East Africa Command
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The formation was essentially an expansion of the East Africa Force which came into being in August 1940. It was reformed as a Command in September 1941 by General Sir William PlattWilliam Platt
General Sir William Platt GBE, KCB, DSO was an officer in the British Army, the Australian Army, and the New Zealand Army during World War I and World War II.-Early years:...
and covered North East Africa, East Africa
East Africa
East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN scheme of geographic regions, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:...
and British Central Africa
British Central Africa
The British Central Africa Protectorate existed in the area of present-day Malawi between 1893 and 1907.-History:The Shire Highlands south of Lake Nyasa and the lands west of the lake had been of interest to the British since they were first explored by David Livingstone in the 1850s, and...
. It established its own intelligence network during the Mau Mau Uprising
Mau Mau Uprising
The Mau Mau Uprising was a military conflict that took place in Kenya between 1952 and 1960...
in 1952. It was then disbanded in 1964 being replaced by British Land Forces Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
.
Commanders-in-Chief
Commanders-in-Chief have included:GOC East Africa Force
- 1939 - 1940 Lieutenant General Douglas DickinsonDouglas DickinsonLieutenant General Douglas Povah Dickinson CB DSO OBE MC was a British Army officer who commanded the East Africa Force at the start of World War II.-Military career:...
- 1940 - 1941 Lieutenant General Sir Alan Cunningham
- Aug - Dec 1941 Major-General Harry WetherallHarry Edward de Robillard WetherallLieutenant General Sir Harry Edward de Robillard Wetherall KBE CB DSO MC was an officer in the British Army during World War I and World War II.-Military career:Wetherall was commissioned into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1909....
GOC East Africa Command
- 1941 - 1945 Lieutenant General Sir William PlattWilliam PlattGeneral Sir William Platt GBE, KCB, DSO was an officer in the British Army, the Australian Army, and the New Zealand Army during World War I and World War II.-Early years:...
- 1945 - 1946 Lieutenant General Sir Kenneth AndersonKenneth Arthur Noel AndersonGeneral Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, KCB, MC was a British Army officer in both the First and Second World Wars. He is mainly remembered as the commander of the First Army during Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of Tunisia. He had an outwardly reserved character and did not court...
- 1946 - 1948 Major General William DimolineWilliam Alfred DimolineMajor-General William Alfred Dimoline CB CMG CBE DSO MC was an officer in the British Army during World War I and World War II...
- 1948 - 1951 Lieutenant General Sir Arthur DowlerArthur DowlerLieutenant General Sir Arthur Dowler KCB KBE was General Officer Commanding the East Africa Command of the British Army.-Military career:...
- 1951 - 1953 Lieutenant General Sir Alexander CameronAlexander Cameron (British Army officer)Lieutenant General Sir Alexander Maurice Cameron KBE CB MC was General Officer Commanding East Africa Command.-Military career:Cameron was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1916...
- 1953 - 1955 Lieutenant General Sir George ErskineGeorge ErskineGeneral Sir George Watkin Eben James Erskine GCB, KBE, DSO was a senior British Army officer during World War II-Background:...
- 1955 - 1957 Lieutenant General Sir Gerald LathburyGerald LathburyGeneral Sir Gerald William Lathbury, GCB, DSO, MBE was a British Army officer during the Second World War and later became Governor of Gibraltar-Military career:...
- 1957 - 1960 Major General Sir Nigel TappNigel TappMajor-General Sir Nigel Tapp KBE CB DSO was General Officer Commanding East Africa Command.-Military career:Tapp was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1924...
- 1960 - 1963 Major-General Sir Richard GoodwinRichard Elton GoodwinLieutenant General Sir Richard Goodwin KCB CBE DSO was a British Army General who reached high office in the 1960s.-Military career:Goodwin was commissioned into the Suffolk Regiment in 1928...
- 1963 - 1964 Major General Sir Ian FreelandIan FreelandLieutenant-General Sir Ian Henry Freeland GBE KCB DSO DL was a British Army officer, who most notably served as Army General Officer Commanding and Director of Operations in security matters in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of rioting in 1969, and the beginning of the Troubles.-Early career...