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{{British Army}}

"Other ranks" (abbreviated "ORs") is the term used to refer to all ranks below [[British Army officer rank insignia|officers]] in the [[British Army]] and the [[Royal Marines]]. It includes [[warrant officer]]s, [[non-commissioned officer]]s ("NCOs") and ordinary soldiers with the rank of [[Private (rank)|private]] or regimental equivalent. Officers may, in speaking, distinguish themselves from those "in the ranks".

== History ==
{{More citations needed section|date=May 2023}}
During the 18th century [[corporal]]s might indicate their ranks with a knot with cord loops on their right shoulder and, from 1768, an [[epaulette]] instead. [[Sergeant]]s had clothing that was of slightly better quality and wore lace trim on their hats and uniforms.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://47thfoot.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/redcoat-uniforms-part-2-corporals.html |title=Redcoat Uniforms, Part 2: corporals, sergeants, and officers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506130943/http://47thfoot.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/redcoat-uniforms-part-2-corporals.html |archive-date=6 May 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> Infantry sergeants were armed with [[Flintlock|fusils]] (grenadier companies, from 1769), [[halberd]]s or, from 1792 until 1830, with [[spontoon]]s. They, as well as their counterparts in cavalry and artillery, were also permitted sashes of crimson wool, with a single stripe of facing colour following the clothing regulations of 1727. Whereas it remained vague as to whether the sash was to be worn over the shoulder or around the waist, it was clarified in 1747 that sergeants had to wear their sashes around the waist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=British Army Sergeant's Sash, 1727-1826 |url=https://www.militaryheritage.com/sash1.htm |access-date=29 June 2022 |website=militaryheritage.com |language=en}}</ref> From 1768, the sergeant's waist sash had stripes of facing colour {{Spnd}} one (until 1825) resp. three (until 1845); in regiments with red or purple facings the sergeant's sash had white stripes or remained plain crimson.<ref>{{cite book |first=Robert |last=Money Barnes |title=Military uniforms of Britain & the Empire: 1742 to the present time |location=London |publisher=Seeley Service & Co |date=1960 |page=52}}</ref> Sergeants of highland regiments wore their sashes over the left shoulder and tied at the right hip in the same manner as the officers.<ref name="Franklin, 2012">{{cite book |first=Carl |last=Franklin |title=British Army Uniforms of the American Revolution 1751-1783 |location=Barnsley |publisher=Pen & Sword Military |date=2012 |isbn=978-1-84884-690-6}}</ref>{{rp|357}} Beginning from the same year, sergeants wore a pair of silk epaulettes with fringe while sergeant-majors had a pair of gold or silver laced epaulettes with [[bullion]] fringe.<ref name="Franklin, 2012"/>{{rp|358}}

The chevrons worn by many non-commissioned officers are based on heraldic devices and their current use originates from 1802. As today, sergeants wore three chevrons, point downwards, on the upper arm, and corporals wore two, with [[sergeant-major]]s and quarter-master-sergeants then having four. Whereas corporals and sergeants discarded their silk epaulettes by now, sergeant-majors continued to wear their metal epaulettes along with their new chevrons for a while. [[Lance corporal]], at the time, not a rank but an appointment is historically known as ''chosen man'' and carrying extra pay for privates holding it, were given a single chevron a few years later, and later in the century, the lance-sergeant appeared, wearing three chevrons. The [[infantry]] rank of [[colour sergeant]] was created in 1813 as a reward for senior sergeants with one allowed per company. He was allowed to wear a badge consisting of a regimental colour supported by two crossed swords.<ref>{{cite book |page=146 |location=Great Britain |publisher=War Office; Parker, Furnivall, and Parker |title=The Queen's Regulations and Orders for the Army |date=1844}}</ref> All insignia were worn on the right sleeve.
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#F1F1F1"
|<div style="text-align:center">[[File:Warrant Officer (Sergeant Major)1802-1855.png|40px]]<br>'''Sergeant Major'''</div>
|<div style="text-align:center">[[File:Colour Sergeant (OR-06) since 1813.png|40px]]<br>'''Colour Sergeant'''</div>
|<div style="text-align:center">[[File:Sergeant (OR-05) 1802-1855.png|40px]]<br>'''Sergeant'''</div>
|<div style="text-align:center">[[File:Corporal (OR-04) 1802-1855.png|40px]]<br>'''Corporal'''</div>
|<div style="text-align:center">[[File:Lance Corporal (OR-03) 1802-1855.png|40px]]<br>'''Lance Corporal'''</div>
|}
The [[Royal Artillery]] had the special rank of [[bombardier (rank)|bombardier]] below the corporal, and both he and the acting bombardier wore one chevron. The [[Royal Engineers]] and [[Royal Army Ordnance Corps|Army Ordnance Corps]] also had an additional rank of [[Second Corporal|second corporal]], who wore one chevron. On full-dress tunics, badges in white or gold lace were worn only on the right arm, but on service dress jackets, badges in worsted embroidery were worn on both arms. In February 1918 the acting bombardier was renamed [[Lance Bombardier|lance-bombardier]], and the full bombardier gained a second chevron in 1920 replacing the rank of corporal in the RA. Second corporals also disappeared at that time (the second corporal had been an actual rank, whereas lance-corporal was private acting in the rank of corporal).

