General Officers Commanding
Commanders included:
- 1915-18 Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston
- Jul 1940-May 1941 Lieutenant-General Harold Franklyn
- May 1941-Nov 1941 Lieutenant-General Kenneth Anderson
- Nov 1941-Jan 1943 Lieutenant-General Arthur Grassett
- Jan 1943-Jul 1943 Lieutenant-General Herbert Lumsden
- Jul 1943-Aug 1943 Lieutenant-General Sir Richard McCreery
- Nov 1943-Jan 1944 Lieutenant-General John Harding
- Jan 1944-Nov 1944 Lieutenant-General Sir Richard O'Connor
- Dec 1944-Apr 1946 Lieutenant-General Evelyn Barker
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