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During the Second World War and after, Southern Command, in common with other UK Commands, used its formation sign as a badge, (or flash) on uniforms. The HQ sign itself (see top of this article) with its horizontal red, black, red background colouring indicated an army level command, on which were
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inch (0.64 cm) thick) below it. The various designs and changes for visibility or similarity are shown below.
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Southern Command Royal Army Service Corps (second pattern) (Vertical blue/yellow halves with white and blue stars)
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Southern Command Royal Army Ordnance Corps (second pattern) (Red with a vertical blue stripe and white stars)
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Craftsmen of the Army: The Story of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Volume 2: 1969-1992
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was to be formed in a reconstituted Southern Command, with HQ at Salisbury Plain. Lieutenant General
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allowed for six army corps based on six regional commands. As outlined in a paper published in 1903,
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Government House, Cambridge Road, Portsmouth, command headquarters from 1882 to 1901
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The role of South-West District Commander, which was doubled hatted with that of
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Government House, High Street, Portsmouth, command headquarters from 1826 to 1882
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Southern Command miscellaneous units post WW2 (Black over red horiztontal split)
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British army groups, armies, commands, and corps during the Second World War
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General Sir Ian Hamilton at the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
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The British Army Against Napoleon: Facts, Lists and Trivia, 1805–1815
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In 1939 regular troops reporting to Southern Command included
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Historical Records of the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment
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was placed in command. On 8 March 1916, Lieutenant-General
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in 1793. By the 1830s the command included the counties of
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February 1944 – February 1945 Lieutenant General Sir
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United Kingdom

British Army
Command
Portsmouth
Tidworth Camp
Fugglestone St Peter
British Army

Portsmouth



Tidworth Camp

Erskine Barracks
military districts
war with France
Kent
Sussex
Napoleonic Wars
Bedfordshire
Northamptonshire
Oxfordshire
Buckinghamshire
Hampshire
Wiltshire
Dorset
Gloucestershire

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