Southern Command (United Kingdom)

Southern Command was a Command of the British Army.

Southern Command

1793–1972

United Kingdom

British Army

Command

62,000 troops

Portsmouth (1793-1901)
Tidworth Camp (1901-1949)
Fugglestone St Peter (1949-1972)

8th Royal Tank Regiment

9th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

6/23 Field Battery,

12th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

3rd Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery

4th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

1st Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery

2nd Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery

2nd Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery

1793–1796 Colonel

Thomas Trigge

1796–1799 Lieutenant-General

Cornelius Cuyler

February–June 1799 Major-General

Thomas Murray

1799–1804 Major-General

John Whitelocke

1804–1805 Colonel

Hildebrand Oakes

June–December 1805 Major-General Hon.

John Hope

1805–1808 Major-General

Sir George Prevost

1808–1813 Major-General

Arthur Whetham

May–July 1813 Lieutenant-General Hon.

Thomas Maitland

January–September 1814 Major-General

William Houston

1814–1819 Major-General

Kenneth Howard

August–October 1819 Major-General

Sir James Kempt

1819–1821 Major-General

Sir George Cooke

1821–1828 Major-General

Sir James Lyon

1828–1834 Major-General

Sir Colin Campbell

1834–1839 Major-General

Sir Thomas McMahon

1839–1846 Major-General Sir ^[22]

Hercules Robert Pakenham

1847–1851 Lieutenant-General

Lord Frederick FitzClarence

1851–1852 Major-General Sir

George D'Aguilar

1852–1855 Major-General Sir

James Simpson

1855–1857 Major-General

Henry William Breton

1857–1860 Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir

James Scarlett

1860–1865 Major-General

Lord William Paulet

GOCs have included:^[19]^[20]^[21]
General Officer Commanding South-West District

General Officer Commanding Southern District

Commander Second Army Corps

In 1901 Second Army Corps was formed, with South East District at Dover, Southern District at Portsmouth and Western District at Devonport under command.

General Officer Commanding Southern Command

Cole, Howard (1973). . London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 978-0853680789.

Formation Badges of World War 2. Britain, Commonwealth and Empire

Smythies, Raymond Henry (1894). . A. W. Swiss. p. 442.