Východní velitelství [1905-1968]

Eastern Command - British veliteľstvo, there were about februári 1905 (02/1905) of the IV Army Corps (Eastern Command).

Organizačne sa simmilar articulated on:
- Eastern Coast Defences (ports Medway, Thames and Harwich)
- South Eastern Coast Defences (the ports of Dover and Newhaven)
- Eastern Grouped Detained District (Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Essex, Northamptonshire)
- Home Counties Grouped Detained District (Surrey, Kent, Middlesex, Sussex)

27.11.1907 sa Eastern Grouped Detained District premenoval on Well. 9 District and Home Counties Grouped Detained District on the Well. 10 District.

In the year 1920 sa veliteľstvo presunulo to the Queen's Gardens, Bayswater, London W2 and individual districts sa reorganise the area nasledovne:
- Eastern Area (Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex)
- Shires Area (Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex)
- Thames and the Medway Area
- South Eastern Area (Surrey (part vyčlenená pre Aldershot Command), Sussex, Kent (part podlieha Thames and Medway Area))

In priebehu 20-tych years boli area simmilar reorganized to:
- East Anglian Area (grófstva Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex)
- Chatham Area
- Home Counties Area (grófstva Surrey (part vyčlenená pre Aldershot Command), Sussex, Kent (part in podriadenosti Chatham Area))

In the priebehu of the year 1940 boli Home Counties Area and Chatham Area abolished and reorganized into the Sussex and Surrey Area and Kent Area in podriadenosti South Eastern Command, the East Anglian Area was cancelled, and reorganizovaná into some new areas:
- East Central Area (Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire (posledné tri prepodriadené of South Midland Area))
- Essex and Suffolk Area
- Cambridge Area (Cambridgeshire and Norfolk)

14.08.1941 boli created pechotné training centra (Infantry Training Centres) as a separate súčasti Eastern Command:
- Well. 1 Infantry Training Centre - Warley (Royal Fusiliers, Essex Regiment)
- Well. 2 Infantry Training Centre - Norwich (Norfolk Regiment, Northamptonshire Regiment)
- Well. 3 Infantry Training Centre - Bury St Edmunds. Edmunds (Suffolk Regiment, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regimentt)

In 1944 boli created new districts pre administráciu jednotiek stationed in pôsobnosti veliteľstva:
- The East Anglian District - veliteľstvo Colchester (grófstvá Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex)
- Home Counties District - veliteľstvo Shorncliffe (grófstva Sussex, Kent, Surrey)
- London District - veliteľstvo London (grófstvo London and Middlesex).

In the year 1961 sa East Anglian District reorganized the 54th (East Anglian) Division/District and Home Counties District on 44th (Home Counties) Division/District.

01.04.1968 bolo Eastern Command cancelled and connected to the Southern Command.

Source:
www.regiments.org .

03.09.1939 boli v Eastern Command dislokované nasledujúce zložky Britskej armády:


Regulárna armáda:
4th Infantry Division - veliteľstvo Colchester
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) - Shorncliffe (súčasť 1st Infantry Division)
17th/21st Lancers - Colchester
2nd Battalion, The Essex Regiment - Brentwood
27th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery - Colchester
32nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery - Brighton
5th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery - Shoeburyness
2nd Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery - Shoeburyness
Detachment, The Survey Battalion, Royal Engeneers - Londýn
The Signal Experimental Establishment, Royal Corps of Signal - Woolwich
Eastern Command Signals, Royal Corps of Signal - Londýn


Royal Artillery Fixed Defences, Eastern Ports
- veliteľstvo - Sheerness
- Dover Fire Command - Dover
- Thames Fire Command (21st Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery) -Shoeburyness
- Medway Fire Command - Sheerness
- Harwich Fire Command - Felixstowe


Milícia:
1st Infantry Training Group - Colchester
2nd Infantry Training Group - Lydd
Depot, Non-Combatant Labour Corps - Colchester


Zdroj:
http://home.adelphia.net/~dryan67/orders/ec.html