The pre-war [[infantry]] rank of [[colour sergeant]] had generally given way to the ranks of company sergeant-major and quartermaster-sergeant in 1914 when the four-company organization was introduced. Both of these ranks, their squadron, and battery equivalents, and staff-sergeants in other arms, wore three chevrons and a crown, although, in 1915 company, battery, squadron, and troop sergeant-majors became warrant officers class II (by Army Order 70) and thereafter wore a single large crown, without any chevrons, on each forearm. The designation of warrant officer classes was in [[Roman numerals|Roman]] rather than [[Arabic numerals]] until the latter half of the 20th century.

Regimental quartermaster-sergeants wore four chevrons on the lower sleeve, point upwards, with an eight-pointed star above, but adopted the crown when they too became warrant officers class II in 1915. In their case, however, the crown was surrounded by a wreath. Regimental sergeant-majors, who before the Boer War had worn four chevrons with a crown, were given in 1902 the badge of a single large crown on the lower arm but adopted a small version of the Royal arms in its place in 1915 when they became warrant officers class I.

Certain senior grades of [[warrant officer]] were also peculiar to the specialist branches, which ranked above regimental sergeant-majors. These were the conductors of the Army Ordnance Corps and the first-class staff sergeant-majors of the Army Service Corps and the Army Pay Corps. They also wore a large crown, surrounded by a wreath, on the lower arm, although in 1918 this was replaced by the Royal Arms within a wreath. The RA also had its master gunners in three classes, but these were technical specialists and not normally seen in the field. The Royal Arms within a wreath is the badge of rank for a [[Conductor (British Army)|conductor]], the most senior of all WO1 appointments, confined to the [[Royal Logistic Corps]] and held by fewer than twenty people as of 2004.

From 1938, there was also a rank of warrant officer class III. The only appointments held by this rank were [[platoon sergeant major]], troop sergeant major, and section sergeant major. The WOIII wore a crown on his lower sleeve. The rank was placed in suspension in 1940 and no new appointments were made, but it was never officially abolished. From 1938 to 1947 all WOII ranks wore the crown in wreath rank now worn by regimental quartermaster sergeants.

The grades of lance-sergeant and lance-corporal were not strictly ranks but were appointments, held by selected corporals and privates, and usually carrying extra pay. The appointment was made by the man's commanding officer and could be taken away by him for disciplinary reasons, unlike full sergeants and corporals who could only be demoted by order of a court-martial. It is only since 1961 that lance-corporal has been a separate rank in its own right, and the appointment of lance-sergeant was discontinued in 1946, except in the [[Foot Guards]] and [[Honourable Artillery Company]] (and its equivalent, lance-corporal of the horse, in the [[Household Cavalry]]).

