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East Africa Command

Index East Africa Command

East Africa Command was a Command of the British Army. [1]

38 relations: Alan Cunningham, Alexander Maurice Cameron, Arthur Dowler, British Army, British Central Africa Protectorate, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), Command (military formation), Douglas Dickinson, East Africa, General Service Unit (Kenya), George Erskine, Gerald Lathbury, Harry Edward de Robillard Wetherall, Ian Freeland, Kenneth Anderson (British Army officer), Kenya, Kenya Army, Kenya Police, Kenya Police Reserve, Kenya Regiment, Lancashire Fusiliers, List of national archives, Mau Mau Uprising, Middle East Command, Military organization, Nairobi, Nakuru, Nigel Tapp, No. 1340 Flight RAF, North American T-6 Texan, Richard Elton Goodwin, Royal Army Veterinary Corps, William Alfred Dimoline, William Platt, 24th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), 39th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), 49th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), 70th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom).

Alan Cunningham

General Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham (1 May 1887 – 30 January 1983) was a senior officer of the British Army noted for his victories over Italian forces in the East African Campaign during World War II.

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Alexander Maurice Cameron

Lieutenant General Sir Alexander Maurice Cameron (30 May 1898 – 25 December 1986) was a senior British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding (GOC) East Africa Command.

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Arthur Dowler

Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur (Arnhold Bullick) Dowler KCB KBE DL (16 July 1895 – 14 November 1963) was a senior British Army officer who was General Officer Commanding (GOC) East Africa Command.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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British Central Africa Protectorate

The British Central Africa Protectorate (BCA) was a protectorate proclaimed in 1889 and ratified in 1891 that occupied the same area as present-day Malawi: it was renamed Nyasaland in 1907.

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Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), formerly the 3rd Regiment of Foot, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army traditionally raised in the English county of Kent and garrisoned at Canterbury.

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Command (military formation)

A command in military terminology is an organisational unit for which a military commander is responsible.

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Douglas Dickinson

Lieutenant-General Douglas Povah Dickinson CB DSO OBE MC (6 November 1886 – 8 January 1949) was a senior British Army officer who commanded the East Africa Force at the start of World War II.

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East Africa

East Africa or Eastern Africa is the eastern region of the African continent, variably defined by geography.

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General Service Unit (Kenya)

The General Service Unit (GSU) is a paramilitary wing in the National Police Service of Kenya, consisting of highly trained police officers, transported by seven dedicated Cessnas and three Bell helicopters Having been in existence since the late 1940s, the GSU has fought in a number of conflicts in and around Kenya, including the 1963 – 1969 Shifta War and the 1982 Kenyan coup.

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George Erskine

General Sir George Watkin Eben James Erskine (23 August 1899 – 29 August 1965) was a senior British Army officer who is most notable for having commanded the 7th Armoured Division from 1943 to 1944 during World War II.

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Gerald Lathbury

General Sir Gerald William Lathbury, (14 July 1906 – 16 May 1978) was a senior British Army officer who fought during the Second World War, serving with distinction with the British Army's airborne forces, commanding the 1st Parachute Brigade in Sicily, Italy and Holland.

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Harry Edward de Robillard Wetherall

Lieutenant General Sir Harry Edward de Robillard Wetherall (22 February 1889 – 18 November 1979) was an officer in the British Army during the First and Second World Wars.

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Ian Freeland

Lieutenant General Sir Ian Henry Freeland (14 September 1912 – 2 July 1979) was a senior British Army officer, who served with distinction during World War II and most notably served as General Officer Commanding (GOC) and Director of Operations in security matters in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of rioting in 1969, and the beginning of the Troubles.

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Kenneth Anderson (British Army officer)

General Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, (25 December 1891 – 29 April 1959) was a senior British Army officer who saw service in both world wars.

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Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in Africa with its capital and largest city in Nairobi.

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Kenya Army

The Kenya Army is the land arm of the Kenya Defence Forces.

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Kenya Police

The Kenya Police Service is a national body in charge of law enforcement in Kenya.

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Kenya Police Reserve

The Kenya Police Reserve (KPR) was formed in 1948 to assist the regular Kenya Police in the maintenance of law and order.

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Kenya Regiment

The Kenya Regiment was a British military unit recruited from white settlers in colonial Kenya and Uganda.

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Lancashire Fusiliers

The Lancashire Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that saw distinguished service through many centuries and wars, including the Second Boer War both World War I and World War II, and had many different titles throughout its 280 years of existence.

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List of national archives

A national archive(s) is a central archives maintained by a nation.

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Mau Mau Uprising

The Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1964), also known as the Mau Mau Rebellion, the Kenya Emergency, and the Mau Mau Revolt, was a war in the British Kenya Colony (1920–63).

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Middle East Command

Middle East Command, later Middle East Land Forces, was a British Army Command established prior to the Second World War in Egypt.

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Military organization

Military organization or military organisation is the structuring of the armed forces of a state so as to offer military capability required by the national defense policy.

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Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital and the largest city of Kenya.

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Nakuru

Nakuru is the fourth-largest city in Kenya after Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu.

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Nigel Tapp

Major-General Sir Nigel (Prior Hanson) Tapp KBE CB DSO (1904–1991) was General Officer Commanding East Africa Command.

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No. 1340 Flight RAF

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North American T-6 Texan

The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is an American single-engined advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), United States Navy, Royal Air Force, and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1970s.

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Richard Elton Goodwin

Lieutenant-General Sir Richard (Elton) Goodwin KCB CBE DSO (1908–1986) was a senior British Army officer who served in World War II as Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment during the campaign in Northwest Europe from June 1944 until May 1945 and later reached high office in the 1960s.

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Royal Army Veterinary Corps

The Royal Army Veterinary Corps (RAVC), known as the Army Veterinary Corps (AVC) until it gained the royal prefix on 27 November 1918, is an administrative and operational branch of the British Army responsible for the provision, training and care of animals.

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William Alfred Dimoline

Major-General William Alfred Dimoline CB CMG CBE DSO MC (1897 – August 1964) was a senior British Army officer who saw service during World War I and World War II.

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William Platt

General Sir William Platt (14 June 1885 – 28 September 1975) was a senior officer of the British Army during both World War I and World War II.

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24th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 24th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army from the First World War, serving through the Second World War, until 1999 when it was merged with the 5th Airborne Brigade to form 16 Air Assault Brigade.

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39th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 39th Infantry Brigade was a military formation of the British Army that was first established during the First World War and reformed in the 1950s.

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49th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 49th Infantry Brigade, also known as 49 (East) Brigade, was a brigade of the British Army.

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70th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 70th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw service during both World War I and World War II and postwar.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Africa_Command

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