The competition was restricted to members of the Regular Air Force.
Any assitance in completing the list of recipients would be gratefully received.
Year Rank Given Names Surname Unit/Formation 1954 Warrant Officer F. Albert ("Bert") Haycock unknown - (email
me information) 1955 Leading Aircraftsman Murray. W. P. Godwin unknown - (email
me information) 1956 Warrant Officer F. Albert ("Bert") Haycock (2) unknown - (email
me information) 1957 Warrant Officer F. Albert ("Bert") Haycock (3) unknown - (email
me information) 1958 Sergeant Leonard P. ("Horse") Boyd unknown - (email
me information) 1959 Sergeant C. (?Colin) G. Robertson unknown - (email
me information) 1960 Leading Aircraftsman H. V. ("Ham") Childe unknown - (email
me information) 1961 Leading Aircraftsman H. V. ("Ham") Childe (2) unknown - (email
me information) 1962 Sergeant C. (?Colin) G. Robertson (2) unknown - (email
me information) 1963 Flight Lieutenant Graham C. Derby unknown - (email
me information) 1964 Warrant Officer F. Albert ("Bert") Haycock (4) unknown - (email
me information) 1965 Sergeant Peter. J. Sears unknown - (email
me information) 1966 - - No Competition ** - 1967 - - No Competition ** - 1968 Flight Lieutenant Anthony ("Tony") E. West unknown - (email
me information) 1969 Warrant Officer C. (?Colin) G. Robertson (3) unknown - (email
me information) 1970 Squadron Leader Anthony ("Tony") E. West (2) unknown - (email
me information) 1971 Warrant Officer R. F. Flutey unknown - (email
me information) 1972 Corporal William ("Bill"). H. Wilkinson unknown - (email
me information) 1973 Flight Sergeant Murray. J. Ross unknown - (email
me information) 1974 Wing Commander Graham C. Derby (2) unknown - (email
me information) 1975 Sergeant Gerald ("Gerry") E. Cuthbert unknown - (email
me information) 1976 Sergeant Gerald ("Gerry") E. Cuthbert (2) unknown - (email
me information) 1977 Sergeant Gerald ("Gerry") E. Cuthbert (3) unknown - (email
me information) 1978 Flight Sergeant A. W. Schischka unknown - (email
me information) 1979 Flight Sergeant A. W. Schischka (2) unknown - (email
me information) 1980 Flight Sergeant John W. Tasker unknown - (email
me information) 1981 Warrant Officer Mark. J. Gallagher unknown - (email
me information) 1982 Aircraftsman V. J. d'Ath unknown - (email
me information) 1983 Flying Officer Michael Francis Loughran unknown - (email
me information) 1984 Sergeant David Michael Craill unknown - (email
me information) 1985 Squadron Leader Roger B. Smith unknown - (email
me information) 1986 Flight Lieutenant Donald ("Don"). J. Ashton unknown - (email
me information) 1987 Squadron Leader Roger B. Smith (2) unknown - (email
me information) 1988 Flight Lieutenant Michael Francis Loughran (2) unknown - (email
me information) 1989 Sergeant S. J. Bakker unknown - (email
me information) 1990 Wing Commander Roger B. Smith (3) unknown - (email
me information) 1991 Corporal Shaun ("Joey") R. Meldrum unknown - (email
me information) 1992 Corporal J. M. Kovacs unknown - (email
me information) 1993 Corporal J. M. Kovacs (2) unknown - (email
me information) 1994 Corporal J. M. Kovacs (3) unknown - (email
me information) 1995 Corporal B. W. Large unknown - (email
me information) 1996 - - No Competition - 1997 Corporal J. M. Kovacs (4) unknown - (email
me information) 1998 - - No Competition - 1999 - - No Competition - 2000 - - No Competition - 2001 - - No Competition - 2002 - - No Competition - 2003 - - No Competition - 2004 Sergeant Shaun ("Joey") R. Meldrum (2) unknown - (email
me information)
**No competition held due to discontinuance of the Combined Services Small Arms Association Annual Meetings.
I gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the following people in compiling this list:
Richard Skelsey, Neville Peach, Shaun (Joey) Meldrum, Brian Reeves, Mike Smith and Graham Derby.
To correct any of the information on this page, please contact me.