== Ranks ==
{{British Army Other Rank|Title=British Army Enlisted Ranks}}

=== General rank information ===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Rank
!Typical command size or appointment<ref name="careers">{{cite web |url=https://apply.army.mod.uk/what-we-offer/regular-soldier/rank |title=Rank Progression: Work Your Way UP |access-date=9 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923200409/https://apply.army.mod.uk/what-we-offer/regular-soldier/rank |archive-date=23 September 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
!Typical time taken for a promotion
|-
|[[Warrant officer (United Kingdom)#British Army|Warrant Officer class 1]]
|style="text-align:left;"|Referred to individually by appointment. The most senior advisors to [[battalions]] and commanding officers. Responsible for the discipline and equipment of officers and soldiers.
|18 years with an outstanding service record.
|-
|[[Warrant officer (United Kingdom)#British Army|Warrant Officer class 2]]
|style="text-align:left;"|Referred to individually by appointment. A senior management role of [[Company (military unit)|companies]], [[Artillery battery|batteries]], and [[Squadron (army)|squadrons]].
|N/A
|-
|[[Staff sergeant|Staff]]/[[Colour Sergeant]]
|style="text-align:left;"|Management role of a company, battery, or squadron, or serves as [[platoon]] commander.
|After a few years as a sergeant.
|-
|[[Sergeant]]
|style="text-align:left;"|Second in command of a [[troop]] or platoon.
|After serving for 12 years.
|-
|[[Corporal]]
|style="text-align:left;"|Generally commands a [[Section (military unit)|section]] or a single tank.
|After serving for 6–8 years.
|-
|[[Lance Corporal]]
|style="text-align:left;"|Second in command of a section, or leader of a [[fire team]].
|Finished Phase 2 training or after 3 years as a private.
|-
|[[Private (rank)|Private]]
|style="text-align:left;"|''No command.''
|Finished Phase 1 training.
|}

== Variants ==
As most units in the British Army have long traditions (some dating as far back as the 1600s) some variation has developed in the terminology and insignia used for non-commissioned ranks, most notably in the Foot Guards and Household Cavalry. Many units do not use the rank "Private", using instead:

* "Trooper" in many regiments with a cavalry tradition and in the [[Special Air Service]]
* "Airtrooper" in the [[Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)|Army Air Corps]]
* "Sapper" in the [[Royal Engineers]]
* "Craftsman" in the [[Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers]]
* "Guardsman" in the [[Grenadier Guards]], [[Coldstream Guards]], [[Scots Guards]], [[Irish Guards]], [[Welsh Guards]] and the [[London Guards]]
* "Gunner" in the [[Royal Artillery]] and [[Royal Horse Artillery]]
* "Fusilier" in the [[Royal Regiment of Fusiliers]], [[Royal Welsh]] and [[The Royal Regiment of Scotland|The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland]]
* "Rifleman" in [[The Rifles]] and the [[Royal Gurkha Rifles]]
* "Kingsman" in the [[Duke of Lancaster's Regiment]]
* "Signaller” in the [[Royal Signals]]
* “Ranger” in the [[Royal Irish Regiment (1992)|Royal Irish Regiment]], [[London Irish Rifles]] and the [[Ranger Regiment (United Kingdom)|Ranger Regiment]]
* "Highlander" in [[Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)|The Highlanders, 4th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland]]
* "Drummer", "Trumpeter", "Bugler", "Piper" and "Musician" in various military bands and musicians in other units

The Royal Artillery and [[Royal Horse Artillery|RHA]] also use the ranks Lance Bombardier and Bombardier instead of Lance Corporal and Corporal, while The Rifles use the spelling "Serjeant" in place of "Sergeant".

=== Foot Guards and Honourable Artillery Company ===
[[Image:New GSM Rank Badge on WO1 Mott's Arm.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Garrison Sergeant Major]] London District's badge of rank]]

