Northern Command was a Home Command of the British Army from 1793 to 1889 and from 1905 to 1972.
Fenham Barracks, Newcastle upon Tyne, command headquarters in the early 19th century.
Hulme Barracks, Manchester, command headquarters from the 1840s to 1878.
Tower House, Fishergate, York, command headquarters from 1878 to 1958.
Imphal Barracks, York, command headquarters from 1958 to 1972.
17th (Northern) Division
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The 17th Division was an infantry division of the British Army, a Kitchener's Army formation raised during the Great War.
Northern Command (United Kingdom)
…be under the administration of one of the Home Commands, and Northern Command formed what became the 11th (Northern) Division. It was followed by the 17th (Northern) Division of K2 in September 1914. At the end of 1914, Lieutenant General Sir Herbert Plumer, the GOCinC, left Northern Command to form V Corps in France, and…
Albert 1 - 13 July: Officers of the 10th (Service) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters wearing captured German helmets and with a tripod camera, accordion and pet dog after fighting during the battles of early July. The dog was found in a dug-out.
Officers of the 7th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers), York and Lancaster Regiment, in a ruined building in Arras, 30 April 1917.