| Year | Name | Regiment |
| 1860 | William Louis Collins | Victoria Rifles |
| 1861 | Charles Percy Croft | Victoria Rifles |
| 1862 | | |
| 1863 | William Booth Scott | Victoria Rifles |
| 1864 | William Newland Rudge | |
| 1865 | | |
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| 1873 | Alfred Savill Tomkins | Victoria Rifles |
| 1874 | | |
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| 1879 | John Andrews Wilson | Victoria Rifles |
| 1880 | Percy Trower | Victoria Rifles |
| 1881 | Ernest Trower | |
| 1882 | Frederick Abbott | Victoria Rifles |
| 1883 | | |
| 1884 | | |
| 1885 | | |
| 1886 | Maj Edwin Claude Porter Scott | Victoria Rifles |
| 1887 | John Fox Seaton | Victoria Rifles |
| 1888 | Edwin McAllister Seaton | |
| 1889 | | |
| 1890 | Charles Frederick Grundtvig | |
| 1891 | | |
| 1892 | | |
| 1893 | William Bennett Billingshurst VD | Victoria Rifles |
| 1894 | | |
| 1895 | | |
| 1896 | Thomas Oswald Belshaw | |
| 1897 | | |
| 1898 | Charles Alfred Cuthbert Keeson | Victoria Rifles |
| 1899 | | |
| 1900 | R A Davies | |
| 1901 | Maj Henry Foulkes Kingdon | Victoria Rifles |
| 1902 | | |
| 1903 | Col Reginald Burge Shipley CMG TD | Victoria Rifles* |
| 1904 | Col Vernon William Frank Dickins DSO VD | Victoria Rifles* |
| 1905 | Col Reginald Burge Shipley CMG | Victoria Rifles* |
| 1906 | | |
| 1907 | Graham Burnand White | Victoria Rifles |
| 1908 | Col Frederick Page Ococks VD | Victoria Rifles* |
| 1909 | William Fortescue Kingdon | |
| 1910 | Maj Robert fFinden Davies | Victoria Rifles |
| 1911 | | |
| 1912 | Archibald Hair | |
| 1913 | Col George Mitchell Weekley VD | Victoria Rifles* |
| 1914 | Col George Mitchell Weekley VD | Victoria Rifles* |
| 1915 | Charles Alfred Cuthbert Keeson | Victoria Rifles |
| 1916 | Edward William Cox DL | |
| 1917 | Maj Henry Foulkes Kingdon | Victoria Rifles |
| 1918 | George Lipscombe Matthews | The Buffs |
| 1919 | Thomas Oswald Belshaw | |
| 1920 | George Albert Belshaw | |
| 1921 | Col Vernon William Frank Dickins DSO VD | Victoria Rifles* |
| 1922 | Herbert Carroll | |
| 1923 | Maj James Ernest Alexander Hunter TD | Victoria Rifles |
| 1924 | Col Vernon William Frank Dickins DSO VD | Victoria Rifles* |
| 1925 | Lt Col Cuthbert Alfred Garnet Cuthbert Keeson MC OBE TD | Victoria Rifles* |
| 1926 | Col Reginald Woodruff Cox OBE | Victoria Rifles |
| 1927 | Maj Frederick Mason-Green | 22nd (The Queen’s) Bttn London Regt |
| 1928 | Sidney James Holloway MC | Victoria Rifles |
| 1929 | Clifford Shields | Northumberland Fusiliers |
| 1930 | Col Frederick Page Ococks VD | Victoria Rifles* |
| 1931 | Archibald Hair | |
| 1932 | Maj Clement Potter Smith MC | Victoria Rifles |
| 1933 | Edward Charles Russell | |
| 1934 | Maj Richard Henry Sampson TD | Victoria Rifles |
| 1935 | Maj John Austin Brown TD | Victoria Rifles |
| 1936 | Maj James Ernest Alexander Hunter TD | Victoria Rifles |
| 1937 | Clifford Shields | Northumberland Fusiliers |
| 1938 | Maj Clement Potter Smith MC | Victoria Rifles |
| 1939 | Sidney James Holloway MC | Victoria Rifles |
| 1940 | Sidney James Holloway MC | Victoria Rifles |
| 1941 | Maj Richard Henry Sampson TD | Victoria Rifles |
| 1942 | Maj Richard Henry Sampson TD | Victoria Rifles |
| 1943 | Maj Clement Potter Smith MC | Victoria Rifles |
| 1944 | Maj Clement Potter Smith MC | Victoria Rifles |
| 1945 | Charles Geoffrey Maurice Des Graz CBE | |
| 1946 | Clifford Shields | Northumberland Fusiliers |
| 1947 | Lt Col Cuthbert Alfred Garnet Cuthbert Keeson OBE MC TD | Victoria Rifles* |
| 1948 | William George Bowditch DCM MC TD | Victoria Rifles |
| 1949 | Maj Frederick Thomas Albert Brehaut MBE MM TD | Victoria Rifles |
| 1950 | Lt Col Charles Hamilton Sutton Howkins OBE TD | Victoria Rifles |