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 750px; height: 1000px;"
|-
! [[Foot Guards]] and [[Honourable Artillery Company]]
| [[Garrison sergeant major]]
| [[Warrant officer (United Kingdom)#British Army|Warrant officer class 1]] (WO1)
| [[Warrant officer class 2]] (WO2)
| [[Colour sergeant]] (CSgt)
| [[Sergeant]] (Sgt)
| [[Lance-sergeant]] ‡ (LSgt)
| [[Lance corporal]]† (LCpl)
| [[Guardsman]], [[Private (rank)|Private]] and [[Trooper (rank)|Trooper]]
|-
! Full dress insignia
| [[File:Foot Guards OR-9b (Full Dress).svg|50px]]
|
| Warrant officer class 2s wear the ensign of their regiment above-crossed swords surmounted by a crown as their rank badge.
| Colour sergeants in the full-dress have the ensign of their regiment above crossed swords in front of their chevrons.
| [[File:Foot Guards OR-6 (Full Dress).svg|50px]]
| [[File:Foot Guards OR-4 (Full Dress).svg|50px]]
| [[File:Foot Guards OR-3 (Full_Dress).svg|50px]]
| None
|-
! Service dress insignia
| [[File:Foot Guards OR-9b (Service Dress).svg|50px]]
| [[File:British Army OR-9a.svg|50px]]
|Same as the standard insignia for WO2's.
| [[File:British Army OR-7.svg|50px]]
| [[File:British Army OR-6.svg|50px]]
| [[File:British Army OR-6.svg|50px]]
| [[File:British Army OR-4.svg|50px]]
| None
|-
! Standard British Army rank
| colspan=2| Warrant officer class 1
| Warrant officer class 2
| [[Staff sergeant]],<br />[[Company quartermaster sergeant]]
| Sergeant
| [[Corporal]]
| Lance corporal
| Private
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align: centre;"|† Lance corporals wear two chevrons rather than one (allegedly because Queen Victoria did not like the look of only one chevron)
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align: centre;"|‡ Corporals are automatically appointed lance sergeant, wearing three chevrons. In [[Uniforms of the British Army|full dress]], a lance sergeant's chevrons are white, while full sergeants are gold. In service dress, both lance sergeants and sergeants wear 3 chevrons. However, full sergeants also wear a red sash across their right shoulder. Additionally, the [[cap badge]] of a Sergeant may differ from that of a Lance Sergeant. Lance sergeants are allowed privileges normally reserved for Sergeants in the [[British Army]].<ref name="Lance Sergeant">{{cite web |access-date=9 May 2009 |title=The Irish Guards, Badges of Rank |url=http://www.irishguards.org.uk/pages/lifeinbatt/rank.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030728002813/http://www.irishguards.org.uk/pages/lifeinbatt/rank.html |archive-date=28 July 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|}

=== Household Cavalry ===
The [[Household Cavalry]] maintains the old cavalry tradition of having no rank of sergeant, which was originally an infantry rank only. It has its own peculiar set of insignia and ranks with the following equivalents:<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rosignoli |first1=Guido |title=Army badges and insignia of World War 2: Book 1 |publisher=Blandford Press Ltd. |url=https://archive.org/details/armybadgesinsign00rosi/mode/2up |url-access=limited |series=MacMillan Colour Series |date=1972 |location=New York |lccn=72-85765 |pages=Plate 2}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 750px; height: 200px;"
|-
! Household Cavalry<ref>{{cite web |title=Army Dress Regulations (All Ranks) Part 9 Badges, Headdress and Embellishments |date=February 2016 |publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] |location=London |at=Part 9 Sect 2 Annex D |url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/393927/response/959318/attach/8/ADR%20Part%209.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1 |access-date=27 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520120110/https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/393927/response/959318/attach/8/ADR%20Part%209.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1 |archive-date=20 May 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| [[Regimental sergeant major|Regimental corporal major]]<ref name="Gallery">{{cite web |url=http://www.britisharmedforces.org/pages/nat_formations6_badges.htm |title=Gallery No: 36 - Badges - Non-Commissioned Officers - Badges of Rank |access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref>
| [[Regimental quartermaster sergeant|Regimental quartermaster corporal]]
| [[Company sergeant major|Squadron corporal major]]<ref name="Gallery"/>
| [[Staff corporal]]<br />[[Squadron quartermaster corporal]]<ref name="Gallery"/><ref>{{cite AV media |date=1956 |title=Guard's Uniform And Barracks Aka Household Cavalry (1956) |medium=video |language=English |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFPK6QaqxT4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/pFPK6QaqxT4 |archive-date=22 December 2021 |url-status=live |access-date=19 May 2021 |publisher=[[Pathé News|British Pathé]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
| [[Corporal of horse]]<ref name="Horse and Hound">{{cite news|url=https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/features/royal-wedding-horses-653300 |title=Royal wedding: horses undergo their final preparations for the big day |first=Madeleine |last=Silver |work=[[Horse and Hound]] |date=18 May 2018 |access-date=19 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519143836/https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/features/royal-wedding-horses-653300 |archive-date=19 May 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hcavfoundation.org/about/about-the-household-cavalry/a-z-regimental-terms/ |website=Household Cavalry Foundation |title=A-Z Regimental Terms |access-date=19 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519143823/https://www.hcavfoundation.org/about/about-the-household-cavalry/a-z-regimental-terms/ |archive-date=19 May 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/british-army-ranks |website=National Army Museum |title=British Army ranks |access-date=19 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508230200/https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/british-army-ranks |archive-date=8 May 2021 |url-status=}}</ref><ref name="Gallery"/>
| [[Lance-corporal of horse]]‡<ref name="Gallery"/>
| [[Lance corporal]]<ref name="Horse and Hound"/><ref name="Gallery"/>
| [[Trooper (rank)|Trooper]]
|-
! Insignia†
| [[File:British Army OR-9a.svg|50px]]
| [[File:British Army OR-8b.svg|50px]]
| [[File:British Army Squadron Corporal Major.svg|50px]]
| [[File:Staff Cpl - HC.svg|50px]]
| [[File:CoH - HC.svg|50px]]
| [[File:British_Army_OR-7.svg|50px]]
| [[File:LCpl - HC.svg|50px]]
| None
|-
! Standard British Army rank
| [[Warrant officer (United Kingdom)#British Army|Warrant officer class 1]]
| [[Quartermaster sergeant]]
| [[Warrant officer class 2]]
| [[Staff sergeant]]<br />[[Company quartermaster sergeant]]
| [[Sergeant]]
| [[Corporal]]
| Lance corporal
| [[Private (rank)|Private]]
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align: centre;"|† The Household Cavalry's NCOs and warrant officers are the only soldiers in the British Army who do not wear rank insignia on their full dress uniforms (although officers do). Rank is indicated by the wearing of [[aiguillette]]s.
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align: centre;"|‡ A Lance Corporal of Horse is technically an appointment rather than a rank. Any new corporal in the Household Cavalry is immediately appointed a Lance Corporal of Horse (LCoH) on attaining the rank of corporal.{{cn|date=May 2021}}
|}

