Commanding Officers
- 1942–1942 Lt Col J Picton Phillips RM (KIA Dieppe)
- 1942–1944 Lt Col J C “Pops” Manners RM (KIA Brač, Yugoslavia)
- 1944-1945 Lt Col R W Sankey DSO DSC RM
- 1945 Maj I De'Ath DSO MBE RM
- 1945 Maj W D Read RM
- 1945 Lt Col C L Price RM
- 1948–1948 Lt Col R D Houghton OBE MC RM
- 1948–1958 Not known
- 1958–1959 Lt Col Peter Hellings DSO MC RM
- 1959–1961 Lt Col Ian Harrison RM
- 1961-1963 Lt Col David Hunter MC RM
- 1964–1964 Lt Col John Taplin RM
- 1966-1967 Lt Col E D Pounds RM
- 1967–1969 Lt Col Robert Loudoun RM
- 1969–1970 Lt Col David Alexander RM
- 1970-1972 Lt Col D L Bailey OBE RM
- 1972–1974 Lt Col John Mottram RM
- 1975–1978 Lt Col Julian Thompson RM
- 1978–1979 Lt Col Martin Garrod RM
- 1979–1981 Lt Col Robin Ross RM
- 1981–1983 Lt Col Malcolm Hunt RM
- 1983–1985 Lt Col Tim Donkin RM
- 1985-1987 Lt Col Alan Hooper RM
- 1987–1989 Lt Col John Chester RM
- 1989–1991 Lt Col A D Wray RM
- 1991–1992 Lt Col Graham Dunlop RM
- 1992–1994 Lt Col Anthony Milton RM
- 1994–1996 Lt Col Ian Gardiner RM
- 1996–1998 Lt Col Jim Dutton RM
- 1998–2000 Lt Col John Rose OBE RM
- 2000–2002 Lt Col David Capewell RM
- 2002–2004 Lt Col Gordon Messenger DSO OBE RM
- 2004–2006 Lt Col D C M King RM
- 2006–2008 Lt Col S M Birrell DSO RM
- 2008–2010 Lt Col Paul James RM
- 2011-Present Lt Col Matt Jackson RM
Coordinates: 51°2.338′N 3°9.248′W / 51.038967°N 3.154133°W / 51.038967; -3.154133 (Norton Manor Camp)
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