Winners of the Stanhope Gold Medal
1873 Captain Matthew Webb, SS Russia
1874 Lieutenant J De Hoghton, 10th Foot
1875 Sub-Lieutenant F H Rogers, RN
1876 W Bennett Story
1877 Sub-Lieutenant R A F Montgomerie RN
1878 Lieutenant Lewis E Wintz RN
1879 Babo Kristo Chunder Chuckerbutty
1880 Captain The Hon Edmund R Fremantle CB, CMG, RN
1881 Major H W J Senior, 34th Bengal Native Infantry
1882 Constable John Jenkins
1883 William Simpson, HMS Harrier 1884 Walter Cleverly 1885 Alfred Collins 1886 Captain H M McRae, 45th (Rattray’s) Sikhs 1887 Hedley Hill 1888 Boy Albert Battison, RN HMS Impregnable 1889 William Meyer 1890 Forth Officer Alfred John Cooper, SS Massila 1891 Lieutenant W B Huddleston, Royal Indian Marine 1892 Boatswain Thomas McDermott, RN, HMS Swallow 1893 Captain Spencer WilliamScrase Dickins, 2/Highland Light Infantry 1894 William Mugford 1895 E A Hatton, SS Dunbar Castle 1896 Second Officer John H Collin, SS Sultan 1897 Gunner George B Chainey, RN, HMS Dryad 1898 Francis O’Neill 1899 Gunner W P Hall, RGA 1900 William Allen 1901 Lieutenant A C Lowry, RN 1902 Third Officer Alexander C Henderson, SS City of Corinth 1903 Fourth Officer J Shearme, SS Malacca 1904 Captain Thomas C Mackenzie DSO, RAMC 1905 John Stockton 1906 Sub-Lieutenant D J D Noble, RN 1907 William Henry Parr 1908 George Henry Smith 1909 [[Able Seaman Thomas Bouttell, HMS Glory 1910 Chief Engineer Frank Fraser, Trawler Donside 1911 Sub-Lieutenant Charles C Halliday RNR, SS Clyde 1912 Second Engineer D Palmer, SS Meifoo 1913 Commander Wilfred Tomkinson RN, HMS Wolf 1914 Chief Officer Edward J Hales, SS Mineric 1915 Apprentice Cecil Hetherington, SS Jacona 1916 Fireman John Paxton, SS Swedish Prince 1917 Commander Francis H T Lewin RN 1918 Skipper Hugh Lownie Ritchie, Motor Fishing Boat Grace 1919 Lieutenant Aubrey A D Grey RN 1920 Captain Ernest Twentyman, Harbourmaster, Levuca, Fiji 1921 Thomas Brannon 1922 Midshipman Peter C Hutton RN, HMS Raleigh 1923 Harvey Clayton 1924 George Ingham 1925 Seaman Duncan L. Souter, ST Honoria 1926 Mate Harry Smith, SD Sarepta 1927 Ernest T Johnson 1928 Andries M Hayns 1929 Deck Hand Leonard R Thompson, SD Forethought 1930 Lieutenant Colin H C Singleton RN, HMS Petrel 1931 Ship’s Cook G Jenkin, Schooner John Willian V 1932 Benjamin R Spencer 1933 H E B Jones 1934 Lieutenant Hugh N A Richardson RN, HMS Wolfhound 1935 Miss Evelyn Graham Irons MA 1936 Noel Augustus Kinch, ST Northern Pride 1937 Deck Hand Ernest Hill, ST Northern Spray 1938 First Officer Ralph Mountain, Flying Boat Cygnus 1939 Able Seaman Martin Lee, SS Harmanteh 1940 Leading Seaman Harry Lucas RN 1941 Radio Officer Douglas S Fairley 1942 Arthur Bengough 1943 Francis C Drake 1944 Group Captain James Alexander RAAF. 1945 Cyril G L Brown NFS. 1946 Alan Edward Ravani 1947 Mrs Petronella Ferguson 1948 Company Officer Thomas Matson Roberts NFS 1949 Lieutenant (E)(A.E.) Robert Colin Pearson RN 1950 Roland Bulteaux 1951 Mine Captain John Williams, Konongo Gold Mines 1952 Deck Hand Peter Strachan, Fishing Vessel Three Bells 1953 Thomas Frederick Gill 1954 Mehmet Mustafa Shemmedi 1955 Petty Officer Ivor Laurence Beale, RN 1956 Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Barry O’Sullivan MC, Royal Tank Reg (posthumous) 1957 William Robertson 1958 Lieutenant David John Nowell Hall RN 1959 No award 1960 No award 1961 No award 1962 Graham Morris Jorgensen (RHSA) 1963 Frederick John Knight (RHSNSW) 1964 eehu Makimare (RHSNSW) 1965 Lieutenant Barry John Campbell, 1st Field Reg. RAFA (RHSNSW) 1966 Chief Petty Officer Paul Greengrass, HMS St Angelo (RHS) 1967 Junior Engineer Jack Milne Easton, MN (RHS) 1968 Robert John Ryan (RHSNZ) 1969 No award 1970 [John Christopher Broekmeulen]], (RHSA) 1971 Thomas Nicol (RHS) 1972 Malcolm Rodney Aspeslet (RCHA) 1973 No award 1974 Abraham Starr (RCHA) 1975 Terry Haydon Gleeson, (RHSA) 1976 Graham Thomas Robson, (RHSA) 1977 Randy Sherman Davey (RCHA) 1978 Ian Richard Howard (LS&HS) 1979 Bruce Wallace McPherson (RHSNSW) 1980 Station Officer John McNab (LS&HS) 1981 Dulcie Kalms, (RHSNSW) 1982 Joseph Kaleak (RCHA) 1983 Stephen Jury (RHSA) 1984 Victor Leonard Golding (RHS) 1985 David Michael Garner (LS&HS) 1986 Gordon William Sonnichsen (RCHA) 1987 James George Smith (LS&HS) 1988 Officer Cadet Rupert Novis (RHS) 1989 Trevor Allan Viney (RHSA) 1990 Elaine Walsh (LS&HS) 1991 WPC Lesley Allison Moore (RHS) 1992 Rodney Stephen Peters (RHSNSW) 1993 Beryl Ellen Smith (RHSA) 1994 Aaron John Ledden (RHSNSW) 1995 Douglas Fade (RCHA) 1996 Ian Maurice Boughton (RHSNSW) 1997 Anthony Shane Day (RHSA) 1998 PC Ian Peter Standerwick (RHS) 1999 Vanessa Bailey (RCHA) 2000 David Calnan (RCHA) 2001 Dr Richard Morris (RHSNSW) 2001 Paul John Featherstone (RHSNSW) 2002 Christopher Valan Wilkinson (RHS) 2002 Michael McGuinness (RHS) 2003 Marine Darren Swift (RHS) 2004 Thomas Bangert (RCHA) 2005 Dr Lee Gordon-Brown (RHSA) 2007 Mathew Vizbulis (RCHA) 2008 Adrian Heili (RHS) 2009 Mike Sharpe (RCHA) 2010 Frank Skelhorn (LS&HS) 2011 Ian Wood (RHS) 2012 David Kelly (RHS) 2013 Theodore Sawyer (RCHA) 2014 Andrew Cochran (RCHA) 2015 Murray Barnewall (RHSA) 2016 Murray Michie (RHSNZ) 2017 Calvin Stein (RCHA) 2018 H.M. Keerthi Bandara (FCB-SL) (posthumous) 2019 Richard William Stanton MBE GM 2019 John Volanthen GM