore Headquarters, 1st Armoured Division commanded by Major General Roger Evans 1st Armoured Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Bulford Barracks 1st Armoured Divisional Royal Army Service Corps, Bulford Barracks 1st Armoured Divisional Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Bulford Barracks 1st Armoured Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps, Bulford Barracks 1st Armoured Divisional Military Police Company, Corps of Military Police 1st Light Armoured Brigade 2nd Light Armoured Brigade 1st Heavy Armoured Brigade 1st Support Group Headquarters, 1st Support Group & Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals , Tidworth Barracks 2nd Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps , Tidworth Barracks (mechanised infantry) 1st Battalion, The Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade , Tidworth Barracks (mechanised infantry) 1st Field Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery , Bulford Barracks 2nd Field Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery , Bulford Barracks 1st Support Group Anti-Tank Company Divisional Royal Engineers 3rd Infantry Division 3rd Infantry Division , Bulford Barracks - Division contained regular and 1st Line TA units Headquarters, 3rd Infantry Division commanded by Major General Bernard Law Montgomery 3rd Infantry Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Bulford Barracks 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars , Bulford Barracks (divisional reconnaissance) 3rd Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps, Bulford Barracks 3rd Infantry Divisional Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Bulford Barracks 3rd Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps, Bulford Barracks 3rd Infantry Divisional Military Police Company, Corps of Military Police , Bulford Barracks 7th (Guards) Infantry Brigade Headquarters, 7th Infantry Brigade & Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals , Elizabeth Barracks 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards , Elizabeth Barracks 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards , Elizabeth Barracks 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards , Chelsea Barracks 7th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company, Elizabeth Barracks 8th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, 8th Infantry Brigade & Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals , Crownhill Fort 1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment , Raglan Barracks 2nd Battalion, The Duke of York's Own East Yorkshire Regiment , Stonehouse Barracks 2nd Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment , Stonehouse Barracks 8th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company, Stonehouse Barracks 9th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, 9th Infantry Brigade & Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals , Cambridge Barracks 2nd Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment , East Weare Camp 1st Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers , Cambridge Barracks 2nd Battalion, The Royal Ulster Rifles , Albany Barracks 9th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company, Cambridge Barracks Divisional Royal Artillery Headquarters, Divisional Royal Artillery, Royal Artillery Barracks, Larkhill 7th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Catterick Camp 23rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Wyvern Barracks 33rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Royal Artillery Barracks, Larkhill 20th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery , Catterick Camp Divisional Royal Engineers Headquarters, Divisional Royal Engineers, Bulford Barracks 246th (Welsh) Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Cardiff 248th (East Anglia) Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Bedford 253rd (West Lancashire) Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), St Helens 15th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers , Bulford Barracks Salisbury Plain Area Salisbury Plain Area comprising: The County of Wiltshire (within the following boundaries): The Great Western Railway from the bridge over the River Avon at Freshford to the aqueduct of the Kennet and Avon Canal (1.5 miles west of Bradford-on-Avon), thence the Kennet and Avon Canal to Devizes , The Depot The Wiltshire Regiment, Devizes (on the north bank of the canal), thence the Kennet and Avon Canal to the County boundary at Froxfield , thence the county boundary from Froxfield to the road Fordingbridge -Salisbury at Downton . Thence the road Fordingbridge-Salisbury from the county boundary at Downton to Salisbury; Salisbury; the road Salisbury-Wilton-Great Wishford-Codford-Hegtesbury, the road Warminster-Frome to the county boundary at Whitbourne; thence the county boundary near Whitbourne to the Great Western Railway Bridge over the River Avon near Freshford. That portion of Hampshire including Tidworth and Western District land adjacent.
South Midland Area South Midland Area comprising: Counties of Warwickshire , Northamptonshire , Huntingdonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire (except Victoria Barracks and Combermere Barracks and portions in Aldershot Command ), Oxfordshire , Gloucestershire (except Beachley ), Worcestershire , and Wiltshire north of the Salisbury Plain Area.
Headquarters, South Midland Area, Cowley Barracks commanded by Colonel Hugh Tennant MacMullen 1st Battalion, Princess Victoria's Royal Irish Fusiliers , Cowley Barracks 4th Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment (TA), Northampton Warwickshire Regiment Depot, Budbrooke Barracks Gloucestershire Regiment Depot, Horfield Barracks Worcestershire Regiment Depot, Norton Barracks Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Depot, Bullingdon Barracks Northamptonshire Regiment Depot, Northampton Barracks Berkshire Regiment Depot, Brock Barracks 3rd Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Bristol 5th Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Bristol 22nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), RAF Cosford 89th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (TA), RAF Bicester 128th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (TA), RAF Brize Norton 131st Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (TA), RAF Aston Down 214 Medium Battery, Royal Artillery (TA), Huddersfield 212th (North Midland) Army Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Smethwick 268th Field Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Olton 215th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Smethwick 269th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers (TA), Olton 20th Light Armoured Brigade (TA) 48th (South Midland) Infantry Division (TA)48th (South Midland) Infantry Division , Oxford Headquarters, 48th Infantry Division commanded by Major General Frank Crowther Roberts 48th (South Midland) Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Birmingham 48th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps, Oxford 48th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Oxford 48th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps, Oxford 48th Infantry Divisional Military Police Company, Corps of Military Police , Oxford 143rd (West Midlands) Infantry Brigade 144th (Gloucester and Worcester) Infantry Brigade 145th (South Midland) Infantry Brigade Divisional Royal Artillery Headquarters, Divisional Royal Artillery, Oxford 67th (South Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Worcester 68th (South Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Birmingham 99th (Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Aylesbury 53rd (Worcestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Kidderminster Divisional Royal Engineers Headquarters, Divisional Royal Engineers, Bristol 224th (South Midland) Field Company, Royal Engineers , Bristol 225th (South Midland) Field Company, Royal Engineers , Birmingham 226th (South Midland) Field Company, Royal Engineers , Reading 227th (South Midland) Field Park Company, Royal Engineers , Birmingham 61st Infantry Division (2/TA)61st (2nd South Midland) Infantry Division , Oxford South-Western Area South-Western Area comprising: Counties of Somerset , Dorsetshire , Devonshire and Cornwall , those portions of Wiltshire not included in South Midland and Salisbury Plain Areas, and that part of Hampshire lying west of the Southern Railway between the county boundary of Downton and the county boundary at Fordingbridge station.
