Britse Commands
Inleiding
De hoogste operationele structuur binnen diverse Geallieerde strijdkrachten stond en staat veelal bekend onder de term Command. Dit was en is ook het geval bij het British Armed Forces. In dit overzicht staan de diverse Britse Commands opgesomd zoals die bestonden en bestaan binnen de British Army, Royal Navy en Royal Air Force.
Geschiedenis
In 1911 werd de structuur van het British Army grondig herzien en werd de hoogste operationele structuur, de Command geïntroduceerd. Direct onder de bevelstructuur van een Command volgden afhankelijk van de doelstelling van het Command een aantal ander hogere of lagere onderdelen. Bij de Royal Air Force stond een Command op vergelijkbare hoogte met een divisie bij de landmacht qua structuur maar op gelijkwaardige hoogte als bij de landmacht qua bevelstructuur. Bij de Royal Navy stond een Command direct onder de Admiralty en daardoor op gelijke bevelshoogte als een Fleet.
Army Home Commands United Kingdom
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Aldershot Command Voorloper: Division at Aldershot (1857-1880) Aldershot District Command (1880-1901) Troops at Aldershot (1901-1907) Ontstaan: 1 december 1907 Einde: 25 februari 1941 Opvolger: South Eastern Command (1941-1944) Aldershot District (1944-1967) Bevelhebbers: Lieutenant General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien Lieutenant General Sir Douglas Haig Major General Alexander Hamilton-Gordon General Sir Archibald Hunter General Sir Archibald Murray General Lord Rawlinson General The Earl of Cavan Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Morland Lieutenant General Sir Philip Chetwode Lieutenant General Sir David Campbell Lieutenant General Sir Charles Harington Lieutenant General Sir Francis Gathorne-Hardy Lieutenant General Sir John Dill Lieutenant General Sir Charles Broad Lieutenant General Michael Barker Major General Geoffrey Raikes Major General Dudley Johnson Basissamenstelling: 1st Division/1st Infantry Division 2nd Division/2nd Infantry Division 1st Cavalry Brigade/1st Army Tank Brigade |
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Anti-Aircraft Command Voorloper: Anti-Aircraft Corps Ontstaan: 1 april 1939 Einde: 10 maart 1955 Opvolger: geen Bevelhebbers: Lieutenant-General Alan Brooke Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Pile Lieutenant-General Sir William Green Lieutenant-General Otto Lund Lieutenant-General Sir Ivor Thomas Lieutenant-General Charles Loewen Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice Chilton Basissamenstelling: 1st Anti-Aircraft Group 2nd Anti-Aircraft Group 3rd Anti-Aircraft Group 4th Anti-Aircraft Group 5th Anti-Aircraft Group 6th Anti-Aircraft Group 7th Anti-Aircraft Group |
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Army Strategic Command Voorloper: Southern Command Ontstaan: 1 april 1968 Einde: 1972 Opvolger: United Kingdom Land Forces Bevelhebbers: General Sir John Mogg Lieutenant-General Sir Mervyn Butler Lieutenant-General Sir Frank King Basissamenstelling: 3rd Infantry Division 5th Infantry Division |
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Eastern Command Voorloper: Eastern District (1795-1903) 4th Army Corps (1903-1905) Ontstaan: 1 juni 1905 Einde: 1968 Opvolger: Southern Command Bevelhebbers: Lieutenant General Lord Methuen Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Paget Lieutenant General Sir James Grierson Lieutenant General Sir Charles Woollcombe Lieutenant General Sir Leslie Rundle Lieutenant General Sir James Wolfe Murray Lieutenant General Sir Henry Wilson General Sir William Robertson Lieutenant General Sir Charles Woollcombe General Lord Horne Lieutenant General Sir George Milne Lieutenant General Sir Walter Braithwaite General Sir Robert Whigham General Sir Webb Gillman Lieutenant General Sir Cyril Deverell Lieutenant General Sir Edmund Ironside Lieutenant General Sir Guy Williams Lieutenant General Laurence Carr Lieutenant General Sir Kenneth Anderson Lieutenant General Sir James Gammell Lieutenant General Sir Kenneth Anderson Lieutenant General Sir Alan Cunningham Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Leese General Sir Evelyn Barker General Sir Gerald Templer Lieutenant General Sir George Erskine Lieutenant General Sir Geoffrey Bourne Lieutenant General Sir Francis Festing Lieutenant General Sir Charles Coleman Lieutenant General Sir James Cassels General Sir Gerald Lathbury Lieutenant General Sir Roderick McLeod Lieutenant General Sir George Cole Lieutenant General Sir David Peel Yates Basissamenstelling: IV Corps 12th (Eastern) Division 18th (Eastern) Division 4th Infantry Division 76th Infantry (Reserve) Division |
