Ceuta General Command

Photographs of the Commandancy-General of Ceuta

Commander-General Luis Gómez-Hortigüela Amillo (2004 to 2007)

PERIOD 1970-1997

(BERNAL CLADUCH)

On September 20, 1970, TRH The Prince and Princess of Spain Juan Carlos of Bourbon and Sofía, arrived in Ceuta aboard the destroyer Roger de Lauria, on the occasion of the Delivery of the National Flag to the 2nd Spanish Legion 
(MUSEO DE LA LEGIÓN)

HRH Princess Sofía of Greece acted as Patron of the new Flag donated to the 2nd Spanish Legion Tercio “Duque de Alba”.

(MUSEO DE REGULARES)

(PARTICULAR)

On the occasion of the visit to Ceuta of Minister for Housing Luis Rodríguez de Miguel in 1975, a military parade, presided over by the Minister and accompanied by General Gutiérrez Mellado, Commander-General of Ceuta, was held at the 1^st Tetouan Regular Group Barracks.

(MUSEO DE LA LEGIÓN)

The Spanish President of the Government, Adolfo Suárez, presided over the acts that, on the occasion of the 61^st Anniversary of the Creation of the Legion, were held at the García Aldave Barracks. The President of the Government is accompanied by the Captain-General Merry Gordon of the Southern Military Region. 1981.

(COMGECEU)

Lieutenant General Pérez Crusell, Captain-General of the Southern Military Region, receiving honors upon his arrival at the Otero Barracks of the 23rd Logistics Support Group, on the occasion of the delivery of the first Flag to the Unit, on 5 May 1991. Commander-General Bada Requena can be seen in the background.
(COMGECEU)

In an act of Legionnaire Saturday, held at the García Aldave Barracks, on March 27, 1993, the "Alba" Company, belonging to the 4^th Flag of the 2^nd Spanish Legion Tercio “Duque de Alba”—departing on a humanitarian mission to the area of the former Yugoslavia—was bid farewell. One of this company’s members, Lieutenant Muñoz Castellanos, was the first Spanish officer killed in that region.     
(COMGECEU)

An act held in the Plaza de África on May 2, 1993, on the occasion of the reception, by the Commandancy-General of Ceuta, of the remains of Lieutenant Jacinto Ruiz Mendoza. In the photograph, we see the moment in which the remains are transferred to the Monument of the Fallen. The acts were chaired by General Bada Requena, Commander-General of Ceuta, Mr. Fráiz Armada, Mayor of the City and Mr. González Márquez, the Government Delegate.

(COMGECEU)

In a ceremony held opposite the Commandancy-General of Ceuta, on June 17, 1993, presided over by the Commander-General of Ceuta, Bada Requena, Mr. Francisco Fráiz Armada, Mayor of the City of Ceuta, places the Silver Medal of the City of Ceuta, granted by the City Council, atop the Flag of the 2nd Spanish Legion Tercio “Duque de Alba”. Colonel Martínez de Campos of the Tercio is carrying the flag.

(COMGECEU)

The act of reception of the Components of the “Alba” Company at the Aldave Barracks upon their return from the humanitarian mission carried out in the area of the former Yugoslavia. Commander-General Bada Requena is inspecting the Company.
(COMGECEU)

The Chief of Staff of the Army, Lieutenant General Faura, paid a visit to the Ceuta garrison, being received with a military parade at the Fuentes Pilas Barracks. He is accompanying Chief of the General Staff Miranda Robredo, the Commander-General of Ceuta.

(BT XVII)

General view of the Parade Ground of the 7th Mixed Regiment of Engineers, on January 12, 1997, the date on which the 17th Signals Battalion of the Commandancy-General of Ceuta was created. The act was presided over by the Commander-General of Ceuta, Gonzalo Rodríguez de Austria, who was accompanied by the Colonel of the Mixed Regiment, Faustino de la Peña López.