Headquarters, South-Western Area, Raglan Barracks commanded by Major General William Green The Prince of Wales's Own Royal Wiltshire Hussars Yeomanry (TA), Trowbridge North Somerset Yeomanry (TA), Bath 5th (Prince of Wales's) Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment (TA), Plymouth (machine-gun) 7th (Haytor) Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment (TA), Torquay (machine-gun) Devonshire Regiment Depot, Wyvern Barracks Somerset Light Infantry Depot, Jellalabad Barracks Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Depot, Victoria Barracks Dorsetshire Regiment Depot, The Keep, Dorchester 3rd Infantry Training Group, Newton Abbot 1st Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery , Stonehouse Barracks 51st (Devon) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Exeter 55th (Devon) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), Exeter 85th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (TA), RAF Kemble 90th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (TA), RAF Wroughton 91st Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (TA), RAF Mount Batten 8th Anti-Aircraft Depot, Royal Artillery , HMS Heron 20th Searchlight Depot, Royal Artillery , HMS Heron 22nd Depot, Royal Artillery , Jellalabad Barracks Portland Coast Defences Plymouth and Falmouth Defences Headquarters, Portland and Falmouth Defences, Plymouth Devonshire and Cornwall Fortress Engineers, Royal Engineers (TA), Plymouth South-Western Ports Fixed Defences 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division (TA) 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division , Salisbury Headquarters, 43rd Infantry Division commanded by Major General Arthur Nugent Floyer-Acland 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Divisional Signal, Royal Corps of Signals , Exeter 43rd Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps, Salisbury 43rd Infantry Divisional Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Salisbury 43rd Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps, Salisbury 43rd Infantry Divisional Military Police Company, Corps of Military Police , Salisbury 128th (Hampshire) Infantry Brigade 129th (South Western) Infantry Brigade 130th (Hampshire and Dorset) Infantry Brigade Divisional Royal Artillery Headquarters, Divisional Royal Artillery, Salisbury 94th (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Dorchester 112th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Swindon 141st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Sherborne 59th (Duke of Connaught's Hampshire) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery , Portsmouth Divisional Royal Engineers Headquarters, Divisional Royal Engineers, Bath 43rd Infantry Divisional Field Post, Royal Engineers , Bath 204th (Wessex) Field Company, Royal Engineers , Bath 260th Field Company, Royal Engineers , Chippenham 207th (Wessex) Field Park Company, Royal Engineers , Bath 45th Infantry Division (2/TA) 45th Infantry Division , Exeter Headquarters, 45th Infantry Division commanded by Major General Frederick Vavasour Broome Witts 45th (West Country) Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Exeter 45th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps, Exeter 45th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Exeter 45th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps, Exeter 45th Infantry Divisional Military Police Company, Corps of Military Police , Exeter 134th (Devonshire) Infantry Brigade 135th (Somerset) Infantry Brigade 136th (2nd Devon and Cornwall) Infantry Brigade Divisional Royal Artillery Headquarters, Divisional Royal Artillery, Exeter 55th (Wessex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Taunton 96th (Royal Devonshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Exeter 142nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Dartmouth 69th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery , Gosport Divisional Royal Engineers Southern Area Southern Area comprising: Hampshire (excluding those portions of the county Included in Aldershot Command and Salisbury Plain and South-Western Areas.).
Headquarters, Southern Area commanded by Brigadier John Noel Lumley Hampshire Regiment Depot, Peninsula Barracks Rifle Brigade Depot, Peninsula Barracks 1st Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery , Cambridge Barracks 4th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery , Fort Brockhurst 71st Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (TA), RAF Fareham 84th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (TA), RAF Boscombe Down 7th Anti-Aircraft Depot, Royal Artillery , Le Marchant Barracks 9th Anti-Aircraft Depot, Royal Artillery , Blandford Camp 19th Searchlight Depot, Royal Artillery , Le Marchant Barracks 21st Searchlight Depot, Royal Artillery , Blandford Camp The Survey Battalion, Royal Engineers , McMullen Barracks 19th Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers , Fort Fareham 4th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers , McMullen Barracks Experimental Bridging Establishment, Royal Engineers , Cavalry Barracks, Christchurch
Anti-Aircraft Command (TA) Anti-Aircraft Command controlled all of the AA units (minus the regular 1st and 2nd AA brigades).
1st Anti-Aircraft Division 1st AA Division covering London , Dover , and Slough .
Headquarters, 1st AA Division, RAF Uxbridge commanded by Major General Frederick Alfred Pile 1st Anti-Aircraft Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , RAF Northolt 1st Anti-Aircraft Divisional Workshop, Royal Army Ordnance Corps , RAF Chingford 26th (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 26th AA Brigade, Brompton Road 53rd (City of London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , War Office 86th (Honourable Artillery Company) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Finsbury 88th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , White City 26th AA Brigade Company, Royal Army Service Corps , Brompton Road 38th (London) Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 38th LAA Bde, Duke of York's Headquarters 26th (London Electrical Engineers) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Duke of York's Headquarters 27th (London Electrical Engineers) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Mitcham Lane 75th (Middlesex) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery , Cowley 38th AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, Wandsworth 48th (City of London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 48th AA Bde, Lewisham 54th (City of London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Putney 60th (City of London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Catford 97th (The London Scottish) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Westminster 99th (London Welsh) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , London W8 48th AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, Lewisham 49th (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 49th AA Bde, Lower Belgrave Street 51st (London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Duke of York's Headquarters 52nd (London) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Acton 84th (Middlesex, London Transport) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Willesden 48th AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, Lower Belgrave Street 2nd Anti-Aircraft Division 2nd AA Division covering Kingston upon Hull , The Humber , Leeds , Sheffield , and Nottingham . Aligned with No. 12 Group RAF .
Headquarters 2nd AA Division, RAF Hucknall 2nd AA Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , RAF Hucknall 2nd AA Division Workshop, Royal Army Ordnance Corps , RAF Hucknall 32nd (Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 32nd AA Bde, Derby 68th (North Midland) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Derby 42nd (The Robin Hoods, Sherwood Foresters) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Nottingham 44th (The Leicestershire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Leicester 50th (The Northamptonshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Northampton 32nd AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, Derby 40th (South Midlands) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 40th AA Bde, Duxford 60th (9th Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery , Willesden 69th (10th (3rd City of London) Battalion, The City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery , Harrow Road 33rd (St Pancras) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Albany Street 36th (Middlesex) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Edgware 58th (Middlesex) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Harrow 40th AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, Barking 41st (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 41st AA Bde, Ebury Street 78th (1st East Anglian) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Norwich 32nd (7th (City of London) Battalion, The City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Finsbury Square 64th (1/6th Battalion, The Essex Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery , The Cedars 65th (2/6th Battalion, The Essex Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery , Southend-on-Sea 50th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade 3rd Anti-Aircraft Division 3rd AA Division covering the Firth of Forth , The Clyde , Scapa Flow , Tyne River , Tees River , and Belfast . Aligned with No. 13 Group RAF .
