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Comparative Rank Chart for the different services.
It seems many re-enactors are uncertain about the comparative
ranks for the different serivces, so here is a chart relating
to British ranks. Hopefully as time goes by it will get refined
and added to.
Please note these ranks are based on Wartime (1940's) usage and
may not be current today. For example a lance-Corporal was an
appointment during the war and was only made a substantive rank
in the early 1960's.
It is interesting to note the wartime spelling of "Serjeant"
with a "j" differs from the modern spelling with a "g".
Source material: Kings Regulations 1940
| British Army |
Royal Navy |
Royal Air Force |
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| Men and Non-Commissioned
Officers (Other Ranks) |
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Private, Gunner,
Sapper, Signalman,
Driver, Guardsman, Fusilier,
Rifleman, Craftsman |
Ordinary Seaman,
Able Seaman
(See Note 1) |
Aircraftman Second
Class
Aircraftman First Class
Leading Aircraftman
(See note 2) |
| Corporal or Bombadier |
Leading Seaman |
Corporal |
Serjeant
or Corporal-of-Horse (Household Cavalry) |
Petty Officer |
Serjeant |
Staff-Serjeant
or Staff-Corporal (Household Cavalry) |
Chief Petty Officer |
Flight Serjeant |
Colour-, Company-, Battery-, Squadron-
Quarter-Master Serjeant
or Squadron Quarter-Master Corporal (Household Cavalry) |
Chief Petty Officer |
Flight Serjeant |
| Warrant Officers |
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| Warrant Officer Class III |
No Equivalent |
No Equivalent |
| Warrant Officer Class II |
No Equivalent |
Warrant Officer Second Class
(Rank is Obsolescent) |
| Warrant Officer Class I |
Warrant Officer (See note 3)
Midshipman (See note 4) |
Warrant Officer |
| Commissioned Officers |
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Second Lieutenant |
Midshipman |
Pilot Officer |
Lieutenant |
Sub-Lieutenant |
Flying Officer |
Captain |
Lieutenant |
Flight Lieutenant |
Major |
Lieutenant Commander |
Squadron Leader |
| Field Officers |
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Lieutenant Colonel
(The highest regimental rank) |
Commander |
Wing Commander |
Colonel |
Captain |
Group Captain |
Brigadier |
Commodore |
Air Commodore |
Major-General |
Rear-Admiral |
Air Vice Marshal |
Lieutenant-General |
Vice Admiral |
Air Marshal |
General |
Admiral |
Air Chief Marshal |
Field Marshal |
Admiral of the Fleet |
Marshal of the Royal Air Force |
Note 1: An Able Seaman is senior to an Ordinary Seaman
Note 2: Leading Aircraftman is senior to a First class Aircraftman
who is senior to a Second class Aircraftman
Note 3: Naval Warrant officers are senior to the Army rank (Royal
Marines rank is equivalent to the Naval one)
Note 4: A Naval Midshipman is junior to an Army Warrant Officer
Commissioned Officers of the Royal Marines will rank, according
to senority, with officers of the Army of the same titles.
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