British Army

Guardsman is the title of privates in the five Foot Guards regiments, Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish, and Welsh, granted in 1...

Lance Corporal wears one chevron and is addressed as lance jack, the first leadership appointment in the British Army, often comma...

Colour Sergeant was instituted in 1813 to honor the sergeants who had defended the regimental colours in battle, and the rank reta...

Warrant Officer Class 2 wears a large crown and is appointed by warrant rather than commission, the senior NCO stratum of the Brit...

Warrant Officer Class 1 wears the royal arms badge and is the most senior soldier grade in the British Army, OR-9 in NATO terms. T...

The Regimental Sergeant Major, RSM, is an appointment rather than a rank: a Warrant Officer Class 1 who runs the daily discipline,...

Brigadier wears a crown over three pips, or in dress a crossed sword and baton device with one star, and commands a brigade of aro...

Field Marshal is the highest British Army rank, created in 1736 for the Duke of Argyll from the German Feldmarschall. The badge is...

The Household Cavalry, made up of the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals, keeps a rank structure that avoids the word sergeant. ...

In the Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery, a soldier holding corporal's rank is called a bombardier, and the lance corporal...