Headquarters, 3rd AA Division, RAF Edinburgh 3rd AA Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , RAF Edinburgh 3rd AA Division Workshop, Royal Army Ordnance Corps , RAF Edinburgh 3rd (Northern Ireland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade (Supplementary Reserve) Headquarters, 3rd AA Brigade, Belfast 3rd (Ulster) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery , Belfast 8th (Belfast) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Belfast 9th (Londonderry) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Derry 102nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Antrim 3rd AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, Belfast 36th Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 36th AA Bde, Edinburgh 71st (Forth) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Dunfermline 94th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Turnhouse 101st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Inverness 36th AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, Edinburgh 42nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 42nd AA Bde, Glasgow 74th (City of Glasgow) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Glasgow 83rd (Blythswood) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Bridgeton 100th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Inverness 42nd AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, Glasgow 51st Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 51st LAA Bde, Edinburgh 14th (West Lothian, Royal Scots) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Edinburgh 18th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Glasgow 19th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Edinburgh 31st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Perth 32nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Falkirk 52nd Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 52nd AA Bde, Stirling 51st (Highland) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Dundee 52nd (4th/5th (Queen's Edinburgh) Battalion, The Royal Scots) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery , Edinburgh 56th (5th Battalion, The Scottish Rifles (Cameronians)) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery , Glasgow 57th (8th Battalion, The Scottish Rifles (Cameronians)) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery , South Glasgow 4th Anti-Aircraft Division 4th AA Division covering Liverpool , Birmingham , Coventry , Manchester , Cardiff , and Newport . Aligned with No. 9 Group RAF .
Headquarters, 4th AA Division, RAF Hawarden 4th AA Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , RAF Hawarden 4th AA Division Workshop, Royal Army Ordnance Corps , RAF Hawarden 33rd (Western) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 33rd AA Bde, Woolton 70th (3rd West Lancashire) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Liverpool 81st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Stockport 93rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Oxton 62nd (Loyals) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery , Preston 38th (The King's Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Liverpool 33rd AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, Woolton 34th (South Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 34th AA Bde, Coventry 69th (Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Edgbaston 73rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Wolverhampton 95th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Birmingham 34th AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, Coventry 44th (East Lancashire) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 44th AA Bde, Manchester 65th (The Manchester Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Hulme 71st (East Lancashire) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery , Manchester 39th (The Lancashire Fusiliers) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Salford 44th AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, Manchester 53rd (West Lancashire) Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 53rd AA Bde, Chester 15th (Isle of Man) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Douglas, Isle of Man (technically not a 'British' unit, see: Isle of Man for more) 21st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Liverpool 33rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Liverpool 53rd AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, Chester 54th (North Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 54th AA Bde, South Birmingham 59th (Warwickshire) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery , Birmingham 61st (South Lancashire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery , St Helen 41st (5th Battalion, The Prince of Wales's North Staffordshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Stoke-on-Trent 45th (Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Birmingham 54th AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, South Birmingham 5th Anti-Aircraft Division 5th AA Division covering Bristol , Plymouth , Portsmouth , Isle of Portland , Southampton , and Cardiff . Aligned with No. 10 Group RAF .
Headquarters, 5th AA Division, RAF Henley-on-Thames 5th AA Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , RAF Henley-on-Thames 5th AA Divisional Workshop, Royal Army Ordnance Corps , RAF Henley-on-Thames 35th (Southern) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 35th AA Bde, Fareham 56th (Cornwall) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Falmouth 57th (Wessex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Portsmouth 72nd (Hampshire) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Southampton 48th (Hampshire) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Portsmouth 35th AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, Fareham 45th (Welsh) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 45th AA Bde, Cardiff 77th (Welsh) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Cardiff 67th (6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, The Welch Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery , Cardiff 68th (1st (Rifle) Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery , Newport 45th AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, Cardiff 46th (Gloucestershire) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 46th AA Bde, Bristol 76th (Gloucestershire) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Clifton 98th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Cheltenham 66th (4th (City of Bristol) Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery , Bristol 46th AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, Bristol 47th (South) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 47th AA Bde, Grosvenor Gardens 80th (Berkshire) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Reading 63rd (4th Battalion, The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery , Croydon 72nd (Middlesex) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery , Twickenham 30th (Surrey) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Kingston upon Thames 35th (First Surrey Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Camberwell 47th AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, Grosvenor Gardens 6th Anti-Aircraft Division 6th AA Division covering Thames and Medway and Harwich . Aligned with No. 11 Group RAF .
Headquarters, 6th AA Division, RAF Uxbridge 6th AA Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , RAF Uxbridge 6th AA Divisional Workshop, Royal Army Ordnance Corps , RAF Uxbridge 27th (Home Counties) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 27th AA Bde, Lingfield 70th (Sussex) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery , Brighton 31st (City of London Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Sutton 34th (Queen's Own Royal West Kent) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Blackheath 27th AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, Lingfield 28th (Thames and Medway) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 28th AA Bde, Kitchener Barracks, Kitchener Barracks 55th (Kent) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Rochester 58th (Kent) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Erith 75th (Home Counties) (Cinque Ports) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Dover 89th (Cinque Ports) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Sittingbourne 28th AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, Kitchener Barracks 29th (East Anglian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 29th AA Bde, South Kensington 28th (Essex) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Brentwood 29th (Kent) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Chatham 73rd (Kent Fortress) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Bexleyheath 74th (Essex Fortress) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Tottenham 29th AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, South Kensington 37th (Home Counties) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 37th AA Bde, Hendon 59th (Essex Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Walthamstow 61st (Middlesex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Pentonville 79th (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Watford 82nd (Essex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Barking 90th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Barking 37th AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, Hendon 56th (Home Counties) Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 56th LAA Bde, RAF Uxbridge 11th (City of London Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , London EC1 12th (Finsbury Rifles) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Pentonville 16th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Sittingbourne 17th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Chelsea 7th Anti-Aircraft Division 7th AA Division covering River Tyne , River Tees , and Middlesbrough .
Headquarters, 7th AA Division, RAF Newcastle 7th AA Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , RAF Newcastle 7th AA Divisional Workshop, Royal Army Ordnance Corps , RAF Newcastle 30th (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 30th AA Bde, Sunderland 63rd (Northumbrian) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Sunderland 64th (Northumbrian) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , North Shields 87th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Hebburn 53rd (5th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery , Walker on Tyne 37th (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Tynemouth 30th AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, Sunderland 31st (North Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 31st AA Bde, York 66th (Leeds Rifles) (West Yorkshire Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Leeds 96th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Castleford 43rd (5th Duke of Wellington's Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Huddersfield 49th (The West Yorkshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Bradford 39th (Eastern) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 39th AA Bde, RAF Digby 62nd (Northumbrian) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Kingston upon Hull 67th (York and Lancaster Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Rotherham 91st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Goole 40th (The Sherwood Foresters) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Chesterfield 46th (The Lincolnshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Grimsby 39th AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, RAF Digby 43rd (Durham) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 43rd AA Bde, West Hartlepool 85th (Tees) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Middlesbrough 54th (1/5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery , Stockton-on-Tees 55th (2/5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery , West Hartlepool 47th (Durham Light Infantry) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers , Sunderland 43rd AA Bde Company, Royal Army Service Corps, West Hartlepool 57th (Eastern) Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade Headquarters, 57th LAA Bde, RAF Newcastle 13th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Hillsborough 28th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Nottingham 29th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Grimsby 30th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , Ipswich Middle East Command Middle East Command controlled all the forces based in: Sudan , Aden , Somaliland , Palestine , Transjordan , and Egypt .