| 1951 | Charles Geoffrey Maurice Des Graz CBE | |
| 1952 | Edwin Richard Stafford Abington | Intelligence Corps |
| 1953 | Lt Col Timothy Stovin Lucas MC TD | Victoria Rifles |
| 1954 | Major John Austin Brown TD | Victoria Rifles |
| 1955 | Lt Col Charles Hamilton Sutton Howkins OBE TD | Victoria Rifles |
| 1956 | Antony Raymond Jabez-Smith TD | Victoria Rifles |
| 1957 | William George Bowditch DCM MC TD | Victoria Rifles |
| 1958 | Herbert William Arnold | Victoria Rifles |
| 1959 | Arnold Watson | Victoria Rifles |
| 1960 | Lt Col Timothy Stovin Lucas MC TD | Victoria Rifles |
| 1961 | Edwin Richard Stafford Abington | Intelligence Corps |
| 1962 | Antony Raymond Jabez-Smith TD | Victoria Rifles |
| 1963 | Laurence Edmund Swann | Victoria Rifles |
| 1964 | Lt Col Timothy Stovin Lucas MC TD | Victoria Rifles |
| 1965 | Wing Cdr William John Smith DFC | RAF |
| 1966 | | |
| 1967 | Michael Watkin Williams | |
| 1968 | John Shaw Howkins | Victoria Rifles |
| 1969 | Maj Richard Henry Sampson TD | Victoria Rifles |
| 1970 | Roger Myddleton Bankes-Jones | Victoria Rifles |
| 1971 | Wilfred Picton-Turbervill | |
| 1972 | Michael Watkin Williams | |
| 1973 | Maj Donald William Boydell ERD | Royal Engineers |
| 1974 | Clive Owen Shilton Hewett | Suffolk Regt |
| 1975 | Alexander Reginald Wallace Shipley | Victoria Rifles |
| 1976 | Maj Dr Roy McLellan Archibald | Royal Army Medical Corps |
| 1977 | John Boss Kinnear Russell | |
| 1978 | Dr Desmond Nicholas Croft | Royal Army Medical Corps |
| 1979 | Lt Col Frederick William Coombes MC OBE | Royal Tank Regiment |
| 1980 | Arnold Millman Allen CBE | |
| 1981 | Bryan Schofield | |
| 1982 | Jonathan William Lee Croft | Kenya Regiment |
| 1983 | Alan Stewart Trapnell | Victoria Rifles |
| 1984 | Capt John Wilkinson | Royal Green Jackets |
| 1985 | | |
| 1986 | Leonard Patrick Abley | Victoria Rifles |
| 1987 | Graham Richard Baker | |
| 1988 | John Knox | |
| 1989 | Maj Donald William Boydell ERD | Royal Engineers |
| 1990 | Lt Cdr Douglas Willoughby Yockney Lane RD CD | RNVR |
| 1991 | John Bruce Alwyn Burnie | |
| 1992 | Graham Richard Baker | |
| 1993 | John Knox | |
| 1994 | | |
| 1995 | Lt Col Cecil Edmund Kirby Speller | Dorset Regiment |
| 1996 | Bexley Hocombe | |
| 1997 | John George Rice | |
| 1998 | Maj Dr Roy McLellan Archibald | Royal Army Medical Corps |
| 1999 | David Hickin | |
| 2000 | Capt George Henry James Parker | Royal Fusiliers |
| 2001 | John Henry Parker | |
| 2002 | William John Speers | |
| 2003 | William John Speers | |
| 2004 | Robert John Philips | |
| 2005 | Robert John Philips | |
| 2006 | Jeremy M J Havard | Honourable Artillery Company |
| 2007 | Brig Peter R Sharpe | Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
| 2008 | Richard A Knox-Johnston | Royal Signals |
| 2009 | Wing Cdr Anthony J C MacLachlan | Royal Air Force |
| 2010 | C Nigel R Brown | Grenadier Guards |
| 2011 | David C Greenway | Royal Navy |
| 2012 | Christopher J Huxtable | Honourable Artillery Company |
| 2013 | R James Ingham Clark | Honourable Artillery Company |
| 2014 | Maj Robert G Simpson TD | Royal Signals |
| 2015 | Lt Cdr Charles R Brookes RD | Royal Navy |
| 2016 | John P Wood MBE | Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
| 2017 | James R Milne | The Royal Scots |
| 2018 | James R Milne | The Royal Scots |
| 2019 | Michael W Daniel | Honourable Artillery Company |
| 2020 | Michael W Daniel | Honourable Artillery Company |
| 2021 | Frank R Dawson | Royal Navy |
| 2022 | Lt Col Stephen A Braden TD | Royal Engineers |
| 2023 | Louis Myers | Royal Artillery |
| 2024 | Graham J Fielding | Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
| 2025 | Group Capt PJ Brindle | RAF |