General Officers Commanding
Commanders included:
- Feb 1915-May 1915 Lieutenant-General Herbert Plumer
- May 1915-Oct 1915 Lieutenant-General Edmund Allenby
- Oct 1915-Jul 1916 Lieutenant-General Hew Fanshawe
- Jul 1916-Apr 1918 Lieutenant-General Edward Fanshawe
- Apr 1918-1919 Lieutenant-General Cameron Shute
- 1 June 1940 – 10 July 1940 Lieutenant-General Claude Auchinleck
- 22 July 1940 – 1 April 1941 Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery
- 1 April 1941 – 8 March 1942 Major-General Edmond Schreiber
- 9 March 1942 – 8 August 1944 Lieutenant-General Charles Allfrey
- 1944 – 1945 Lieutenant-General Charles Keightley
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