British Troops in Aden Headquarters, British Troops Aden, Khormaksar commanded by Air vice-marshal Sir George Ranald MacFarlane Reid Aden Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals , Aden 2nd Battalion, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry , Khormaksar Aden Protectorate Levies , Khormaksar 5th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery , Aden 20th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers , Aden Eastern Aden Protectorate Western Aden Protectorate Government Guards Tribal Guards Lahij Trained Forces British Troops in Egypt Headquarters, Cairo commanded by Lieutenant General Henry Maitland Wilson Egypt Command Signals, Royal Corps of Signals , Cairo Delta Area Signal Section, Alexandria 1st Signal Company 3rd Signal Company 1st Light Tank Signal Section 6th Tank Signal Section 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards , Alexandria 1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment , El Daba 4th Field Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery 7th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery 19th Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery , Port Said 42nd Field Company, Royal Engineers 3rd Company, Royal Army Service Corps 23rd Company, Royal Army Service Corps 28th Company, Royal Army Service Corps 29th Company, Royal Army Service Corps 37th Company, Royal Army Service Corps 63rd Company, Royal Army Service Corps 64th Company, Royal Army Service Corps 'D' Supply Personnel Company, Royal Army Service Corps , Cairo 12th Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 33rd Company, Royal Army Medical Corps 18th Infantry Brigade and HQ Cairo Area Canal Brigade 11th Indian Infantry Brigade Headquarters, 11th Indian Bde, RAF Fayid 2nd Battalion, The Cameron Highlanders , RAF Fayid 1st Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles , RAF Fayid 4th Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment , RAF Fayid 4th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , Mena Camp 18th Field Company, Bombay Sappers and Miners, Indian Engineers Armoured Division (Egypt)British Troops in Palestine and Transjordan 8th Infantry Division 8th Infantry Division , Jerusalem Headquarters, 8th Infantry Division commanded by Major General Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen 1st Royal Dragoons , Gedera (divisional reconnaissance) 12th Field Company, Royal Engineers Troop, A/E Battery, 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery Troop, B/O Battery, 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery 14th Infantry Brigade 16th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, 16th Infantry Brigade & Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals, North Palestine 1st Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment , Nazareth-Tiberias 1st Battalion, The Welch Regiment , Safed 2nd Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment , Acre 1st Battalion, The Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment (The Sherwood Foresters) , Haifa British Troops in The Sudan Headquarters, The Sudan, Khartoum commanded by Major General William Platt 1st Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment , Wadi Halfa 2nd Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment , Khartoum South 1st Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment , Khartoum North (Machine-gun) Sudan Heavy Detachment, Royal Artillery , Port Sudan Sudan Defence Force The Army of India The British Indian Army, or as it was known in the British Army as the 'Army of India' was the collective name for all the units and commands of the army based in India (excluding Burma and Ceylon ). (ISF) for Imperial Service Force.
The Auxiliary Force (India) (AFI ) was a part-time, paid volunteer organisation within the Indian Army in British India . Its units were entirely made up of European and Anglo-Indian personnel.
Infantry Nagpur Rifles, Nagpur Simla Rifles, Simla The Calcutta and Presidency Battalion, Calcutta The Nilgiri Malabar Battalion, Ootacamund Hyderabad Rifles, Secunderabad The Eastern Bengal Company, Dacca East Coast Battalion, Vizayapatam Kolar Gold Fields Battalion, Oorgaum The Calcutta Scottish , Caluctta The Coorg and Mysore Company, Mercara The Yercaud Company, Yercaud The Bhusawal Company, Bhusawal Contingents Agra Contingent , Agra Allahabad Contingent , Allahabad Detachment, The Southern Regiment (United Provinces Horse) Allahabad Rifles Bangalore Contingent , Bangalore Bangalore Armoured Car Company The Bangalore Battalion Bareilly Corps , Bareilly Bombay Contingent , Bombay Cawnpore Contingent , Cawnpore Detachment, The Southern Regiment (United Provinces Horse) 20th (Sawnpore) Field Battery, Indian Artillery Cawnpore Rifles Dehra Dun Contingent , Dehradun 3 Platoon, 1 W/T Section and 4 Mortar Platoons Delhi Contingent , Delhi HQ, 1 Troop, 1 Company of Infantry, and 3 Mortar Platoons Karachi Corps , Karachi Sind Rifles 2nd (Karachi) Machine-Gun Company 3 DLS Sections and 1 W/T Section 2 Mortar Platoons 4th (Karachi) Fortress Company, Indian Engineers Lucknow Contingent , Lucknow Detachment, The Southern Regiment (United Provinces Horse) Lucknow Rifles 13th (Lucknow) Field Battery, Indian Artillery Madras Contingent , Madras Poona Contingent , Poona Punjab Contingent , Lahore Western District (Independent)Western District encompassed the states of: Baluchistan , Sind , Khairpur State , and Rajputana .
Western District Headquarters, Quetta commanded by Major General Thomas Jacomb Hutton Western District Signals, Indian Army Corps of Signals , Quetta 20th Mountain Regiment, Indian Artillery , Quetta 42nd Divisional Engineering Headquarters, Bombay Sappers and Miners , Quetta Quetta Area Khojak Brigade Zhob Brigade Headquarters, Zhob Brigade, Loralai Zhob Signal Section, Indian Army Corps of Signals , Loralai 2nd Royal Lancers (Gardner's Horse) , Loralai 5th Battalion, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry , Hindubagh 4th Battalion, 10th Baluch Regiment , Hindubagh 1st Battalion, 2nd Gurkha Rifles , Fort Sandeman 2nd Battalion, 4th Gurkha Rifles , Loralai Zhob Militia , Fort Sandeman 25th Mountain Regiment, Indian Artillery , Fort Sandeman Sind Area Headquarters, Sind Area, Karachi B Corps Signals, Indian Army Corps of Signals , Karachi D.L.S. Signals Company, Indian Army Corps of Signals , Karachi Bikaner Dungar Lancers , Bikaner (ISF) Bikaner Camel Corps , Bikaner (ISF) 1st Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers , Karachi 3rd Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment , Hyderabad 10th Battalion, 10th Baluch Regiment , Karachi 3rd Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment , Karachi Bikaner Sadul Light Infantry (ISF) Bikaner Machine-Gun Battalion , Bikaner (ISF) Mekran Levy Corps , Panjgur (ISF) 11th University Training Corps, Karachi Bikaner Camel Escort , Bikaner (ISF) 13th Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery , Karachi Northern Command Northern Command comprised the areas of: The North-West Frontier Province ; Waziristan District ; Kashmir State ; the Punjab (less districts of Rohtak and Gurgaon ); the Punjab States including the Punjab Hill States [less Khairpur , Tehri (Garhwal ), Pataudi , Dujana , and the Bawal District of the Nabha State .]
