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.
General William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, was a British Army officer and politician who rose to become Commander-in-Chief, America, during the American War of Independence. Howe was one of three brothe
Northern Command (United Kingdom)
…GOCs and GOCinCs have included (with dates of service): General Officer Commanding Northern District 1793–1795: General Sir William Howe 1796–1802: General the Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh…
Portrait by Henry Bryan Hall, 1872
Engraving from contemporary sketch depicting the British ascent to the Plains of Abraham in 1759
Depiction of the Battle of Bunker Hill by Percy Moran, 1909
George Washington, driven from New York beginning at the Battle of Brooklyn portrait by Charles Willson Peale 1776