Commanders included:
| Appointed | General Officer Commanding |
|---|---|
| April 1908 | Brigadier-General Henry Kelham |
| March 1910 | Major-General James Spens |
| March 1914 | Major-General Granville G.A. Egerton |
| September 1915 | Major-General The Honourable Herbert A. Lawrence |
| June 1916 | Major-General Wilfrid E.B. Smith |
| September 1917 | Major-General John Hill |
| September 1918 | Major-General Francis J. Marhsall |
| June 1919 | Major-General Sir Philip Rynd Robertson |
| June 1923 | Major-General Hamilton Lyster Reed |
| June 1927 | Major-General Sir Henry F. Thullier |
| March 1930 | Major-General Sir Walter J Constable-Maxwell-Scott |
| March 1934 | Major-General Andrew J. McCulloch |
| September 1935 | Major-General Victor Fortune |
| August 1936 | Major-General Sir Andrew J. McCulloch |
| March 1938 | Major-General James Drew |
| 29 March 1941 | Major-General Sir John Laurie |
| 1 September 1942 | Brigadier G. P. Miller (acting) |
| 11 September 1942 | Major-General Neil Ritchie |
| 11 November 1943 | Brigadier Edmund Hakewill-Smith (acting) |
| 19 November 1943 | Major-General Edmund Hakewill-Smith |
| December 1948 | Major-General Robert Urquhart |
| February 1950 | Major-General George H. Inglis |
| 1952 | Major-General Richard George Collingwood |
| October 1955 | Major-General Rohan Delacombe |
| October 1958 | Major-General John F.M. Macdonald |
| October 1961 | Major-General John Frost |
| February 1964 | Major-General Henry Leask |
| May 1966-1968 | Major-General Sir Francis James Bowes-Lyon |
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