List of British Commands and Army groups

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This is a list of British Army commands and army groups. It is intended as a central point of access information about British formations of that size. It does not cover formations of the British Indian Army.

Aldershot Command (until 1941)
Anti-Aircraft Command
Army Strategic Command (1968–1972)
British Army of the Rhine (1945–1994)
British Element Trieste Force (BETFOR)^[1]
British Expeditionary Force (World War I)
British Expeditionary Force (World War II)
British Forces in Austria (ex Eighth Army)
Cyrenaica Command (1940–1941)
East Africa Command (1941–1964)
Eastern Command
Far East Land Forces
Field Army (c.2015-present)
Home Command
Land Command (1995–2008)
Land Forces (2008–2011)
Malaya Command
HQ Malta and Libya (until at least 1967)
Mediterranean Command (1907–1914)
Middle East Command (1939–1945)
Middle East Land Forces, (1945^[2]-1976)^[3]
Near East Land Forces
Netherlands East Indies Command (c.1946-1947)
Northern Command
HQ Northern Ireland
Persia and Iraq Command
Scottish Command
South Eastern Command (1941–1944)
Southern Command (until 1972)
United Kingdom Land Forces (1972–1995)
United Kingdom Support Command (Germany)
West Africa Command (1941–1956)
Western Command

Army Groups

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11th Army Group Activated in November 1943. On 12 November 1944 redesignated Allied Land Forces South East Asia
15th Army Group
18th Army Group
21st Army Group
Allied Armies in Italy

References

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^ BETFOR 'Order of Battle'
^ Middle East Land Forces (UK)
^ National Archives, accessed November 2008

v t e British military formations during the Second World War
Higher level commands	Commands and Army Groups Armies Corps
Divisions	British British Indian Commonwealth
Brigades	Airborne Anti-aircraft Commonwealth and Empire British Indian Infantry (1–100) (101–308 and named) Mobile Special Service
Deception	Allied British

v t e British army groups, armies, commands, and corps during the Second World War
Army Groups (list)	11th 15th 18th 21st Allied Armies in Italy
Armies (list)	British Expeditionary Force First Second Eighth Ninth Tenth Twelfth Fourteenth
Corps (list)	I I Airborne II III IV V VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XXX 1st Anti-Aircraft 2nd Anti-Aircraft 3rd Anti-Aircraft Commonwealth Western Desert Force
Commands (list)	Aden Aldershot Allied Land Forces South East Asia Anti-Aircraft British Army of the Rhine Burma Cyrenaica East Africa Eastern Egypt Far East GHQ India London Malaya Malta Middle East Northern Northern Ireland Palestine Persia and Iraq Scottish South East Asia South Eastern Southern West Africa Western
Other	ABDA Allied Force Headquarters Deception First Allied Airborne Army Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force