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  2. Comparison of United Kingdom and United States military ranks

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    In the UK the separation between "other" ranks and "officer" ranks can, on occasion, become permeable. Within the British armed services, both Sir Fitzroy Maclean and Enoch Powell are examples of, rare, rapid career progression with the British army, both rising from the rank of private to brigadier during World War II. In the US military such ...

  3. British Army - Wikipedia

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    The Corps Warrant, which is the official list of which bodies of the British Military (not to be confused with naval) Forces were to be considered Corps of the British Army for the purposes of the Army Act, the Reserve Forces Act, 1882, and the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act, 1907, had not been updated since 1926 (Army Order 49 of 1926 ...

  4. British Army officer rank insignia - Wikipedia

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    After the Crimean War (30 January 1855), the War Office ordered different rank badges for British general, staff officers and regimental officers. It was the first complete set of rank badges to be used by the British Army. Field Marshal: Two rows of one inch wide oak-leaf designed lace on the collar with crossed baton above the wreath in silver.

  5. List of comparative military ranks - Wikipedia

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    Comparative military ranks of World War I; Comparative officer ranks of World War II; World War II German Army ranks and insignia; Military ranks of the Luftwaffe (1935–45) Corps colours of the Luftwaffe (1935–45) Uniforms and insignia of the Kriegsmarine; Japan - army ranks of the Japanese Empire during World War II

  6. Comparative army enlisted ranks of Europe - Wikipedia

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    British Army [44. No insignia ... Military rank; Comparative army officer ranks of Europe; Comparative army enlisted ranks of the Americas;

  7. Comparative officer ranks of World War II - Wikipedia

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    Red Army Uniforms of World War II in Colour Photographs. London: Windrow & Greene. ISBN 978-1872004594. Rosignoli, Guido (1972). Army badges and insignia of World War 2: Book 1. MacMillan Colour Series. New York: Blandford Press Ltd. ISBN 9780026050807. LCCN 72-85765. Rosignoli, Guido (1980). Naval and Marine Badges and Insignia of World War 2 ...

  8. List of roles in the British Army - Wikipedia

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    Royal Military Police soldier; Royal Military Police officer; HR officer; Legal officer; Educational & Training Services officer; Close protection operative [36] Detention specialist [37] Army welfare worker [38] Military Provost Guard [39] Airborne [40] Army commando [40]

  9. List of countries by number of military and paramilitary ...

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    The number of military personnel in the reserve forces that are not normally kept under arms, whose role is to be available to mobilize when necessary. The number of personnel in paramilitary forces: armed units that are not considered part of a nation's formal military forces. The total number of active, reserve, and paramilitary personnel.