| 1913 | Lt Gen The Right Hon Sir AH Paget KCB KCVO ADC |
| 1921 | FM Earl Haig KT GCB OM GCVO KCIE |
| 1924 | Gen The Earl of Cavan KP GCB GCMG GCO GBE |
| 1927 | Gen Sir WP Braithwaite GCB ADC |
| 1930 | Lt Gen Sir HB Fawcus KCB CMG DSO DCL KHP |
| 1933 | Gen Sir RD Whigham GCB KCMG DSO |
| 1936 | Lt Col PGM Skene OBE? DL JP |
| 1939 | Col W Green CN DSO |
| 1946 | Maj Gen W Green CB DSO |
| 1947 | Lt Col GA McL Sceales DSO |
| 1950 | Maj Gen Sir John CO Marriott KCVO CB DSO |
| 1953 | Maj Gen AH Hornby CB CBE MC |
| 1956 | Lt Gen Sir CM Barber KBE CB DSO |
| 1959 | Maj Gen WM Ozanne CB CBE MC |
| 1962 | Maj Gen EC Beard CB CBE MC |
| 1965 | Brig WHH Aitkin |
| 1968 | Brig RE Osborne-Smith DSO OBE |
| 1971 | Maj Gen ES Cole CB CBE |
| 1974 | Lt Gen Sir Ian Freeland CBE KCB |
| 1977 | Maj Gen JHS Majury CB MBE |
| 1980 | Gen Sir Timothy Creasey KCB OBE |
| 1983 | Maj Gen JB Akehurst CBE |
| 1984 | Lt Gen Sir John Akehurst KCB CBE |
| 1986 | Brig JMC Thornton OBE MC |
| 1989 | Maj Gen JL Bartlett CB |
| 1993 | Maj Gen PH Benson CBE |
| 1996 | Maj Gen DM Woodford |
| 2001 | Lt Gen Sir Peter Beale KBE FRCP |
| 2005 | Maj Gen LFH Busk CB |
| 2008 | Gen Sir Jack Deverell KCB OBE |
| 2011 | Maj Gen GW Binns CBE OBE MC |
