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. Aldershot Command (until 1941) Anti-Aircraft Command Army Headquarters (from 1 November 2011) (see Commander Land Forces) Army Strategic Command (1968–1972) British Army of the Rhine (1945–1994) British Element Trieste Force (BETFOR) 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 British India Command Land Command (1995–2008) Land Forces (2008–2011) Malaya Command HQ Malta and Libya (until at least 1967) Middle East Command (1939–1945) Middle East Land Forces, (1945-1976) 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) UK Land Forces (1972–1995) UK Support Command (Germany) (see British Forces Germany) West Africa Command (1941–1956) Western Command Army Groups 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 Lists of military units and formations of World War II Commands And Army Groups Commands Commands And Army Groups Commands and Army groupes