Commanders included:
| Appointed | General Officer Commanding |
| 9 March 1941 | Major-General Percy Hobart |
| 22 February 1942 | Brigadier C.H.M. Peto (acting) |
| 21 April 1942 | Major-General Charles Keightley |
| 17 May 1942 | Major-General Percy Hobart |
| 15 October 1942 | Major-General Brocas Burrows |
| 6 December 1943 | Major-General George Roberts |
| 1950 | Major-General Henry Foote |
| 1953 | Major-General Harold Pyman |
| 1955 | Major-General John Anderson |
| March 1956 | Major-General Reginald Hewetson |
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