The Mountbatten Medal was instituted in 1951 by the Society’s then Grand President, The Earl of Mountbatten of Burma.
The Mountbatten Medal is awarded annually for the most gallant rescue or rescue attempt undertaken in the previous year (1st January-31st December), by an individual who has taken Royal Life Saving Society training, or holds or has held a lifesaving award delivered by a Royal Life Saving Society Member Organisation. The rescue or rescue attempt must be made by a citizen from a Commonwealth Nation but can be undertaken in any country throughout the world.
Recent recipients of the Mountbatten Medal are (please click on the recipient’s name for details of their rescue):
| Year | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Lee Maree | South Africa |
| 2022 | Kalya Kandegoda Gamage | Sri Lanka |
| 2021 | Dax Lamb | South Africa |
| 2020 | Conor Power | Ireland |
| 2019 | Clifford Coombe | South Africa |
| 2018 | Matthew Maroun | South Africa |
| 2017 | Terrane Hinds | Barbados |
| 2016 | Andrew Pearson | Canada |
| 2015 | Zac Dominique | St Lucia |
| 2014 | Tamara Loiselle | Canada |
| 2013 | Not Awarded | |
| 2012 | Not Awarded | |
| 2011 | Mohamad Reshad Fatehmamode | Mauritius |
| 2010 | Not awarded | |
| 2009 | Andrew Hunt | United Kingdom |
| 2008 | Tristan Kennett | United Kingdom |
| 2007 | Corey Wood | Canada |
| 2006 | Aaron Dinham | United Kingdom |
| 2005 | Kathaluwa Yasarathna | Sri Lanka |
| 2004 | Shri Gajanan Ravikant Bhokare | India |
| 2003 | Simon Woodrow | United Kingdom |
| 2002 | Lee Warrener | United Kingdom |
| 2001 | Not awarded | |
| 2000 | Not awarded | |
| 1999 | Marc RogersVanessa Bailey | United KingdomCanada |
| 1998 | Michael Wilson | New Zealand |
| 1997 | Not awarded | |
| 1996 | Doug Trentowsky | Canada |
| 1995 | Yasith De Silva | Sri Lanka |
| 1994 | Not awarded | |
| 1993 | Jacques Patrice Leclair | Mauritius |
| 1992 | Not awarded | |
| 1991 | Ken Oswald Mayer | Barbados |
| 1990 | Not awarded | |
| 1989 | Philip Cassidy | Scotland |
| 1988 | Penny Clayton | New Zealand |
| 1987 | Not awarded | |
| 1986 | Not awarded | |
| 1985 | Holly Phillips | England |
| 1984 | Not awarded | |
| 1983 | Patrick Abram | England |
| 1982 | Kenneth Raynor | England |
| 1981 | Evan Franklin Davies | Wales |
| 1980 | John Potts | Northern Ireland |
| 1979 | Patrick Farge | New Zealand |
| 1978 | George Geddes Parsonage | Scotland |
| 1977 | Pauline McClean | Scotland |
| 1976 | Patrick McMahon | Northern Ireland |
| 1975 | Gordon Penner | Canada |
| 1974 | Bernard Robins | England |
| 1973 | Not awarded | |
| 1972 | David John Rowe | England |
| 1971 | Kenneth Grant Robson | Australia |
| 1970 | Dorothy Patricia Pope | England |
| 1969 | Ronald Heslop | Scotland |
| 1968 | Barry McNeil | New Zealand |
| 1967 | Manasa Koroi Vatuloka | Fiji |
| 1966 | Jack Easton | Scotland |
| 1965 | Terrence Scorer | Australia |
| 1964 | Lynda Dann | Canada |
| 1963 | Kenneth Howlett | Canada |
| 1962 | Hilary Westerman | England |
| 1961 | Dennis McLellan | Australia |
| 1960 | David Taylor | England |
| 1959 | Richard Cooke | England |
| 1958 | Duncan McLean Campbell | England |
| 1957 | Peter Critchley | England |
| 1956 | Bernard Litwack | England |
| 1955 | Neville Maier and Frederick Pot | South Africa |
| 1954 | Francis Koh Teck Chong | Malaysia |
| 1953 | Sybil Higgins | Northern Ireland |
| 1952 | Sally Jupp | England |
| 1951 | Robert Wardle | Canada |
