Order of Battle
- Commanders
- Major-General Richard Gale (1943 - 1944)
- Major General Eric Bols (1944 - 1946)
- Major-General James Cassels (1946 - 1947)
- Major-General Hugh Stockwell (1947 - 1948)
- Units assigned
- 1st Parachute Brigade
- 2nd Parachute Brigade
- 3rd Parachute Brigade
- 5th Parachute Brigade
- 6th Airlanding Brigade
- Units attached
- 1st Special Service Brigade
- 4th Special Service Brigade
- 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade
- Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade
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