General Officers Commanding
Commanders included:
- 1915-1917 Lieutenant-General Walter Congreve
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- Henry Hughes Wilson, who had been liaising with French GQG during the Nivelle Offensive but now without a job, declined Haig’s offer of XIII Corps
- 1917-1918 Lieutenant-General Frederick McCracken
- March 1918-April 1918 Lieutenant-General Beauvoir De Lisle
- Jun 1940-Feb 1941 Lieutenant-General Richard O'Connor
- Apr 1941-Sep 1941 Lieutenant-General Noel Beresford-Peirse
- Sep 1941-Feb 1942 Lieutenant-General Reade Godwin-Austen
- Feb 1942-Aug 1942 Lieutenant-General William Gott
- Aug 1942-Dec 1942 Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks
- Dec 1942-Dec 1943 Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey
- Dec 1943-Mar 1945 Lieutenant-General Sidney Kirkman
- Mar 1945-May 1945 Lieutenant-General John Harding
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