Lahore District Lahore District , Lahore Headquarters, Lahore District commanded by Major General Macan Saunders Bahawalpar Lancers (ISF), Dera Nawab Sahib Jind Bodyguard (ISF), Sangrur 1st Patiala Lancers (ISF), Patiala 2nd Patiala Lancers (ISF), Patiala Sukhet (Lakshman) Cavalry (ISF), Sundar Nagar 1st Bahawalpur Battalion (ISF), Dera Nawab Sahib 2nd Bahawalpur Light Battalion (ISF), Dera Nawab Sahib Chamba Bodyguard (ISF), Chamba Chamba Battalion (ISF), Chamba Faridkot Bodyguard (ISF), Faridkot 1st Jund Battalion (ISF), Sangrur 2nd Jind Battalion (ISF), Sangrur Kapurthala Bodyguard (ISF), Kapurthala 1st Kapurthala Battalion (ISF), Kapurthala 2nd Kapurthala Battalion (ISF), Kapurthala Maler Kotla Bodyguard (ISF), Maler Kotla Nabha Akal Battalion (ISF), Nabha 1st Patiala Battalion (ISF), Nabha 2nd Patiala Battalion (ISF), Nabha 3rd Patiala Battalion (ISF), Nabha 4th Patiala Battalion (ISF), Nabha Sirmoor Bodyguard (ISF), Nahan Sukhet (Lakshman) Battalion (ISF), Sundar Nagar Faridkot Sappers and Miners (ISF), Faridkot Maler Kotla Sappers and Miners (ISF), Maler Kotla Mandi Sappers and Miners (ISF), Mandi Sirmoor Sappers and Miners (ISF), Nahan Faridkot Sappers and Miners Depot and Reserves (ISF), Faridkot Ambala Area Ferozepore Area Jullundur Area Lahore Area Sealkot Area Peshawar District Peshawar District , Peshawar Headquarters, Peshawar District commanded by Major General Chauncey Batho Dashwood Strettell Gilgit Scouts , Gilgit 1st Light Tank Company, Royal Tank Regiment 7th Light Tank Company, Royal Tank Regiment Chitrai Force , Chitral Fort 1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade Landi Kotal Brigade Headquarters, Landi Kotal Detachment, Pesawar District Signals, Indian Army Corps of Signals 1st Battalion, The South Wales Borderers , Landi Kotal 1st Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment 3rd Battalion, 9th Jat Regiment , Bar Fortress 4th Battalion, 11th Sikh Regiment 4th Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment , Shagi 2nd Battalion, 5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) Kurram Militia Nowshera Brigade Headquarters, Nowshera 4th Battalion, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry 2nd Battalion, 11th Sikh Regiment 10th Battalion, 11th Sikh Regiment 1st Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles , Malakand Detachment, 5th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment 11th (Territorial) Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment 1st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 2nd Field Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners Peshawar Brigade Headquarters, Peshawar Peshawar District Signals, Indian Army Corps of Signals 16th Light Cavalry 1st Battalion, The King's Liverpool Regiment 3rd Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles 4th Battalion, 8th Punjab Regiment 4th Battalion, 14th Punjab Regiment 2nd Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment 8th Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery 19th Medium Battery, Royal Artillery 24th Mountain Regiment, Indian Artillery 18th (Sohan) Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery Rawalpindi District Rawalpindi District , Rawalpindi Headquarters, Rawalpindi District commanded by Major General Alan Fleming Hartley 11th (Territorial) Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles 73rd Field Battery, Royal Artillery , Campbellpore 7x Fort Guards provided by Jammu and Kashmir Rifles (ISF) 1st (Abbottabad) Infantry Brigade 2nd (Rawalpindi) Infantry Brigade Headquarters, Rawalpindi A Corps Signals, Indian Army Corps of Signals 1st Indian Divisional Signals, Indian Army Corps of Signals Headquarters Squadron, 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse 1st Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion, The Royal Ulster Rifles 2nd Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion, 4th Bombay Grenadiers 2nd Battalion, 8th Punjab Regiment 4th Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment 5th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 5th Field Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners 41st Divisional Headquarters Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners 3rd (Jhelum) Infantry Brigade Jammu Brigade (ISF) Kashmir Brigade (ISF) Waziristan District Waziristan District , Dera Ismail Khan Headquarters, Waziristan District command by Major General Edward Pellew Quinan Waziristan District Signals, Indian Army Corps of Signals Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 11th Sikh Regiment , Mari Indus Bannu Brigade Headquarters, Bannu Brigade, Bannu Bannu Brigade Signals, Indian Army Corps of Signals 1st Duke of York's Own Cavalry (Skinner's Horse) C Squadron, 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse 5th Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment 2nd Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment , Mir Ali 1st Battalion, 14th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion, 4th Gorkha Rifles , Damdil Tochi Scouts , Miramshah Base Engineer Park Razmak Brigade Headquarters, Razmak Brigade, Razmak Razmak Brigade Signals, Indian Army Corps of Signals B Squadron, 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse (armoured reconnaissance) 11th Light Tank Company, Royal Tank Regiment 1st Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment 3rd Battalion, 10th Baluch Regiment 5th Battalion, 11th Sikh Regiment 2nd Battalion, 1st Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) 1st Battalion, 8th Gorkha Rifles 25th Mountain Regiment, Royal Artillery 10th Field Company, Madras Sappers and Miners Wanna Brigade Headquarters, Wana Brigade, Wanna Detachment, Waziristan District Signals, Indian Army Corps of Signals A Squadron, 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse , Manzai 2nd Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment 3rd Battalion, 8th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion, 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles 2nd Battalion, 3rd Gorkha Rifles 2nd Battalion, 8th Gorkha Rifles South Waziristan Scouts 3rd Field Company, Bengal Sappers and Miners 9th Field Company, Madras Sappers and Miners 19th Field Company, Bombay Sappers and Miners Eastern Command Eastern Command comprising: Delhi Province; Rohtak and Gurgaon districts, the United Provinces ; Rajputana (less States of Jaisalmer , Jodhpur , Udaipur , Sirohi , Danta , Palanpur , Banswara , Partabgarh , Dungarpur , Shahpura , Kushalgarh , Nimbahera (Tonk ); the combined Bundelkhand and Bagelkhand Agency of Central India ; Piklon (Bhopal ); Gwalior State (less detached Districts in Southern Command); Bihar and Orissa Province ; Eastern States Agency (less States of Basar , Changbakhar , Chhuikhadan , Jashpur , Kanker , Kawardha , Khairagarh , Korea , Nandgaon , Raigarh , Sakti , Sarangarh , Surguja (Udaipur and Makrai ); Bengal , Bengal States ; Assam and Manipur States . Of the Punjab states; Pataudi , Dujana , Tehri (Garhwal ) and the Bawal District of the Nabha State .
