Eastern District was a district command of the

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

from 1967 and 1995.

History

The district was formed from

54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division The 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army. The division was raised in 1908 following the creation of the Territorial Force (TF) as the East Anglian Division. During the First World War the division fo ...

as part of the Territorial Army Volunteer Reserve in 1967. It had its headquarters at

Colchester Garrison Colchester Garrison is a major garrison located in Colchester in the county of Essex, Eastern England. It has been an important military base since the Roman era. The first permanent military garrison in Colchester was established by Legio XX ...

and was placed under the command of HQ UK Land Forces in 1972. The district merged with North East District to form an enlarged Eastern District at

Imphal Barracks Imphal Barracks is a military installation located in Fulford, York, England. History Cavalry barracks were built in Fulford as part of the British response to the threat of the French Revolution and were completed in 1795 but these have now bee ...

in 1992. The enlarged district was disbanded on the formation of HQ

Land Command Land Command (or 'HQ Land') was a military command and part of the structure of the British Army from 1995 to 2008. Its headquarters was at Erskine Barracks, at Fugglestone St Peter, some four kilometres northwest of Salisbury in Wiltshire. It ass ...

in 1995.

Commanders

General officers commanding included: *1967–1969 Major-General

Fergus Ling Major-General Fergus Alan Humphrey Ling, (1914 – 7 May 1995) was a British Army officer. Military career Educated at Stowe School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Ling was commissioned into the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) i ...

*1969–1971 Major-General

Jack Dye John S. "Jack" Dye was a college football player and surgeon. Vanderbilt University He was a prominent halfback for the Vanderbilt Commodores football team of Vanderbilt University from 1895 and 1898. 1897 The team held all opponents scoreles ...

*1971–1973 Major-General

David Scott-Barrett Lieutenant General Sir David William Scott-Barrett KBE MC (16 December 1922 − 31 December 2003) was General Officer Commanding Scotland. Military career The son of Brigadier Hugh Scott-Barrett, Judge Advocate General of the Army of the Rhi ...

*1973–1975 Major-General

Peter Hudson Peter John Hudson AM (born 19 February 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and for the New Norfolk Football Club and Glenorchy Football Club in the ...

*1975–1977 Major-General David Tabor *1977–1980 Major-General Andrew Watson *1980–1982 Major-General

Richard Gerrard-Wright Major-General Richard Eustace John Gerrard-Wright (9 May 1930 – 12 May 2012) was a British Army officer. Military career Educated at Christ's Hospital and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Tabor was commissioned into the Royal Lincolnshi ...

*1982–1984 Major-General

John MacMillan John Victor Macmillan OBE DD (1877–1956) was the fifth Bishop of Dover in the modern era who was later translated to Guildford. Born into a publishing family (he was an uncle of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan), he was educated at Eton ...

*1984–1987 Major-General Charles Ramsay *1987–1989 Major-General Peter Graham *1989–1992 Major-General William Evans *1992 Major-General Michael Walker *1992–1995 Major-General

Patrick Cordingley Major General Patrick Anthony John Cordingley, (born 6 October 1944) is a retired British Army officer who commanded the 2nd Division from 1995 to 1996. Military career Cordingley was educated at Sherborne School and the Royal Military Acade ...

References

{{reflist Districts of the British Army Military units and formations established in 1967 Military units and formations disestablished in 1995