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Home Command Voorloper: Personnel and Support Command Ontstaan: 2016 Einde: operationeel Opvolger: geen Bevelhebbers: Lieutenant-General James Bashall Lieutenant-General Tyrone Urch Lieutenant-General Ian Cave Lieutenant-General Charles Seymour Collins Basissamenstelling: Regional Command London District Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command Army Personnel Centre and General Officer Commanding Scotland Sandhurst Group. |
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Land Command Voorloper: HQ British Army of the Rhine Ontstaan: 1 april 1995 Einde: 1 april 2008 Opvolger: HQ Land Forces Bevelhebbers: General Sir John Wilsey General Sir Roger Wheeler General Sir Michael Walker General Sir Michael Jackson General Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman General Sir Richard Dannatt General Sir Redmond Watt Basissamenstelling: Field Army Reginonal Forces |
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Northern Command Voorloper: Northern District (1793-1889) North Eastern District (1889-1905) Ontstaan: 1905 Einde: 1972 Opvolger: HQ UK Land Forces Bevelhebbers: Lieutenant General Sir Leslie Rundle Lieutenant General Sir Laurence Oliphant Lieutenant General Sir Herbert Plumer Lieutenant General Sir Henry Lawson Lieutenant General Sir John Maxwell Lieutenant General Sir Ivor Maxse Lieutenant General Sir Charles Harington Lieutenant General Sir Cameron Shute Lieutenant General Sir Francis Gathorne-Hardy Lieutenant General Sir Alexander Wardrop Lieutenant General Sir William Bartholomew Lieutenant General Sir Ronald Forbes Adam Lieutenant General Sir Ralph Eastwood Lieutenant General Sir Edwin Morris Lieutenant General Sir Philip Christison Lieutenant General Sir Montagu Stopford Lieutenant General Sir Philip Balfour Lieutenant General Sir Geoffrey Evans Lieutenant General Sir Richard Goodbody Lieutenant General Sir Michael West Lieutenant General Sir Charles Jones Lieutenant General Sir Charles Richardson Lieutenant General Sir Geoffrey Musson Lieutenant General Sir Walter Walker Lieutenant General Sir Cecil Blacker Lieutenant General Sir William Jackson Basissamenstelling: V Corps 11th (Northern) Division 17th (Northern) Division 5th Infantry Division 25th Army Tank Brigade 77th Infantry (Reserve) Division |
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Personnel and Support Command Voorloper: Adjutant-General to the Forces Ontstaan: 2015 Einde: 2016 Opvolger: Home Command Bevelhebbers: Lieutenant-General James Bashall Basissamenstelling: onbekend |
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Scottish Command Voorloper: Scottish Army (1661-1697) North British District (1868-1893) Scottish District (1893-1905) Ontstaan: 1905 Einde: 1972 Opvolger: HQ UK Land Forces Bevelhebbers: Lieutenant General Sir Charles Tucker Lieutenant General Sir Edward Leach Lieutenant General Sir Bruce Hamilton Lieutenant General Sir James Wolfe Murray Lieutenant General Sir Spencer Ewart Lieutenant General Sir Frederick McCracken Lieutenant General Sir Francis Davies Lieutenant General Sir Walter Braithwaite Lieutenant General Sir William Peyton General Sir Percy Radcliffe General Sir Archibald Cameron General Sir Charles Grant Lieutenant General Sir Harold Carrington Lieutenant General Sir Andrew Thorne Lieutenant General Sir Neil Ritchie Lieutenant General Sir Philip Christison Lieutenant General Sir Gordon MacMillan Lieutenant General Sir Colin Barber Lieutenant General Sir Horatius Murray Lieutenant General Sir George Collingwood Lieutenant General Sir William Turner Lieutenant General Sir George Gordon-Lennox Lieutenant General Sir Derek Lang Lieutenant General Sir Henry Leask Basissamenstelling: VI Corps 9th (Scottish) Division 15th (Scottish) Division 51st (Highland) Division 64th (2nd Highland) Division 9th (Highland) Infantry Division 51st (Highland) Infantry Division 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division |
