1940s
- 1941: Sir Henry Wilson
- 1942: The Lord Riverdale
- 1943: Sir Thomas Blamey
- 1944: Sir Cowasji Jehangir, 2nd Baronet
- 1945: Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet
- 1946: The Lord Iliffe, William Slim, Sir Harold Howitt, Sir Thomas Barlow, Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari
- 1947: Sir John Chancellor, Sir Victor Sassoon, 3rd Baronet, The Lord Alness
- 1949: Sir Walter Moberly, Sir Brian Robertson, 2nd Baronet
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