Lucknow District Lucknow District , Lucknow Headquarters, Lucknow District commanded by Major General Francis Lothian Nicholson 1st Benares Battalion (ISF), Ramnagar 2nd Benares Cavalry Squadron (ISF), Ramnagar 6th (Lucknow) Infantry Brigade Headquarters, 6th Inf Bde, Lucknow 20th Lancers (Training Regiment) 2nd Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers 2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's Royal Berkshire Regiment 3rd Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion, 8th Punjab Regiment 2nd Battalion, 10th Baluch Regiment , Fyzabad 1st Battalion, 3rd Gorkha Rifles 8th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery Allahabad Area Headquarters, Allahabad Area, Allahabad Squadron from 3rd Cavalry 1st Battalion, The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment 2nd Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment , Kanpur 10th Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment 11th (Territorial) Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment , Fatehgarh 3rd Battalion, 11th Sikh Regiment , Fatehgarh 4th (United Provinces) Urban Battalion (ITF) 3rd (United Provinces) University Training Corps (ITF) X Field Battery, Royal Artillery , Kanpur Delhi Area (Independent) Headquarters, Delhi Area, Delhi Cantonment 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse) Alwar Mangal Lancers (ISF), Alwar Kachhawa Horse (ISF), Jaipur 1st Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment 2nd Battalion, The Welch Regiment , Agra 11th (Territorial) Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles , Agra 2nd Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment 10th Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment , Agra Alwar Jey Paltan Battalion (ISF), Alwar Alwar Pratap Paltan Battalion (ISF), Alwar Dholpur Narsingh Battalion (ISF), Dholpur Sawai Man Guards Battalion (ISF), Jaipur 1st Battalion, Jaipur Infantry (ISF), Jaipur 2nd Battalion, Jaipur Infantry (ISF), Jaipur 1st Umed Battalion, Kotah 9th (Delhi) Battalion, University Training Corps (ITF) 6th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery Royal Artillery Indian Training Centre, Muttra Indian Artillery Training Battery, Royal Artillery , Muttra Meerut District Meerut District , Dehradun Headquarters, Meerut District commanded by Major General Claude John Eyre Auchinleck Rampur Lancers (Territorial), Rampur Governor General's Bodyguard , Dehradun Datia 1st Govind Battalion (Territorial), Datia (B Company training unit) Panna Chhatrasal (Territorial), Panna 1st Rampur Battalion (Territorial), Rampur 2nd Rampur Battalion (Territorial), Rampur Rewa Battalion (Territorial), Rewa Tehri Infantry Battalion & Band (Territorial), Tehri 31st Field Engineer Platoon, King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners , Roorkee 35th Field Engineer Platoon, King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners , Roorkee 4th Field Company, King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners , Roorkee 51st Printing Platoon, King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners , Roorkee 6th Army Troops Company, King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners , Roorkee 8th Army Troops Company, King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners , Roorkee 43rd Divisional Headquarters Company Company, King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners , Roorkee Training Battalion, King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners , Roorkee Tehri-Garhwal Sappers and Miners (Territorial), Tehri Narendra Pioneers (Territorial), Tehri 3rd (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade Gwalior Cavalry Brigade (ISF) Headquarters, Gwailor Cav Bde 1st Gwalior Lancers, Guna 2nd Gwalior Lancers, Thatipur 3rd Gwalior Lancers, Morar B Battery, Gwalior Horse Artillery, Morar 7th (Dehra Dun) Infantry Brigade 8th (Bareilly) Infantry Brigade Headquarters, 8th Inf Bde, Bareilly 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 10th Battalion, 9th Jat Regiment 2nd Battalion, 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles 10th Battalion, 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles , Lansdowne 11th (Territorial) Battalion, 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles , Lansdowne 84th Field Battery, Royal Artillery 9th (Jhansi) Infantry Brigade Gwalior Infantry Brigade (ISF) Headquarters, Gwalior Inf Bde, Gwalior 1st Gwalior Infantry Battalion, Lashkar Kampoo 2nd Gwalior Infantry Battalion, Lashkar Kampoo 3rd Gwalior Infantry Battalion, Morar 4th Gwalior Infantry Battalion, Morar 7th Gwalior (Training) Infantry Battalion, Morar Gwalior Mountain Artillery Battery, Morar Presidency & Assam DistrictPresidency & Assam District , Jalapahar Headquarters, Presidency and Assam District commanded by Major General Cecil Albert Heydeman Governor General's Bodyguard (Bengal) , Calcutta 2nd Battalion, The Border Regiment , Calcutta 1st Battalion, The Scottish Rifles (Cameronians) , Barrackpore 1st Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment , Danapur 1st Battalion, 4th Bombay Grenadiers , Midnapore 1st Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment , Alipore 11th (Territorial) Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment , Dinapore 1st Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles , Digboi 2nd Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles , Shillong 5th (Bengal Presidency) Urban Infantry Battalion (Territorial), Calcutta 2nd (Calcutta) University Training Corps Battalion (Territorial), Calcutta 7th (Patna) University Training Corps Company (Territorial), Patna Tripur (Bir Bikram) Manikya Rifles (ISF), Agartala Eastern Bengal Area Headquarters, Eastern Bengal Area, Shillong 1st Battalion, Assam Rifles , Aijal 2nd Battalion, Assam Rifles , Sadiya 3rd Battalion, Assam Rifles , Kohima 4th Battalion, Assam Rifles , Imphal 1st Battalion, 11th Sikh Regiment , Chittagong 2nd Battalion, 14th Punjab Regiment , Dacca 12th (Dacca) University Training Corps Company (Territorial), Dacca Southern Command Southern Command comprised the areas of the Western India States Agency – Central India States Agency (less combined Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand Agency ) – Ajmer-Merwara – Jodhpur – Udaipur , Sirohi , Danta , Palanpur , Banswara , Partabgarh , Shahpurg , Kushalgarh , Nimbahera (Tonk ) and Dungarpur States of Rajputana – Ujjain , Amjhera , Shajapur , and Mandasar districts of Gwalior State – Bombay Presidency – Gujarat States Agency including Baroda State – Deccan State Agency , including Kolhapur State – Central Provinces – Bastar Changbakhar , Chhuikadan Jashpur , Kanker , Karwardho , Khairagarh , Korea , Nandgaon , Raigarh , Sakti , Sarangarh , Surguja , Udaipur and Makrai States of the Eastern States Agency – Hyderababd State , Madras Presidency – Mysore State and Madras States Agency .
