East Africa Command

East Africa Command
Active 1940 to 1964
Country  United Kingdom
Branch British Army
Type Command
Garrison/HQ Nairobi

East Africa Command was a Command of the British Army.

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History

The formation was essentially an expansion of the East Africa Force[1] which came into being in August 1940.[2] It was reformed as a Command in September 1941 by General Sir William Platt and covered North East Africa, East Africa and British Central Africa.[3] It established its own intelligence network during the Mau Mau Uprising in 1952.[4] It was then disbanded in 1964 being replaced by British Land Forces Kenya.[5]

Commanders-in-Chief

Commanders-in-Chief have included:[6][7]
GOC East Africa Force

GOC East Africa Command

References

  1. ^ East Africa Command accessed November 2008
  2. ^ British Military History
  3. ^ The British Empire and the Second World War By Ashley Jackson, Page 175 Hambledon Continuum, 2006, ISBN 978-1852854171
  4. ^ Obituary: Lt Col Ian Field Daily Telegraph, 14 December 2009
  5. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 43598. p. 2619. 12 March 1965. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
  6. ^ Whitaker's Almanacks 1941 - 1964
  7. ^ Army Commands

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