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Southern Command Voorloper: South-West District (1793-1865) Southern District (1865-1904) 2nd Corps (1904-1905) Ontstaan: 1905 Einde: 1972 Opvolger: HQ UK Land Forces Bevelhebbers: Lieutenant General Sir Ian Hamilton Lieutenant General Sir Charles Douglas Lieutenant General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien Lieutenant General Sir William Campbell Lieutenant General Sir Henry Sclater Lieutenant General Sir George Harper Lieutenant General Sir Walter Congreve Lieutenant General Sir Alexander Godley Lieutenant General Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd Lieutenant General Sir Cecil Romer Lieutenant General Sir Percy Radcliffe Lieutenant General Sir John Burnett-Stuart Lieutenant General Sir Archibald Wavell Lieutenant General Sir Alan Brooke Lieutenant General Sir Bertie Fisher Lieutenant General Sir Alan Brooke Lieutenant General Sir Claude Auchinleck Lieutenant General Sir Harold Alexander Lieutenant General Sir Charles Loyd Lieutenant General Sir William Morgan Lieutenant General Sir Sidney Kirkman Lieutenant General Sir John Crocker Lieutenant General Sir John Harding Lieutenant General Sir Ouvry Roberts Lieutenant General Sir Ernest Down Lieutenant General Sir George Erskine Lieutenant General Sir Nigel Poett Lieutenant General Sir Robert Bray Lieutenant General Sir Kenneth Darling Lieutenant General Sir Geoffrey Baker Lieutenant General Sir John Mogg Lieutenant General Sir David Peel Yates Lieutenant General Sir Michael Carver Lieutenant General Sir Basil Eugster Basissamenstelling: II Corps 1st Armoured Division 3rd Infantry Division |
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South Eastern Command Voorloper: Aldershot Command Ontstaan: 15 februari 1941 Einde: september 1944 Opvolger: Aldershot District (1944-1967) Bevelhebbers: Lieutenant General Sir Bernard Paget Lieutenant General Sir Bernard Montgomery Lieutenant General Sir John Swayne Lieutenant General Sir Edmond Schreiber Lieutenant General Eric Miles Basissamenstelling: 1st Division/1st Infantry Division 2nd Division/2nd Infantry Division 1st Cavalry Brigade/1st Army Tank Brigade |
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Welsh & Midland Command Voorloper: North Western District Ontstaan: 1905 Einde: 1906 Opvolger: Western Command Bevelhebbers: Major General Sir Francis Howard Basissamenstelling: onbekend |
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Western Command Voorloper: Welsh & Midland Command Ontstaan: 1906 Einde: 1972 Opvolger: HQ UK Land Forces Bevelhebbers: Major General Sir Francis Howard Lieutenant General Sir Charles Burnett Lieutenant General Sir Henry Mackinnon Lieutenant General Sir William Campbell Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Snow Lieutenant General Sir Beauvoir De Lisle Lieutenant General Sir John Du Cane Lieutenant General Sir Richard Butler Lieutenant General Sir Cecil Romer Lieutenant General Sir Cyril Deverell Lieutenant General Sir Walter Kirke Lieutenant General Sir Henry Jackson Lieutenant General Sir Robert Haining General Sir Henry Jackson General Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson Lieutenant General Sir James Marshall-Cornwall Lieutenant General Sir Edmond Schreiber Lieutenant General Sir Daril Watson Lieutenant General Sir Brian Horrocks Lieutenant General Sir Frank Simpson Lieutenant General Sir Cameron Nicholson Lieutenant General Sir Charles Loewen General Sir Lashmer Whistler Lieutenant General Sir Otway Herbert Lieutenant General Sir William Stirling Lieutenant General Sir Edward Howard-Vyse Lieutenant General Sir Richard Craddock Lieutenant General Sir Antony Read Lieutenant General Sir Napier Crookenden Basissamenstelling: 13th (Western) Division 19th (Western) Division 4th Anti-Aircraft Division 80th Infantry (Reserve) Division 38th Infantry (Reserve) Division |
