| Military Force | Unit | Position | Dates |
|---|
| Royal Navy | service rank | Admiral of the Fleet | 1953 |
| British Army | service rank | Field Marshal | 1953 |
| Royal Air Force | service rank | Marshal of the Royal Air Force | 1953 |
| Royal Navy | Sea Cadet Corps | Admiral | 1952
1992 |
| British Army | Army Cadet Force | Colonel-in-Chief | 1953 |
| Royal Canadian Navy | Royal Canadian Sea Cadets | Admiral | 1953 |
| Royal Air Force | Air Training Corps | Air-Commodore-in-Chief | 1953 |
| British Army | 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars | Colonel-in-Chief | 1953
1958 |
| Royal Navy | Corps of Royal Marines | Captain-General | 1953 |
| British Army | The Duke of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment | Colonel-in-Chief | 1953
1959 |
| British Army | The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders | Colonel-in-Chief | 1953 |
| British Army | Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Yeomanry | Honorary Colonel | 1953
1957 |
| British Army | Heriot-Watt University Officer's Training Corps | Honorary Colonel | 1953 |
| British Army | Edinburgh University Honorary Training Corps | Honorary Colonel | 1953 |
| Canadian Army | Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps | Colonel-in-Chief | 1953 |
| Canadian Army | The Royal Canadian Regiment | Colonel-in-Chief | 1953 |
| Australian Army | service rank | Field Marshal | 1954 |
| Royal Australian Navy | service rank | Admiral of the Fleet | 1954 |
| Royal Australian Air Force | service rank | Marshal of the Air Force | 1954 |
| Royal Air Force | Honorary Air Commodore | 1953
1957 |
| British Army | Welsh Guards | Colonel | 1953
1974 |
| New Zealand Army | Hawkes Bay Regiment | Colonel-in-Chief | 1954
1964 |
| New Zealand Army | Otago and Southland Regiment | Colonel-in-Chief | 1954
1964 |
| British Army | Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry | Honorary Colonel | 1957 |
| British Army | Honourable Artillery Company | Member | 1957 |
| British Army | The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars | Colonel-in-Chief | 1958
1993 |
| Australian Army | Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | Colonel-in-Chief | 1959 |
| British Army | The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) | Colonel-in-Chief | 1959 |
| British Army | The Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) | Colonel-in-Chief | 1961
1994 |
| Australian Army | Australian Army Cadet Corps | Colonel-in-Chief | 1963 |
| Trinidad and Tobago Army | Trinidad and Tobago Regiment | Royal Honorary Colonel | 1964 |
| Canadian Army | The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada | Colonel-in-Chief | 1967 |
| Canadian Army | The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada | Colonel-in-Chief | 1967 |
| Canadian Army | The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa | Colonel-in-Chief | 1967 |
| British Army | Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | Colonel-in-Chief | 1969 |
| British Army | Grenadier Guards | Colonel | 1975 |
| British Army | Intelligence Corps | Colonel-in-Chief | 1977 |
| Royal Air Force | Royal Air Force- Kinloss | Honorary Air Commodore | 1977 |
| New Zealand Army | Corps of Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | Colonel-in-Chief | 1977 |
| Canadian Forces | The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) | Colonel-in-Chief | 1977 |
| New Zealand Army | service rank | Field Marshal | 1977 |
| Royal New Zealand Navy | service rank | Admiral of the Fleet | 1977 |
| Royal New Zealand Air Force | service rank | Marshal of the Air Force | 1977 |
| Canadian Forces | Royal Canadian Air Cadets | Honorary Air Commodore | 1983 |
| British Army | The Queen's Royal Hussars | Deputy Colonel-in-Chief | 1993
2002 |
| British Army | Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment | Colonel-in-Chief | 1994 |
| British Army | The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) | Colonel-in-Chief | 1994
2006 |
| British Army | The Queen's Royal Hussars | Colonel-in-Chief | 2002 |
| British Army | The Highlanders, 4th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland | Royal Colonel | 2006 |
