{{Infobox Military Unit |unit_name=Headquarters Wales |image= |caption= |country={{UK}} |branch=23px British Army |type=District Command |dates=1967–1991 |specialization= |command_structure= |size= |current_commander= |garrison=The Barracks, Brecon |battles= |notable_commanders= }} '''Headquarters Wales''' was a district command of the British Army from 1967 and 1991.
==History== [[File:The Barracks, Brecon - geograph.org.uk - 1384207.jpg|thumb|The Barracks, Brecon, command headquarters]] The district was formed from 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division as part of the Territorial Army Volunteer Reserve in 1967.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f9jMDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA106|title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1967-68: The Encyclopaedia for the Businessman-of-The-World|first= S. |last=Steinberg|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|year=1967|isbn=978-0230270961|page=106}}</ref> It had its headquarters at The Barracks, Brecon, and was placed under the command of HQ UK Land Forces in 1972.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l43JDQAAQBAJ&q=HQ+UK+Land+Forces+1972+9+district+headquarters&pg=PA104|page=104|title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1972-73: The Encyclopaedia for the Businessman-of-The-World|first= J.|last= Paxton|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|year=1972|isbn=978-0-230-27101-2}}</ref> In 1991, the first of the minor districts to be amalgamated were North West District, the former West Midlands District (by then Western District) and Wales, to form a new Wales and Western District.<ref>{{cite book|last=Beevor|first=Antony | authorlink = Antony Beevor |year=1991|title= Inside the British Army|page=232|publisher=Transworld Publishers|isbn=978-0552138185}}</ref> It was disbanded again on the formation of HQ Land Command in 1995.<ref>"Land Command Shapes Up", Jane's Defence Weekly, 15 July 1995.</ref>
==Commanders== General officers commanding included:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033048/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 November 2015|title=Army Commands|accessdate=2 July 2016}}</ref><br> '''Headquarters Wales''' *1967–1968 Major-General Douglas Darling *1968–1970 Major-General Jeremy Spencer-Smith *1970–1973 Major-General John Woodrow *1973–1976 Major-General Peter Leuchars *1976–1978 Major-General John Graham *1978–1980 Major-General Arthur Stewart-Cox *1980–1983 Major-General Lennox Napier *1983–1985 Major-General Peter Chiswell *1985–1987 Major-General Peter de la Billière *1987–1990 Major-General Morgan Llewellyn *1990–1991 Major-General Peter Davies '''Wales and Western District''' *1991–1994 Major-General Michael Regan *1994–1995 Major-General Ian Freer
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Category:Districts of the British Army Category:Military units and formations established in 1967 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1991