General Officer Commanding
- 30.09.1939 Maj-Gen.T.G. McArthur
- 30.11.1939 Maj-Gen. Bernard Charles Tolver Paget
- 20.04.1940 (Acting) Maj-Gen. E. H .W. Backhouse
- 14.05.1940 Maj-Gen. Bernard Charles Tolver Paget
- 27.05.1940 (Acting) Brig. G. E. W. Franklyn
- 01.06.1940 Maj-Gen.T.R.Eastwood
- 09.06.1940 Maj-Gen. L.H.K. Finch
- 14-07-1940 Maj-Gen. Merton Beckwith-Smith (P.O.W 15.02.1942)
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