Commanders included:
| Appointed | General Officer Commanding |
| 27 September 1940 | Major-General John Crocker |
| 9 January 1941 | Brigadier Evelyn Fanshawe (acting) |
| 22 February 1941 | Major-General John Crocker |
| 15 October 1941 | Major-General Herbert Lumsden |
| 29 October 1941 | Major-General Charles Gairdner |
| 19 May 1942 | Major-General Charles Keightley |
| 19 December 1943 | Major-General Vyvyan Evelegh |
| 15 February 1944 | Brigadier William Edward Gordon Hemming (acting) |
| 19 March 1944 | Major-General Vyvyan Evelegh |
| 24 July 1944 | Major-General Gerald Templer (wounded 5 August 1944) |
| 5 August 1944 | Brigadier C.A.M.D. Scott (acting) |
| 13 August 1944 | Brigadier Francis Mitchell (acting) |
| 21 August 1944 | Major-General Horatius Murray |
| 27 July 1945 | Brigadier Adrian Clements Gore |
| Appointed | General Officer Commanding |
| 1951 | Major-General George Prior-Palmer |
| October 1953 | Major-General Francis Mitchell |
| 1955 | Major-General Roderick McLeod |
| 1957 | Major-General Denis O'Connor |
1940'S Sgt'Ned'Dunford
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