DETAILS OF THE SOVEREIGN'S BIRTHDAY PARADE FROM 1895 TO DATE
| Year | Date | Trooping the Colour | Salute taken by | Remarks |
| 1895 | Fri 24 May | 1st Battalion Scots Guards | HM Queen Victoria | At Windsor Castle |
| 1895 | Sat 25 May | 2nd Battalion Scots Guards | HRH The Prince of Wales | At Horse Guards Parade |
| 1896 | Wed 20 May | 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards | HRH The Prince of Wales | |
| 1897 | Mon 24 May | 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards | HRH The Prince of Wales | |
| 1898 | Sat 21 May | 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards | HRH The Prince of Wales | |
| 1899 | Sat 3 June | 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards | HRH The Prince of Wales | |
| 1900 | Wed 23 May | 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards | HRH The Prince of Wales | |
| 1901 | Fri 24 May | 3rd Battalion Scots Guards | HM KIng Edward VII | Combined with presentation of the Colours |
| 1902 | Fri 30 May | 1st Battalion Irish Guards | HM The King | Combined with presentation of the Colours |
| 1903 | Fri 26 June | 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards | HM The King | |
| 1904 | Tue 24 June | 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards | HRH The Price of Wales | The King visiting Germany |
| 1905 | Parade Cancelled (weather) | |||
| 1906 | Parade cancelled (weather) | |||
| 1907 | Fri 28 June | 1st Battalion Irish Guards | HM The King | |
| 1908 | Sat 27 June | 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards | HM The King | |
| 1909 | Parade cancelled (weather) | |||
| 1910 | No Parade (Court Mourning) | |||
| 1911 | No Parade (Coronation of George V) | |||
| 1912 | Fri 14 June | 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards | HM King George V | |
| 1913 | Tue 3 June | 2nd Battalion Scots Guards | HM The King | |
| 1914 | Fri 26 June | 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards | HM The King | |
| THE FIRST WORLD WAR | ||||
| 1919 | Tue 3 June | 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards | HM The King | In Hyde Park |
| 1920 | Sat 5 June | 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards | HM The King | In Hyde Park |
| 1921 | Sat 4 June | 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards | HM The King | At Horse Guards Parade |
| 1922 | Sat 3 June | 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards | HM The King | |
| 1923 | Sat 2 June | 2nd Battalion Scots Guards | HM The King | |
| 1924 | Tue 3 June | 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards | HM The King | |
| 1925 | Wed 3 June | 1st Battalion Irish Guards | HM The King | |
| 1926 | No Parade (General Strike) | |||
| 1927 | Sat 4 June | 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards | HM The King | |
| 1928 | Mon 4 June | 1st Battalion Welsh Guards | HM The King | |
| 1929 | Mon 3 June | 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards | HRH The Duke of Connaught | The King was ill |
| 1930 | Tue 3 June | 2nd Battalion Scots Guards | HRH The Prince of Wales | The King was ill |
| 1931 | Sat 6 June | 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards | HM The King | |
| 1932 | Sat 4 June | 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards | HM The King | |
| 1933 | Sat 3 June | 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards | HM The King | |
| 1934 | Mon 4 June | 1st Battalion Scots Guards | HM The King | |
| 1935 | Mon 3 June | 1st Battalion Irish Guards | HM The King | |
| 1936 | Tue 23 June | 1st Battalion Scots Guards | HM King Edward VIII | King Edward VIII's only Parade |
| 1937 | Wed 9 June | 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards | HM King George VI | |
| 1938 | Thu 9 June | 2nd Battalion Scots Guards | HM The King | |
| 1939 | Thu 8 June | 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards | HRH The Duke of Gloucester | The King was in Canada and USA |
| THE SECOND WORLD WAR | ||||
| 1947 | Thu 12 June | 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards | HM The KIng | |
| 1948 | Parade cancelled (weather) | |||
| 1949 | Thu 9 June | 1st Battalion Welsh Guards | HM The KIng | |
| 1950 | Thu 8 June | 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards | HM The KIng | |
| 1951 | Thu 7 June | 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards | HRH The Princess Elizabeth | The King was ill |
| 1952 | Thu 05 June | 2nd Battalion Scots Guards | HM Queen Elizabeth II | |
| 1953 | Thu 11 June | 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards | HM The Queen | Coronation Year |
| 1954 | Thu 10 June | 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1955 | Cancelled - National Rail Strike | |||
| 1956 | Thu 31 May | 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1957 | Thu 13 June | 1st Battalion Irish Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1958 | Thu 12 June | 1st Battalion Scots Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1959 | Sat 13 June | 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards | HM The Queen | Start of regular Saturday Parades |
| 1960 | Sat 11 June | 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1961 | Sat 10 June | 2nd Battalion Scots Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1962 | Sat 02 June | 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1963 | Sat 08 June | 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1964 | Sat 13 June | 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1965 | Sat 12 June | 1st Battalion Welsh Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1966 | Sat 11 June | 1st Battalion Irish Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1967 | Sat 10 June | 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1968 | Sat 08 June | 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1969 | Sat 14 June | 1st Battalion Scots Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1970 | Sat 13 June | 2nd Battalion Scots Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1971 | Sat 12 June | 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1972 | Sat 03 June | 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1973 | Sat 02 June | 1st Battalion Welsh Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1974 | Sat 15 June | 1st Battalion Irish Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1975 | Sat 14 June | 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1976 | Sat 12 June | 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1977 | Sat 11 June | 1st Battalion Scots Guards | HM The Queen | Silver Jubilee Year |
| 1978 | Sat 03 June | 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1979 | Sat 16 June | 2nd Battalion Scots Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1980 | Sat 14 June | 1st Battalion Irish Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1981 | Sat 13 June | 1st Battalion Welsh Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1982 | Sat 12 June | 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1983 | Sat 11 June | 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1984 | Sat 16 June | 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1985 | Sat 15 June | 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1986 | Sat 14 June | 1st Battalion Scots Guards | HM The Queen | Last Parade when the Queen was mounted |
| 1987 | Sat 13 June | 2nd Battalion Scots Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1988 | Sat 11 June | 1st Battalion Irish Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1989 | Sat 17 June | 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1990 | Sat 16 June | 1st Battalion Welsh Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1991 | Sat 15 June | 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1992 | Sat 13 June | 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1993 | Sat 12 June | 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1994 | Sat 11 JUne | 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1995 | Sat 17 June | 1st Battalion Scots Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1996 | Sat 15 June | 1st Battalion Irish Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 1997 | Sat 14 June | F Company Scots Guards | HM The Queen | Colour of 2nd. Battalion trooped |
| 1998 | Sat 13 June | 1st Battalion Welsh Guards | HM The Queen | The King's Troop first year on parade |
| 1999 | Sat 12 June | 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 2000 | Sat 17 June | No. 7 Company Coldstream Guards | HM The Queen | Colour of 2nd Battalion trooped |
| 2001 | Sat 16 June | Nijmegen Company Grenadier Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 2002 | Sat 15 June | 1st Battalion Scots Guards | HM The Queen | Golden Jubilee Year |
| 2003 | Sat 14 June | 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 2004 | Sat 12 June | 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 2005 | Sat 11 June | 1st Battalion Irish Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 2006 | Sat 17 June | 1st Battalion Welsh Guards | HM The Queen | |
| 2007 | Sat 16 June | No. 7 Company Coldstream Guards | H M The Queen | Colour of 2nd Battalion trooped |
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