Bombay District Bombay District , Bombay Headquarters, Bombay District commanded by Major General Guy de Courcy Glover Bombay Governor's Bodyguard Baria Subhag Risala (ISF), Devgadh Baria 2nd Baroda Lancers (ISF), Baroda Bhavnagar Lancers (ISF), Bhavnagar Dhar Light Horse (ISF), Dharavi Jodhpur Lancers (ISF), Jodhpur Janagarh Lancers (ISF), Junagarh Mewar Lancers (ISF), Udaipur Nawanagar Lancers (ISF), Jamnagar Porbandar Bodyguard (ISF), Porbandar Rajpipla Bodyguard (ISF), Rajpipla 2nd Battalion, The Prince of Wales's South Lancashire Volunteers 11th (Territorial) Battalion, 4th Bombay Grenadiers , Ajmer 3rd Battalion, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry 3rd Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment , Baroda 1st Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment , Ahmedabad 2nd (Bombay Presidency) Urban Infantry Battalion (Territorial) 1st (Bombay) University Training Corps (Territorial) Alirajpur Pratap Battalion (ISF), Alirajpur Baria Ranjit Battalion (ISF), Devgadh Baria 1st Baroda Battalion (ISF), Baroda 2nd Baroda Battalion (ISF), Baroda Bhavnagar Battalion (ISF), Bhavnagar Bhopal Sultania Battalion (ISF), Bhopal Dhar Battalion (ISF), Dhar Dhrangadhar Bodyguard (ISF), Dhrangadhra Idar Battalion (ISF), Himatnagar 1st Battalion, The Indor Regiment (ISF), Indore Jodhpur Sardar Battalion (ISF), Jodhpur Janagarh Battalion (ISF), Junagarh Kutch Bodyguard (ISF), Bhuj Kutch Battalion (ISF), Bhuj Mewar Bhupal Battalion (ISF), Udaipur Mewar Sajjan Battalion (ISF), Udaipur Nawanagar Battalion (ISF), Jamnagar Palanpur Iqbal Battalion (ISF), Palanpur Porbandar Battalion (ISF), Porbandar Rajpipla Battalion (ISF), Rajpipla Ratlam Lokendra Rifles (ISF), Ratlam Bhopal Goshar-i-Taj Own Infantry Training Company (ISF), Bhopal Mewar Chupal Infantry Training Company (ISF), Udaipur Indor Holkar's Mounted Escort (ISF), Indore Mhow Area Deccan District Deccan District , Bolarum Headquarters, Deccan District commanded by Major General P. Gerald Scarlett 4th Indian Divisional Signals, Indian Army Corps of Signals 1st Hyderabad Lancers (ISF), Asif Nagar 2nd Hyderabad Lancers (ISF), Golconda Fort 3rd Hyderabad Lancers (ISF), Golconda Fort Hyderabad Cavalry Depot Squadron (ISF), Asafnagar 5th Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles , Secunderabad 6th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles , Secunderabad 1st Hyderabad Battalion (ISF), Goshamahal 2nd Hyderabad Battalion (ISF), Chandrayan Gutta 3rd Hyderabad Battalion (ISF), Saifabad Sajian Singh Battalion (ISF), Mudhol 10th (Nagpur) University Training Corps (Territorial), Nagpur Hyderabad Infantry Training Company (ISF), Nampally A Battery, Hyderabad Horse Artillery (ISF), Mullahalli Poona Area (Independent) Headquarters, Poona Area, Poona (GHQ unit) 17th Queen Victoria's Own Cavalry (Poona Horse) Royal Tank Regiment Depot (India), Kirkee 1st Battalion, Prince Albert's Somerset Light Infantry 1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales's North Staffordshire Regiment 10th Battalion, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry , Belgaum 11th (Territorial) Battalion, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry , Belgaum 4th Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment Training Battalion, King George V's Bombay Sappers and Miners , Kirkee 17th Field Company, King George V's Bombay Sappers and Miners , Kirkee 20th Field Company, King George V's Bombay Sappers and Miners , Kirkee 21st Field Company, King George V's Bombay Sappers and Miners , Kirkee 55th Printing Section, King George V's Bombay Sappers and Miners , Kirkee 4th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade 10th (Jubbulpore) Infantry Brigade Madras District Madras District , Bangalore Headquarters, Madras District commanded by Major General Edward Felix Norton Mysore Lancers Training Squadron, Bangalore 2nd Mysore Training Squadron, Bangalore 1st Battalion, The King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment , Madras 1st Battalion, The Duke of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers , Wellington 5th Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment , Cannanore 2nd Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles , St Thomas Mount Madras Governor's Bodyguard, Madras 3rd Urban Infantry Battalion (Territorial), Madras 5th Battalion, University Training Corps (Territorial), Madras 14th Coorg (Territorial) Battalion, 3rd Madras Regiment , Mercara 12th Malabar (Territorial) Battalion, 3rd Madras Regiment , Cannanore Malabar Special Police, Cannanore 1st Battalion, Mysore Regiment (ISF), Bangalore 3rd Battalion, Mysore Regiment (ISF), Mysore Mahraja's Bodyguard, Trivandrum 1st Battalion, Travancore Nair Army , Trivandrum 2nd Battalion, Travancore Nair Army , Trivandrum 3rd Battalion, Travancore Nair Army , Trivandrum A Field Regiment, Indian Artillery 32nd Field Platoon, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners , Bangalore 35th Field Troop, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners , Bangalore 12th Field Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners , Bangalore 14th Field Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners , Bangalore 11th Army Troops Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners , Bangalore 16th Army Troops Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners , Bangalore 44th Divisional Headquarters Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners , Bangalore A Depot, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners , Bangalore Training Battalion, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners , Bangalore Army in Burma BAF - Burma Auxiliary Forces or BFF - Burma Frontier Force
Headquarters, Army in Burma, Rangoon commanded by Major General Donald Kenneth McLeod Rangoon Brigade Headquarters, Rangoon Bde, Rangoon 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment , Mingaladon 1st Battalion, Burma Rifles , Mingaladon 12th (Territorial) Battalion, Burma Rifles , Mingaladon Rangoon Battalion (BAF) Tenasserim Battalion (BAF), Moulmein Rangoon University Training Corps (Territorial) Rangoon Field Brigade, Royal Artillery (BAF), Dry Tree Point Burma Railways Engineer Battalion (BAF) 1st Rangoon Military Police Battalion 2nd Rangoon Military Police Battalion Mandalay Brigade Headquarters, Mandalay Bde, Maymyo 2nd Battalion, The King's Own South Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion, Burma Rifles 3rd Battalion, Burma Rifles 4th Battalion, Burma Rifles , Mandalay 11th (Territorial) Battalion, Burma Rifles , Mandalay Upper Burma Battalion (BAF) Southern Shan States Battalion (BFF), Tvanggyi Northern Shan States Battalion (BFF), Lashio Bhamo Battalion (BFF), Bhamo Chin Hills Battalion (BFF), Falam Myitkyina Battalion (BFF), Myitkyina Reserve Battalion (BFF), Pyawbwe 2nd Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery 1st Field Company, Burma Sappers and Miners 13th Field Company, Madras Sappers and Miners Mandalay Burma Military Police Battalion, Mandalay Mediterranean Region The Mediterranean Region consisted of the colonies which were NOT part of Middle East Command . These regions included: Gibraltar , Malta , Cyprus , and Iraq .
