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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten. -- Calvin Coolidge |
Eastern Command: HQ Horse Guards, S.W. 1The Counties: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex (except Purfleet and Rainham Rifle Ranges; and (when occupied by the Foot Guards) the Guard's Barracks at Warley), Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Middlesex, Kent, Sussex, and Surrey (Less portions in Aldershot Command and London District and Woolwich (exclusive of the Territorial Army Troops quartered there). Field Troops (Regular) 4th Infantry Division: HQ Colchester 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards: Colchester 2nd Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers M-G: Dover 17th Field Regiment, RA: Woolwich 10th/26th, 13th/92nd Field Batteries, RA 22nd Field Regiment, RA: Shorncliffe 32nd/33rd, 36th/55th Field Batteries, RA 30th Field Regiment, RA: Colchester 104th/111th, 112th/117th Field Batteries, RA 14th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA: Colchester 38th, 61st, 68th, 88th Anti-Tank Batteries, RA 7th, 9th Field Companies, RE: Shorncliffe 59th Field Company, RE: Canterbury 18th Field Park Company, RE: Colchester 4th Divisional Signals, RCS: Colchester 10th Infantry Brigade: HQ Shorncliffe 2nd Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment: Gravesend 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry: Shorncliffe 1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment: Shorncliffe 10th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company: Shorncliffe 11th Infantry Brigade: HQ Colchester 2nd Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers: Colchester 1st Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment: Colchester 1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry: Colchester 11th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company: Colchester 12th Infantry Brigade: HQ Dover 2nd Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment): Dover 1st Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers): Dover 1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment): Dover 12th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company: Dover Other Regular Troops in the Command Regular Troops in the Command 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own): Shorncliffe (Attached to 1st Infantry Division) 17th/21st Lancers: Colchester 2nd Battalion, The Essex Regiment: Brentwood 27th Field Regiment, RA: Colchester 21st/24th, 37th/47th Field Batteries, RA 32nd Field Regiment, RA: Brighton 107th/121st, 115th/120th Field Batteries, RA 5th Medium Regiment, RA: Shoeburyness 5th/17th, 20th/21st Medium Batteries, RA 2nd Heavy Regiment, RA: Shoeburyness 1st, 8th, 17th, 26th Heavy Batteries, RA Detachment, The Survey Battalion, RE: London The Signal Experimental Establishment, RCS: Woolwich Nos. 8, 10, 13 Artillery Signal Sections, RCS: Canterbury Eastern Command Signals, RCS: London Royal Artillery Fixed Defences, Eastern Ports: HQ Sheerness Dover Fire Command: Dover Thames Fire Command (21st Heavy Battery, RA): Shoeburyness Medway Fire Command: Sheerness Harwich Fire Command: Felixstowe Militia in the Command 1st Infantry Training Group: Colchester 2nd Infantry Training Group: Lydd Depot, Non-Combatant Labour Corps: Colchester East Anglia Area: HQ The Barracks, Hertford Counties: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Middlesex, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire less the following: (i) Colchester - a 4th Infantry Division station (ii) Purfleet and Rainham Rifle Range, and Warley Barracks (when occupied by the Guards) - All under London District (iii) That portion of Essex in Chatham Area Regular Infantry Depots in the Area The Royal Norfolk Regiment: Norwich The Suffolk Regiment: Bury St. Edmunds The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment: Bedford The Essex Regiment: Warley The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own): Mill Hill Territorial Army Divisions and Brigades in the Area 54th (East Anglia) Infantry Division: HQ The Barracks, Hertford HQ Royal Artillery: The Barracks, Hertford 85th (East Anglian) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ, 337th (Essex) Bty: Stratford 338th (Essex) Bty: Romford 86th (East Anglian)(Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ, 342nd (Hertford) Bty: Hertford 341st (St. Albans) Bty: St. Albans 134th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ, 213th (Essex) Bty: Stratford, E. 15 340th (Essex) Bty: Grays 55th (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ, 220th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Bty: Swaffham 217th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Bty: Bury St. Edmunds 218th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Bty: St. Peters, Lowestoft 