Overseas Commands
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Aden Command Voorloper: geen Ontstaan: 1928 Einde: 1936 Opvolger: British Forces in Aden (1936) Bevelhebbers: Group Captain W. G. S. Mitchell Group Captain C. T. MacLean Group Captain O. T. Boyd Group Captain C. F. A. Portal Air Vice-Marshal E. L. Gossage Basissamenstelling: ? |
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Burma Command Voorloper: geen Ontstaan: 1937 (1e keer) 1945 (2e keer) Einde: 1942 (1e keer) 1948 (2e keer) Opvolger: geen Bevelhebbers: Lieutenant-General Kenneth McLeod Lieutenant-General Thomas Hutton General Sir Harold Alexander Lieutenant-General Harold Briggs Basissamenstelling: ? |
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Cyrenaica Command Voorloper: geen Ontstaan: ? Einde: ? Opvolger: geen Bevelhebbers: ? Basissamenstelling: ? |
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Far East Command (UK) Voorloper: geen Ontstaan: 18 november 1940 (1e keer) 1963 (2e keer) Einde: 27 december 1941 (1e keer) 11 januari 1971 (2e keer) Opvolger: ABDA-Command (1e keer) ANZUK Force (2e keer) Bevelhebbers: Air Chief Marshal R. Brooke-Popham Lieutenant-General Sir H. R. Pownall Basissamenstelling: Far East Air Force Burma Command Malaya Command Hong Kong Garrison Far East Fleet Far East Land Forces Australian Army Force Far East Air Force |
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India Command Voorloper: geen Ontstaan: ? Einde: ? Opvolger: geen Bevelhebbers: ? Basissamenstelling: ? |
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Malaya Command Voorloper: geen Ontstaan: 1924 (1e keer) 1945 (2e keer) Einde: 1942 (1e keer) 1947 (2e keer) Opvolger: geen Bevelhebbers: Major-General Sir Theodore Fraser Major-General Sir Casimir van Straubenzee Major-General Harry Pritchard Major-General Sir Louis Oldfield Major-General Ernest Lewin Major-General Sir William Dobbie Lieutenant-General Sir Lionel Bond Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey Lieutenant-General Sir Frank Messervy Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Galloway Basissamenstelling: divers |
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Malta Command Voorloper: geeb Ontstaan: 1915 Einde: 1977 Opvolger: geen Bevelhebbers: ? Basissamenstelling: divers |
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Middle East Command Voorloper: geen Ontstaan: juni 1939 Einde: 1946 Opvolger: Middle East Land Forces Bevelhebbers: General Archibald Wavell General Claude Auchinleck General Harold Alexander General Henry Wilson General Sir Bernard Paget General Sir Miles Dempsey Basissamenstelling: divers |
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Palestine Command Voorloper: geen Ontstaan: februari 1922 Einde: 1948 Opvolger: geen Bevelhebbers: Lieutenant-General Sir John Dill Lieutenant-General Archibald Wavell Lieutenant-General Robert Haining Lieutenant-General Michael Barker Lieutenant-General George Giffard Lieutenant-General Philip Neame General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson Major-General Douglas McConnel Lieutenant-General John D'Arcy Lieutenant-General Sir Evelyn Barker Lieutenant-General Gordon MacMillan Basissamenstelling: divers |
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Persia and Iraq Command Voorloper: geen Ontstaan: september 1942 Einde: 1945 Opvolger: geen Bevelhebbers: Lieutenant General Sir Maitland Wilson Lieutenant General Sir Henry Pownall Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Smith Basissamenstelling: Britse 10th Army |
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South East Asia Command Voorloper: geen Ontstaan: augustus 1943 Einde: 1946 Opvolger: geen Bevelhebbers: Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten Basissamenstelling: divers |
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West Africa Command Voorloper: geen Ontstaan: 7 juli 1940 Einde: 1956 Opvolger: geen Bevelhebbers: Lieutenant General George Giffard Lieutenant General Francis Nosworthy Lieutenant General Brocas Burrows Lieutenant General Noel Irwin Lieutenant General Cameron Nicholson Lieutenant General Lashmer Whistler Lieutenant General Otway Herbert Basissamenstelling: divers |
