The sport originated when Queen Victoria gave the sailors of her fleet the privilege of marching through London with their guns on display. One thing leads to another and before too long it had turned into a sport where ships crews would race against each other. 

Over time the format evolved and the location changed, in 1907 the Inter-Command Competition began, between Devonport, Portsmouth and Chatham. The sport of Command Field Gun was laid to rest in 1999 when Devonport set the world record of 2 minutes, 40.43 seconds.