| First Battalion | |
| General Sir Arthur Augustus Thurlow Cunynghame GCB 2nd Feb 1876 - 1st Apr 1884 |
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| General Randal Rumley 2nd Apr 1884 - 13th Sep 1884 |
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| General Edward Arthur Somerset CB 14th Sep 1884 - 12th Mar 1886 |
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| General Hon Sir Arthur Edward Hardinge KCB CIE 13th Mar 1886 - 25th Feb 1890 |
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| Lieut-General Robert Beaufort Hawley 26th Feb 1890 - 12th Jul 1895 |
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General Sir Redvers Henry Buller VC GCB GCMG 13th Jul 1895 - 2nd Jun 1908 |
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General Sir Francis Wallace Grenfell, 1st Lord Grenfell GCB GCMG 3rd Jul 1908 - 27th Jan 1925 |
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General Sir Thomas Lethbridge Napier Morland KCB KCMG DSO 28th Jan 1925 - 21st May 1925 |
| Lieut-Gen Sir Alan Richard Montagu-Stuart-Wortley KCB KCMG DSO 22nd May 1925 - 19th Jan 1938 |
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Maj-Gen Sir Hereward Wake Bt CB CMG DSO 20th Jan 1938 - 10th Feb 1946 |
| Maj-Gen Henry Osborne Curtis CB DSO MC 11th Feb 1946 - 29th Jun 1954 |
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| Lieut-Gen Sir Euan Alfred Bews Miller KCB KBE DSO MC 30th June 1954 |
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| Second Battalion | |
| General Freeman Murray 11th Oct 1876 - 12th Jul 1895 |
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General Sir Redvers Henry Buller VC GCB GCMG 13th Jul 1895 - 6th Aug 1898 |
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General Sir Francis Wallace Grenfell 1st Lord Grenfell GCB GCMG 7th Aug 1898 - 2nd Jun 1908 |
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Lieut-Gen Sir Edward Thomas Henry Hutton KCB KCMG 3rd Jun 1908 - 2nd Mar 1918 |
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Lieut-Gen Sir William Pitcairn Campbell KCB 3rd Mar 1918 - 22nd Sep 1932 |
| Maj-Gen Sir Steuart Welwood Hare KCMG CB 23rd Sep 1932 - 8th Sep 1937 |
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| Maj-Gen Sir John Humphrey Davidson KCMG CB DSO 9th Sep 1937 - 10th Feb 1946 |
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| General Sir Evelyn Hugh Barker KCB KBE DSO MC
11th Feb 1946 - 9th Feb 1956 |
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General Sir George Watkin Eben James Erskine GCB KBE DSO
10th Feb 1956 |
| Third Battalion | |
| Lieut-Gen Sir Henry Francis Williams KCB 29th Jul 1903 - 1st May 1907 |
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| Maj-Gen Sir Cromer Ashburnham KCB
2nd May 1907 - 25th Feb 1917 |
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| Maj-Gen Richard Steele Rupert Fetherstonhaugh CB 26th Feb 1917 - 6th Jan 1923 |
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| Fourth Battalion | |
| Lieut-Gen Rowley Willes Hinxman 29th Jul 1903 - 4th Jul 1906 |
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Maj-Gen Sir Wykeham Leigh Pemberton KCB 5th Jul 1906 - 2nd Mar 1918 |
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Lieut-Gen Sir William Pitcairn Campbell KCB 3rd Mar 1918 - 8th Feb 1923 |