Royal Air Force Commands
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Air Command Voorloper: Strike Command Personnel and Training Command Ontstaan: 1 april 2007 Einde: operationeel Opvolger: geen Bevelhebbers: Air Chief Marshal Sir Clive Loader Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Moran Air Chief Marshal Sir Simon Bryant Basissamenstelling: No. 1 Group No. 2 Group No. 11 Group No. 22 (Training) Group No. 38 Group |
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Air Support Command Voorloper: Transport Command Ontstaan: 1 augustus 1967 Einde: 1 september 1972 Opvolger: Strike Command Bevelhebbers: Air Marshal Sir Thomas Prickett Air Marshal Sir Lewis Hodges Air Marshal Sir Harry Burton Basissamenstelling: ? |
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Army Cooperation Command Voorloper: No. 22 (Army Co-Operation) Group Ontstaan: 1 december 1940 Einde: 31 maart 1943 Opvolger: Second Tactical Air Force Bevelhebbers: Air Marshal Sir Arthur Barratt Basissamenstelling: No. 70 (Army Co-operation Training) Group No. 32 Wing No. 33 Wing No. 34 Wing No. 35 Wing No. 36 Wing No. 37 Wing No. 38 Wing RAF Northern Ireland |
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Balloon Command Voorloper: No. 30 (Balloon Barrage) Group Ontstaan: 1 november 1938 Einde: 5 februari 1945 Opvolger: geen Bevelhebbers: Air Vice-Marshal Owen Tudor Boyd Air Marshal Sir Leslie Gossage Air Vice-Marshal W C C Gell Air Commodore P L Lincoln Basissamenstelling: No. 1 Balloon Centre No. 2 Balloon Centre No. 3 Balloon Centre No. 4 Balloon Centre No. 30 Group No. 31 Group No. 32 Group No. 34 Group |
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Bomber Command Voorloper: geen Ontstaan: 14 juli 1936 Einde: 1968 Opvolger: Strike Command Bevelhebbers: Air Chief Marshal Sir John Steel Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt Air Marshal Sir Charles Portal Air Marshal Sir Richard Peirse Air Vice Marshal Jack Baldwin Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris Air Marshal Sir Norman Bottomley Air Marshal Sir Hugh Saunders Air Marshal Sir Aubrey Ellwood Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd Air Marshal Sir George Mills Air Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst Air Marshal Sir Kenneth Cross Air Marshal Sir John Grandy Air Marshal Sir Wallace Kyle Basissamenstelling: No. 1 Group No. 2 Group No. 3 Group No. 4 Group No. 5 Group No. 6 Group No. 8 (Pathfinder) Group No. 26 Group No. 91 Group No. 92 Group No. 93 Group No. 100 Group |
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Coastal Command Voorloper: geen Ontstaan: 14 juli 1936 Einde: 27 november 1969 Opvolger: Strike Command Bevelhebbers: Air Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore Air Marshal Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferté Air Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Joubert de la Ferté Air Marshal Sir John Slessor Air Chief Marshal Sir William Sholto Douglas Air Marshal Sir Leonard Slatter Air Marshal Sir John Baker Air Marshal Sir Charles Steele Air Marshal Sir Alick Stevens Air Marshal Sir John Boothman Air Marshal Sir Brian Reynolds Air Marshal Sir Edward Chilton Air Marshal Sir Anthony Selway Air Marshal Sir Paul Holder Air Marshal Sir John Lapsley Basissamenstelling: No. 15 (Reconnaissance) Group No. 16 (Reconnaissance) Group No. 17 (Training) Group No. 18 (Reconnaissance) Group No. 19 (Reconnaissance) Group No. 106 (Photo Reconnaissance) Group No. 200 (Coastal) Group |
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Ferry Command Voorloper: Atlantic Ferry Service Ontstaan: 20 juli 1941 Einde: 25 maart 1943 Opvolger: Transport Command Bevelhebbers: Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill Basissamenstelling: ? |
