Commanding Officers
| Name | Rank | Tenure | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Forbes Bell | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1900–1902 | Resigned due to ill-health |
| Andrew Laurie Macfie, CB, VD, DL | Lieutenant Colonel | 1902–1911 | Later brigadier-general |
| William Nicholl | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1911–1914 | Replaced due to age |
| George Alexander Blair | Major | 1914 | Replaced due to ill-health |
| Jonathan Roberts Davidson, CMG | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1914–1916 | Wounded at Guillemont |
| F.W.M. Drew, DSO | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1916–1917 | Later commanded 9th Battalion, King's Regiment |
| Sir Jonathan Roberts Davidson, CMG | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1917 | Chief Engineer for the City of Liverpool |
| James Leslie Auld Macdonald, DSO | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1917–1918 | Attached from the Royal Scots |
| David Campbell Duncan Munro, DSO, MC, DCM | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1918–1919 | Attached from the Gordon Highlanders |
| Edward Gordon Thin, DSO | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1920-1921 | Reconstitution of battalion |
| George Bentham Leathart Rae, DSO, TD | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1921-1923 | |
| Sir Arthur Alexander Gemmell, MC, TD | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1923-1927 | |
| George Bentham Leathart Rae, DSO, TD | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1927-1930 | |
| Benjamin Arkle, MC | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1930-1932 | |
| Archibald M. McGilchrist, TD | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1932-1936 | Author of battalion history |
| I.R.T. Irvine | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1936-1938 | |
| F.W. McGuinness | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1938-1940 | |
| H.J.D.L. McGregor | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1940-1942 | Cameron Highlanders |
| C.B. Mackenzie | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1942 | Assume command of 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion |
| R.P. Haig | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1942-1943 | |
| J.R. Paterson | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1943- | Commanded No. 4 Independent Company |
| 2/10th Battalion (November 1914–April 1918) | |||
| William Nicholl | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1914–1915 | |
| Adam Fairrie, TD | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1915–1917 | Reached age-limit |
| E.L. Roddy | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1917 | Attached from Cheshire Regiment |
| Walter Lorrain Brodie, VC, MC | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1917–1918 | Attached from the Highland Light Infantry; killed commanding 2nd HLI |
| 3/10th Battalion (May 1915–1919) | |||
| Duncan Alexander Campbell | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1915 | |
| Edward Gordon Thin, DSO | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1915–1918 | Later commanded 2/4th Loyals |
| Adam Fairrie, TD | Lieutenant-Colonel | 1918 | Appointed commandant of a demobilsation camp |
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