General Officers Commanding
Commanders have included:
- Aug 1914-Feb 1918 Lieutenant-General William Pulteney
- Feb 1918-Sep 1918 Lieutenant-General Richard Butler
- 1939-Jun 1940 Lieutenant-General Ronald Adam
- Jun 1940-Nov 1940 Lieutenant-General James Marshall-Cornwall
- 1940-1943 Lieutenant-General Desmond Anderson
- Dec 1943-Dec 1944 Lieutenant-General Ronald Scobie
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