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Taken from Far East Command for itergration into this page. Philip Baird Shearer 11:23, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Far East Command is a military regional division of the British military. It was also a historical command of the United States military, one of that country's first joint commands. This article focuses on the British unit.

The region covered China, Hong Kong, Kobe and Singapore. Major bases included Hong Kong (HMS Tamar) and Singapore. Established in 1943 with the United States, it was disbanded in 1971 and taken over by ANZAC Forces.

With the return of Hong Kong to Chinese rule in 1997, the British presences is more limited when compared to the American influence in the region.

1 Headquarters
2 Units
3 Commanders
4 Reference

[edit] Headquarters

South-East Asia Command

Ceylon 1943-44
India 1944-1946

South East Asia Land Forces

Singapore 1947-1963

Far East Command

Singapore 1963-1971

[edit] Units

Eastern Fleet 1943-
Eleventh Army Group: Ceylon Command and 14th Army 1943-1944
Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA) 1944-1947
Malaya Command and Hong Kong
British Gurkhas 1963-1971
Far East Land Forces (British) and Australian Army Force (air and naval elements)

[edit] Commanders

Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia

1943.10.04 Adm. The Rt Hon Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, PC, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, KJStJ 1946.06 Lt-Gen. Sir Montagu George North Stopford, KBE, CB, DSO, MC [to Nov. 1946]

Commander-in-Chief, Far East Command:

1963.04.24 Adm. Sir Varyl Begg, KCB, DSO, DCS [RN] 1965 AVM Sir John Grandy, KCB, KBE, GCVO, DSO [RAF] 1967.02.01 Gen. Sir Richard Michael Power Carver, KCB, CBE, DSO, MC 1969.03.07 Adm. Sir Peter John Hill-Norton, KCB [RN]

Land forces: Commander-in-Chief, Allied Land Forces South East Asia

1944.11.12 Lt-Gen. Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese, 3rd Bt., KCB, CBE, DSO

Commander-in-Chief, Allied Land Forces South East Asia & S.E. Asia Land Forces

1945.08.10 Gen. Sir William Joseph Slim, KCB, CBE, DSO, MC 1945 Lt-Gen. Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC 1946 Gen. Sir Montagu George North Stopford, KBE, CB, DSO, MC

Commander-in-Chief, Far East Land Forces:

1947.02 Gen. Sir Neil Methuen Ritchie, GBE, KCB, DSO, MC 1949.06.28 Gen. Sir Allan Francis John Harding, GCB, CBE, DSO, MC 1951.06.11 Gen. Sir Charles Frederic Keightley, GCB, KBE, DSO, ADC 1953.09 Gen. Sir Charles Falkland Loewen, GCB, KBE, DSO 1956.08.10 Gen. Sir Francis Wogan Festing, GCB, KBE, DSO 1958.06 Gen. Sir Richard Amyatt Hull, GCB, DSO 1961.06 Lt-Gen. Sir Nigel Poett, KCB, DSO [to 1962]

General Officer Commander-in-Chief, Far East Land Forces:

1963.04.10 Lt-Gen. Sir Reginald Hackett Hewetson, KCB, CBE, DSO

Commander, Far East Land Forces:

1964.06.08 Lt-Gen. Sir Alan Jolly, KCB, CBE, DSO 1966.07.28 Lt-Gen. Sir Richard Michael Power Carver, KCB, CBE, DSO, MC 1967.01.31 Lt-Gen Sir Thomas Cecil Hook Pearson, KCB, CBE, DSO 1968.11.16 Lt-Gen. Sir Peter Mervyn Hunt, KCB, DSO, OBE 1970.10. Maj-Gen. Walter Babington (Sandy) Thomas, CB, DSO, MC [to 30 Oct. 1971]