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Fighter Command Voorloper: Air Defence of Great Britain (ADGB) Ontstaan: 14 juli 1936 Einde: 30 april 1968 Opvolger: Strike Command Bevelhebbers: Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding MRAF Sir Sholto Douglas Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory Air Chief Marshal Sir Roderic Hill Air Chief Marshal Sir James Robb Air Chief Marshal Sir William Elliot Air Chief Marshal Sir Basil Embry MRAF Sir Dermot Boyle Air Chief Marshal Sir Hubert Patch MRAF Sir Thomas Pike Air Marshal Sir Hector McGregor Air Marshal Sir Douglas Morris Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Rosier Basissamenstelling: No. 9 Group No. 10 Group No. 11 Group No. 12 Group No. 13 Group No. 14 Group No. 38 (Airborne Forces) Group No. 60 Group Mo. 70 (Training) Group |
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Flying Training Command Voorloper: Training Command Ontstaan: 27 mei 1940 Einde: 1 juni 1968 Opvolger: Training Command Reserve Command Bevelhebbers: Air Marshal Sir Lawrence Pattinson Air Marshal Sir William Welsh Air Marshal Sir Philip Babington Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham Air Chief Marshal Sir Ralph Cochrane Air Marshal Sir Hugh Walmsley Air Marshal Sir Lawrence Pendred Air Marshal Sir Richard Atcherley Air Marshal Sir Hugh Constantine Air Marshal Sir Augustus Walker Air Marshal Sir Patrick Dunn Air Marshal Sir John Davis Basissamenstelling: No. 21 Group No. 23 Group No. 25 Group No. 29 Group No. 50 Group No. 51 Group No. 54 Group |
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Home Command Voorloper: Reserve Command Ontstaan: 1 augustus 1950 Einde: 1 april 1959 Opvolger: Flying Training Command Bevelhebbers: Air Marshal Sir Robert Foster Air Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman Air Marshal Sir Harold Lydford Air Marshal Sir Douglas Macfadyen Basissamenstelling: Home Command Examining Unit No. 1 Home Command Gliding Centre No. 2 Home Command Gliding Centre Home Command Gliding Instructors School Home Command Instrument Training Flight Home Command Major Servicing Unit Home Command Modified Officer Cadet Training Unit Home Command Training Flight |
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Joint Helicopter Command Voorloper: geen Ontstaan: 5 oktober 1999 Einde: operationeel Opvolger: geen Bevelhebbers: Air Vice-Marshal David Niven Air Vice-Marshal Paul Luker Major General Gary Coward Rear Admiral Tony Johnstone-Burt Air Vice-Marshal Carl Dixon Major General Richard Felton Rear Admiral Jonathan Pentreath Air Vice-Marshal Nigel Colman[36] Air Vice-Marshal Alastair Smith Basissamenstelling: Army Aviation Centre 47th Regiment Royal Artillery 1st Aviation Brigade Commando Helicopter Force Support Helicopter Force |
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Logistics Command Voorloper: geen Ontstaan: 1 april 1994 Einde: 31 oktober 1999 Opvolger: Defence Logistics Organisation Bevelhebbers: Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Alcock Air Chief Marshal Sir John Allison Air Marshal Sir Colin Terry Air Marshal Malcolm Pledger Air Vice-Marshal Graham Skinner Basissamenstelling: ? |
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Maintenance Command Voorloper: geen Ontstaan: 1 april 1938 Einde: 31 augustus 1973 Opvolger: Support Command Bevelhebbers: Air Marshal Sir John Bradley Air Marshal Sir Grahame Donald Air Marshal Sir Cyril Cooke Air Marshal Sir Thomas Warne-Browne Air Marshal Sir Leslie Harvey Air Marshal Sir Richard Jordan Air Marshal Sir Douglas Jackman Air Marshal Sir Leslie Dalton-Morris Air Marshal Sir Norman Coslett Air Marshal Sir Kenneth Porter Air Marshal Sir John Rowlands Air Marshal Sir Reginald Harland Basissamenstelling: No. 40 Group No. 41 Group No. 42 Group No. 43 Group |
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Northern Ireland Command Voorloper: geen Ontstaan: 1 augustus 1940 Einde: 31 maart 1950 Opvolger: No. 67 Group Bevelhebbers: ? Basissamenstelling: No. 15 Group No. 61 Grop No. 82 Group |
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Personnel and Training Command Voorloper: geen Ontstaan: 1994 Einde: 1 april 2007 Opvolger: Air Command Bevelhebbers: Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Wilson Air Marshal Sir David Cousins Air Marshal Sir Anthony Bagnall Air Marshal Sir John Day Air Marshal Sir Christopher Coville Air Marshal Sir Joe French Air Marshal Barry Thornton Basissamenstelling: ? |
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Reserve Command Voorloper: geen Ontstaan: 1 februari 1939 (1e keer) 1 mei 1946 (2e keer) Einde: 27 mei 1940 (1e keer) 1 augustus 1950 (2e keer) Opvolger: Flying Training Command (1e keer) Home Command (2e keer) Bevelhebbers: Air Marshal Sir Christopher Courtney Air Chief Marshal Sir John Steel Air Vice Marshal Sir William Welsh Air Commodore E D H Davies (Temporary) Air Marshal Sir Alan Lees Air Marshal Sir Robert Foster Basissamenstelling: ? |
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Signals Command Voorloper: No. 90 (Signals) Group Ontstaan: 3 november 1958 Einde: 1 januari 1969 Opvolger: Strike Command Bevelhebbers: Air Vice-Marshal Sir Leslie Dalton-Morris Air Vice-Marshal A Foord-Kelcey (temporary appointment) Air Vice-Marshal Sir Walter Pretty Air Vice-Marshal Sir Thomas Shirley Air Vice-Marshal Sir Benjamin Ball Basissamenstelling: No. 90 Group |
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Strike Command Voorloper: Bomber Command Fighter Command Personnel and Training Command Ontstaan: 30 april 1968 Einde: 1 april 2007 Opvolger: Air Command Bevelhebbers: Air Chief Marshal Sir Wallace Kyle Air Chief Marshal Sir Denis Spotswood Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Humphrey Air Chief Marshal Sir Denis Smallwood Air Chief Marshal Sir Nigel Maynard Air Chief Marshal Sir David Evans Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Williamson Air Chief Marshal Sir David Craig Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Harding Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon Air Chief Marshal Sir John Thomson Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns Air Chief Marshal Sir William Wratten Air Chief Marshal Sir John Allison Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Squire Air Chief Marshal Sir Anthony Bagnall Air Chief Marshal Sir John Day Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burridge Air Chief Marshal Sir Joe French Basissamenstelling: No. 1 Group No. 2 Group No. 3 Group No. 11 Group No. 18 Group No. 38 Group No. 46 Group No. 90 Group Royal Observer Group |
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Support Command Voorloper: Maintenance Command Ontstaan: 31 augustus 1973 Einde: 1994 Opvolger: Personnel and Training Command RAF Logistics Command Bevelhebbers: Air Marshal Sir Reginald Harland Air Marshal Sir Rex Roe Air Marshal Sir Keith Williamson Air Marshal Sir John Gingell Air Marshal Sir Michael Beavis Air Marshal Sir David Harcourt-Smith Air Marshal Sir John Sutton Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon Air Chief Marshal Sir John Thomson Air Chief Marshal Sir John Willis Basissamenstelling: ? |
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Technical Training Command Voorloper: Training Command Ontstaan: 27 mei 1940 Einde: 1 juni 1968 Opvolger: Training Command Bevelhebbers: Air Marshal Sir William Welsh Air Marshal Sir John Babington Air Marshal Sir Arthur Barratt Air Marshal Sir Ralph Sorley Air Marshal Sir John Whitworth-Jones Air Marshal Sir Victor Groom Air Marshal Sir George Beamish Air Marshal Sir Arthur McDonald Air Marshal Sir Wallace Kyle Air Marshal Sir Alfred Earle Air Marshal Sir Donald Evans Air Marshal Sir William Coles Basissamenstelling: No. 22 Group No. 24 Group No. 25 Group |
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Training Command Voorloper: Inland Area (1e keer) Flyng Training Command (2e keer) Technical Training Command (2e keer) Ontstaan: 1 mei 1936 (1e keer) 1 juni 1968 (2e keer) Einde: 27 mei 1940 (1e keer) 13 juni 1977 (2e keer) Opvolger: Flyng Training Command (1e keer) Technical Training Command (1e keer) Support Command (2e keer) Bevelhebbers: Air Marshal Sir Charles Burnett Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore Air Marshal Sir John Davis Air Marshal Sir Leslie Mavor Air Marshal Sir Neville Stack Air Marshal Sir Rex Roe Basissamenstelling: No. 20 Group No. 21 Group No. 22 Group No. 23 Group No. 24 Group No. 26 Group No. 38 (Special Tactical Transport) Group |
