General Officer Commanding (GOC):
| 03.09.1939 | Maj.Gen. R. Evans |
| 24.08.1940 | Maj.Gen. C.W.M. Norrie |
| 05.11.1941 | Maj.Gen. H. Lumsden |
| 03.01.1942 | Maj.Gen. F.W. Messervy |
| 12.02.1942 (wounded 19.07.1942) | Maj.Gen. H. Lumsden |
| 19.07.1942 (wounded 22.07.1942) | Maj.Gen. A.H. Gatehouse |
| 22.07.1942 (acting) | Brig. A.F. Fisher |
| 15.08.1942 | Maj.Gen. H. Lumsden |
| 19.08.1942 | Maj.Gen. R. Briggs |
| 27.04.1943 (acting) | Brig. T.J.B. Bosville |
| 01.05.1943 | Maj.Gen. R. Briggs |
| 15.07.1943 (acting) | Brig. R. Peake |
| 17.07.1943 | Maj.Gen. A. Galloway |
| 18.02.1944 (acting) | Brig. E.P.N. Jones |
| 29.02.1944 | Maj.Gen. A. Galloway |
| 08.03.1944 (acting) | Brig. R.W. Goodbody |
| 14.03.1944 (acting) | Brig. E.P.N. Jones |
| 19.03.1944 (acting) | Col. J.R. MacDonnell |
| 24.03.1944 (acting) | Brig. E.P.N. Jones |
| 27.03.1944 | Maj.Gen. A. Galloway |
| 10.04.1944 (acting) | Brig. E.P.N. Jones |
| 15.04.1944 | Maj.Gen. A. Galloway |
| 27.04.1944 (acting) | Brig. E.P.N. Jones |
| 10.05.1944 | Maj.Gen. A. Galloway |
| 14.08.1944 | Maj.Gen. R.A. Hull |
| 24.11.1944 (acting) | Lt.Col. T.E.F. Vogel |
Divisional troops
Royal Armoured
Corps (RAC)
| 12th Lancers | 01.11.1940-12.05.1942 & 13.09.1942-06.04.1944 |
| Royals | 12.05.1942-13.09.1942 |
| 4th Hussars | 23.05.1944-25.09.1944 |
Royal Engineers
(RE)
| 1st Field Squadron RE | 01.02.1940-04.02.1942 & 02.09.1942-29.09.1944 |
| 7th Field Squadron RE | 23.10.1940-19.03.1942 & 01.10.1942-20.08.1944 |
| 627th Field Squadron RE | 21.08.1944-29.09.1944 |
| 1st Field Park Troop RE | 01.02.1940-02.07.1940 |
| 1st Field Park Squadron RE | 03.07.1940-25.08.1944 |
| 631st Field Park Squadron RE | 26.08.1944-29.09.1944 |
| 27th Bridging Troop RE | 18.10.1943-25.08.1944 |
Royal Signals
(Sigs)
| 1st Armoured Divisional Signals | 03.09.1939-17.12.1944 |
Royal Artillery
(RA)
| 2nd Royal Horse Artillery | 24.08.1942-26.09.1944 |
| 4th Royal Horse Artillery | 21.09.1942-25.10.1943 |
| 11th Royal Horse Artillery | 24.08.1942-26.09.1944 |
| 60th Anti-Tank Regiment RA | 01.04.1944-26.09.1944 |
| 76th Anti-Tank Regiment RA | 22.09.1942-31.03.1944 |
| 42nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA | 26.09.1942-05.10.1944 |
Brigades
| 2nd Light Armoured Brigade | 03.09.1939-13.04.1940 |
| 2nd Armoured Brigade | 14.04.1940-25.09.1944 |
| 1st Heavy Armoured Brigade | 03.09.1939-13.04.1940 |
| 3rd Armoured Brigade | 14.04.1940-04.10.1940 |
| 22nd Armoured Brigade | 14.10.1940-07.11.1941 |
| 1st Support Group | 03.09.1939-11.02.1942 |
| 200th Guards Brigade Group | 12.02.1942-20.05.1942 |
| 201st Guards Brigade Group | 21.05.1942-14.06.1942 |
| 7th Motor Brigade | 23.09.1942-19.07.1943 |
| 18th Lorried Infantry Brigade | 20.07.1943-05.10.1943 |
| 18th Infantry Brigade | 05.10.1943-16.02.1944 & 17.08.1944-28.10.1944 |
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