219th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Bty: Norwich HQ Royal Engineers: Ashburnham Road, Bedford 248th (East Anglia) Field Company, RE: Bedford (Attached to 3rd Infantry Division) 249th (East Anglia) Field Company, RE: Luton 286th Field Company, RE: Bedford 289th Field Park Company, RE: Luton 54th Divisional Signals, RCS: Bay Lodge, The Green, Stratford E15 161st Infantry Brigade: HQ Drill Hall, Ongar Road, Brentwood 1st/4th Battalion, The Essex Regiment: Ilford 2nd/4th Battalion, The Essex Regiment: Ilford 1st/5th Battalion, The Essex Regiment: Chelmsford 2nd/5th Battalion, The Essex Regiment: Colchester 5th (Hackney) Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's): 1 Hillman Street, Hackney E8 7th (Stoke Newington) Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's): Stoke Newington 162nd Infantry Brigade: HQ 20 Grosvenor Gardens SW1 6th Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment: Luton 1st Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment: Hertford 2nd Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment 163rd Infantry Brigade: HQ 22 Tombland, Norwich 5th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment: Dereham 6th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment: Norwich 7th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment: King's Lynn 18th Infantry Division HQ Royal Artillery 105th (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ, 417th (Bedford) Bty : Bedford 418th (Bedford) Bty: Biggleswade 135th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ, 344th (Hitchin) Bty: Hitchin 336th (Northampton) Bty: Peterborough 148th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ, 420th (Bedford) Bty: Luton 419th (Bedford) Bty: Dunstable 65th Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ, 257th-260th Btys: Bury St. Edmunds HQ Royal Engineers: Cambridge 287th Field Company, RE: Cambridge 288th Field Company, RE: Norwich 251st (East Anglia) Field Park Company, RE: Norwich 18th Divisional Signals, RCS 53rd Infantry Brigade (Embodied by 161st Infantry Brigade) 54th Infantry Brigade 4th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment: Norwich 4th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment: Ipswich 5th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment: Bury St. Edmunds 55th Infantry Brigade 5th Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment: Bedford 1st Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment: Cambridge 2nd Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment: Wisbech Other Territorial Army Troops in the Area 1st/7th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) M-G: Hornsey 2nd/7th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) M-G: Southgate 1st/8th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) M-G: Hounslow 2nd/8th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) M-G: Ruislip Manor 104th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Essex Yeomanry) (T.A.) HQ, 414th (Essex Yeomanry) Bty: Brentwood 339th (Essex Royal Horse Artillery) Bty: Colchester 147th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Essex Yeomanry) (T.A.) HQ, 413th (Essex Yeomanry) Bty: Chelmsford 431st Bty 58th (Suffolk) Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ, 229th, 230th (Suffolk) Btys: Ipswich 67th Medium Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ, 232nd (Suffolk) Bty: Bury St. Edmunds 231st (Suffolk) Bty: Sudbury Suffolk Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ, 176th Bty: Dovercourt 166th Bty: Ipswich The Suffolk (Fortress) RE: Ipswich No. 1 (EL & W) Coy: Ipswich 250th (East Anglia) Field Company, RE: Cambridge Chatham Area: HQ Chatham From (all inclusive) 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, Elsfleld, 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. Regular Troops in the Area The Training Battalion, RE: Chatham The Depot Battalion, RE: Chatham Territorial Army Troops in the Area Thames and Medway Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ: Fort Clarence, Rochester 167th (Kent) Bty: Gravesend 169th (Kent) Bty: Sheerness 175th (Essex), 192nd Btys: Southend-on-Sea Home Counties Area: HQ Woolwich Woolwich (exclusive of Territorial Army troops in London District), Counties of Kent (less areas in Chatham Area and the 4th 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. Regular Depots in the Area The Depot, The Royal Artillery: Woolwich The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey): Guildford The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment): Canterbury The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment): Hounslow The East Surrey Regiment: Kingston The Royal Sussex Regiment: Chichester The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment: Maidstone (3.9.39 as 224th ITC) Territorial Army Divisions and Brigades in the Area 21st Army Tank Brigade (Part): HQ Chipperfield, near King's Langley 42nd Royal Tank Regiment: 27 St. John's Hill, Clapham Junction SW11 48th Royal Tank Regiment: Clapham Girl's High School, Clapham, London, SW11 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division: HQ Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich HQ Royal Artillery: Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich 57th (Home Counties) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ, 225th, 226th (Brighton) Btys: Brighton 58th (Sussex) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ, 229th (Eastbourne) Bty: Eastbourne 230th (Hastings) Bty: St. Leonards 65th (8th London) Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ, 257th (21st London) Bty: Lee Green 258th (22nd London) Bty: Plumstead, S.E. 18 57th (East Surrey) Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ, 225th-228th Btys: Wimbledon HQ Royal Engineers: 10 Queen Street, Brighton 208th (Sussex) Field Company, RE: Eastbourne 209th (Sussex) Field Company, RE: Brighton 210th (Sussex) Field Company, RE: Seaford 211th (Sussex) Field Park Company, RE: Worthing 44th Divisional Signals, RCS: Drill Hall, Stamford Brook Lodge, Ravenscourt Park 131st Infantry Brigade: HQ Burwood House, 16 Caxton St. SW1 (HQ Eastern Sub-Area) 1st/5th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey): Guildford 1st/6th (Bermondsey) Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey): 2 Jamaica Road, Bermondsey SE16 1st/7th (Southwark) Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey): 71 New Street, Walworth SE17 132nd Infantry Brigade: HQ 66 Victoria St., London (HQ Central Sub-Area) 1st/6th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment: Surbiton 4th Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment: Tonbridge 5th Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment: Bromley 133rd Infantry Brigade: HQ Drill Hall, Victoria Road, Tunbridge Wells (HQ Western Sub-Area) 4th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment): Canterbury 4th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment: Horsham 5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment: Hastings 12th (Eastern) Infantry Division HQ Royal Artillery 113th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ: Shoreham 227th (Hove) Bty: Hove 228th (Worthing) Bty: Worthing 114th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ, 231st (Bexhill) Bty: Bexhill 232nd (Hailsham) Bty: Hailsham 118th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ, 259th (23rd London) Bty: Plumstead, S.E. 18 260th (24th London) Bty: Lee Green 67th Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ, 265th-268th Btys: Sutton HQ Royal Engineers: Eastbourne 262nd Field Company, RE: Hastings 263rd Field Company, RE: Eastbourne 264th Field Company, RE: Lewes 265th Field Park Company, RE: Eastbourne 12th Divisional Signals, RCS 35th Infantry Brigade 2nd/5th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey): Woking 2nd/6th (Bermondsey) Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey): Richmond 2nd/7th (Southwark) Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey): St. George's Market 36th Infantry Brigade 2nd/6th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment: Richmond 6th Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment: St. Mary's Cray 7th Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment: Dartford 37th Infantry Brigade 5th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment): Canterbury 6th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment: Worthing 7th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment: Brighton Other Territorial Army Troops in the Area 97th (Kent Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ: Maidstone 385th (Duke of Connaught's Own Yeomanry) Bty: Canterbury 387th (Queen's Own Yeomanry) Bty: Bromley 98th (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry, Queen Mary's) Army Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ, 391st, 392nd (Surrey Yeomanry) Bty: Clapham Park, S.W. 4 143rd Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ, 386th (Duke of Connaught's Own Yeomanry) Bty: Ashford 388th (Queen's Own Yeomanry) Bty: Maidstone 144th Field Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ, 390th (Sussex Yeomanry) Bty: Chichester 389th (Sussex Yeomanry) Bty: Brighton Kent and Sussex Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.) HQ, 168th (Kent) Bty: Dover 159th (Sussex) Bty: Brighton 170th (Kent) Bty: Ramsgate The Cinque Ports (Fortress) RE: Dover No. 1 (EL & W) Coy: Dover The Kent (Fortress) RE: Northfleet Nos. 1, 2, 3 (EL & W) Coys: Northfleet Supplementary Reserve Troops in the Command 108th (Essex) Electrical and Mechanical Company, RE: Chelmsford No. 25 (Home Counties) Construction Section, RCS: Ravenscourt Park Nos. 61, 62 Line Sections, RCS: Guildford |
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