General Officers Commanding
Commanders have included:
- Jul 1915 - Apr 1918 Lieutenant-General Thomas Morland
- May 1918 - Jun 1918 Lieutenant-General William Peyton
- 1918 - 1919 Lieutenant-General Reginald Stephens
- Jun 1940-Aug 1942 Lieutenant-General William Holmes
- Aug 1942-Dec 1942 Lieutenant-General Herbert Lumsden
- Dec 1942-Apr 1943 Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks
- Apr 1943-May 1943 Lieutenant-General Bernard Freyberg
- Aug 1943-Oct 1944 Lieutenant-General Sir Richard McCreery
- Nov 1944-May 1945 Lieutenant-General Sir John Hawkesworth
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