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Transport Command Voorloper: Ferry Command Ontstaan: 25 maart 1943 Einde: 1 augustus 1967 Opvolger: Air Support Command Bevelhebbers: Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill Air Marshal Sir Ralph Cochrane Air Marshal Sir Brian Baker Air Marshal Sir Aubrey Ellwood Air Vice Marshal Robert Blucke Air Vice Marshal Sir Charles Guest Air Vice Marshal Sir George Beamish Air Marshal Sir Andrew McKee Air Marshal Sir Denis Barnett Air Marshal Sir Edmund Hudleston Air Marshal Sir Kenneth Cross Air Marshal Sir Thomas Prickett Basissamenstelling: No. 44 Goup No. 45 Group No. 46 Group No. 216 Group No. 229 Group No. 114 Wing No. 116 Wing |
RAF Overseas Commands
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Aden Command Voorloper: geen Ontstaan: 1928 Einde: 1936 Opvolger: British Forces in Aden (1936) Bevelhebbers: Group Captain W. G. S. Mitchell Group Captain C. T. MacLean Group Captain O. T. Boyd Group Captain C. F. A. Portal Air Vice-Marshal E. L. Gossage Basissamenstelling: ? |
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Eastern Air Command Voorloper: ? Ontstaan: ? Einde: ? Opvolger: ? Bevelhebbers: ? Basissamenstelling: ? |
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Far East Command Voorloper: geen Ontstaan: 1933 Einde: 1938 Opvolger: South Eat Asia Air Command Bevelhebbers: Air Vice Marshal John Tremayne Babington Air Vice Marshal C. W. H. Pulford Air Vice Marshal Paul Maltby Basissamenstelling: ? |
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Far East Air Command Voorloper: Far East Command Air Command South East Asia Ontstaan: 30 september 1946 Einde: 1 juni 1949 Opvolger: Far East Air Force Bevelhebbers: Air Marshal Sir George Pirie Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd Basissamenstelling: No. 221 Group No. 222 Group No. 223 Group No. 224 Group No. 225 Group No. 226 Group No. 227 Group No. 229 Group No. 231 Group Eastern Air Command |
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Iraq Command Voorloper: Mesopotamian Group Ontstaan: 1 oktober 1922 Einde: 23 november 1932 Opvolger: British Forces in Iraq Bevelhebbers: Air Vice-Marshal J M Salmond Air Vice-Marshal J F A Higgins Air Vice-Marshal E L Ellington Air Vice-Marshal H R M Brooke-Popham Air Vice-Marshal E R Ludlow-Hewitt Air Commodore C L Courtney Air Vice-Marshal C S Burnett Basissamenstelling: ? |
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Mediterranean Air Command Voorloper: geen Ontstaan: 18 februari 1943 Einde: 10 december 1943 Opvolger: Mediterranean Allied Air Forces (MAAF) Bevelhebbers: Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder Basissamenstelling: No. 201 Group No. 205 Group Air HQ Western Desert |
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Middle East Command Voorloper: RAF Middle East Ontstaan: 29 december 1941 Einde: 1 augustus 1945 Opvolger: RAF Mediterranean and Middle East Bevelhebbers: Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder Air Chief Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas Air Marshal Sir Keith Park Air Marshal Sir Charles Medhurst Basissamenstelling: No. 201 Group diversen |
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South East Asia Air Command Voorloper: Far East Command Ontstaan: 16 november 1943 Einde: 30 september 1946 Opvolger: Far East Air Command Bevelhebbers: Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Peirse Air Marshal Sir Guy Garrod Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park Air Marshal Sir George Pirie Basissamenstelling: ? |
Royal Navy Commands
<div class="row">Ook de Royal Navy kende een aantal zogenaamde Commands. Deze stonden in de volksmond bekend als bijvoorbeeld Rosyth Command, Nore Command, Portsmouth Command, Western Approaches Command, North Atlantic Command, South Atlantic Command, America & West Indies Command, enz. Formeel stonden deze bij de Royal Navy echter bekend als Commander-in-Chief en zullen dan ook aldaar worden behandeld.
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