Gibraltar Headquarters, British Troops on Gibraltar commanded by the Governor of Gibraltar Sir Clive Gerard Liddell Gibraltar Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards 2nd Battalion, The King's Liverpool Regiment 2nd Battalion, Prince Albert's Somerset Light Infantry Gibraltar Defence Force 31st Company, Royal Army Service Corps 28th Company, Royal Army Medical Corps Gibraltar Royal Artillery HQ Gibraltar RA, South Gibraltar 3rd Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (coastal defence) 19th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, Artillery Gibraltar Royal Engineers China Command China Command covered the British interests in: Hong Kong , Shanghai , and Tianjin .
China Command , Hong Kong Headquarters, China Command commanded by Governor of Hong Kong General Sir Geoffry Alexander Stafford Northcote Hong Kong Command Signal Company, Royal Corps of Signals 8th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery , Kowloon (including X Bty from the HKSRA) 1st Regiment, Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery , Kowloon 5th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery , RAF Kai Tak 22nd Fortress Company, Royal Engineers (serving Shenzhen River ) 40th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers (serving the Harbour Installations ) 10th Company, Royal Army Service Corps 6th Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 27th Company, Royal Army Medical Corps Hong Kong Infantry Brigade Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps Signal Company Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps Armoured Car Platoon 1st Company, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, RAF Kai Tak 2nd (Scottish) Company, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, Sheko 3rd (Eurasian) Company, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, Stonecutters Island 4th (Chinese) Company, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, High West 5th Company, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, Mount Davis 6th (Portuguese) Company, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, North Shin Naval Yard 7th Company, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, Magasin Gap Stanley Platoon, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, Stanley The Hugh's Group (Highsiliers), Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, Northern Point 1st Battery, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, Cape D'Aguilar 2nd Battery, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, Bluff Head 3rd Battery, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, Aberdeen Island 4th Battery, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, Pak Sha Wan 5th (Anti-Aircraft) Battery, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, Sai Wan Hill Field Engineer Company, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, Fanling Army Service Corps Company, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, Deepwater Bay Tientsin Area Tientsin Area , Tianjin (then romanized as Tientsin) Malaya Command Malaya Command covered British Malaya , British Singapore , and British Borneo .
Malaya Command , Singapore Headquarters, Malaya Command commanded by Governor of the Straits Settlements Sir Thomas Shenton Whitelegge Thomas 2nd Battalion, 17th Dogra Regiment , Taiping Malay Regiment 4th Battalion, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force , Malacca Jahore Volunteer Force , Johor Bahru Sultan Idris Infantry Company Kedah Volunteer Force Company, Alor Setar Kelantan Volunteer Force Company, Kota Bharu Perak Rivers Infantry Platoon 50th Company, Royal Army Service Corps 14th Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 32nd Company, Royal Army Medical Corps Federated Malay States Volunteer Force Federated Malay States Volunteer Force , Port Dickson Headquarters, Volunteer Forces Federated Malay States Volunteer Force Signal Section Federated Malay States Volunteer Force Armoured Car Squadron, Ipoh 1st Battalion, Federated Malay States Volunteer Force, Ipoh 2nd Battalion, Federated Malay States Volunteer Force, Kuala Lumpur 3rd Battalion, Federated Malay States Volunteer Force, Seremban 4th Battalion, Federated Malay States Volunteer Force, Kuantan Light Field Battery, Federated Malay States Volunteer Force, Kuala Lumpur Federated Malay States Volunteer Force Engineer Company Singapore Fortress Singapore Fortress , Singapore Headquarters, Singapore Fortress Malay Signal Company, Royal Corps of Signals 7th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery , Blakang Mati (coastal defence) 9th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery , Changi (coastal defence) Straits Settlements Volunteer Force Armoured Car Company 1st Battalion, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force 2nd Battalion, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force Singapore Field Battery, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force Singapore Field Engineer Company, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force Singapore Fortress Engineer Company, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force Malaya Infantry Brigade 12th Indian Infantry Brigade Malaya Air Defences Singapore Fortress Royal Engineers Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean area covered the islands of Ceylon and Mauritius .
Royal West African Frontier Force The Royal West African Frontier Force or also known as the West African Force comprised troops from the areas of Colony of Nigeria , Gold Coast Protectorate , Colony of Sierra Leone , Gambia Protectorate , and the Cameroons Mandate .
Royal West African Frontier Force Headquarters commanded by Brigadier Collen Edward Melville Richards Gold Coast Signal Section Nigerian Signal Company, Zaria 4th Battalion, The Nigeria Regiment , Ibadan 5th Battalion, The Nigeria Regiment , Zaria The Gold Coast Regiment (SR) The Gambia Company , Cape Saint Mary B Company, 3rd Battalion, The Nigeria Regiment , Victoria Gold Coast Defence Force Lagos Defence Force, Lagos 1st Light Nigerian Field Battery, Zaria Light Gold Coast Field Battery, Accra European Reserve Force Engineer Cadre, Logos 1st West African Infantry Brigade 4th Gold Coast Infantry Brigade Sierra Leone Brigade East African Force The East African Force comprised troops, and was tasked with covering the following areas: Uganda Protectorate , Kenya Colony , Tanganyika Mandate , Northern Rhodesia Protectorate , Southern Rhodesia Colony , and Nyasaland Protectorate .
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