Similarly, [[warrant officer]] appointments are different, with, for example, "regimental corporal major" being used in place of [[regimental sergeant major]]. Uniquely, NCOs and warrant officers of the Household Cavalry do not wear any insignia on their full dress uniforms (although officers do). Rank is indicated by a system of [[aiguillette]]s.

=== Cavalry regiments ===
In several cavalry regiments including the [[1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards]] and the [[Queen's Royal Hussars]], NCOs holding the rank of lance corporal wear two stripes. Full corporals are distinguished by the addition of a cypher above their two stripes in dress uniforms.

Staff sergeants in an appointment as squadron quartermaster sergeant in the cavalry, sometimes wear four stripes with a crown and are referred to as "sergeant major". The term "mister" is confined to WO2s.

== Spelling ==
The spelling ''serjeant'' is sometimes seen. This was the official spelling in the British Army and Royal Marines, although not the Royal Air Force, until the 1930s and appeared in such publications as King's Regulations and the [[Pay Warrant]], which defined the various ranks. In common usage, the modern spelling ''sergeant'' was already more usual, as in the volumes of the Official History which began to appear in the 1920s. [[Serjeant-at-Arms]] is a title still held by members of the security staff in the [[Houses of Parliament]]. The old spelling is also retained by [[The Rifles]], as successor to the [[Royal Green Jackets]] and [[The Light Infantry]], which also used it.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/5607.aspx |title=The Rifles = Regimental Overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228113518/http://www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/5607.aspx |archive-date=28 February 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Timeline of changes ==
{| style="float:right; width:170px; border:solid #ccc 1px; margin:5px;"
|- style="text-align:center"
|[[File:Tudor Crown (Heraldry).svg|100px]]
|- style="text-align:center"
|[[File:Crown of Saint Edward (Heraldry).svg|100px]]
|-
| style="padding:0 5px 0 5px; font-size:85%; line-height:14px;"|In 1953, the crown was changed from the [[Tudor Crown (heraldry)|Tudor Crown]] to the [[St Edward's Crown|Crown of St Edward]], when Queen [[Elizabeth II]] adopted a stylised image of the crown for use in coats of arms, badges, logos and various other insignia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dpc.vic.gov.au/index.php/news-publications/victorian-symbols-emblems/victorian-coat-of-arms |title=Victorian Coat of Arms |publisher=Victoria State Government |access-date=15 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715173357/https://www.vic.gov.au/history-victorian-coat-arms |archive-date=15 July 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

{| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background-color:#f7f8ff; padding:5px; font-size:95%; margin: 0px 12px 12px 0px;"
|- style="background-color:#CCCCCC; text-align:center;"
! Rank group
! colspan=22| Senior NCOs
! colspan=6| Junior NCOs
! colspan=8| Enlisted
|- style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2| (1920 – 1937)
| colspan=3| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-9b.svg|50px]]
| colspan=3| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-9a.svg|50px]]
| colspan=1| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-8.svg|50px]]
| colspan=1| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-7.svg|50px]]
| colspan=2| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-6.svg|50px]]
| colspan=12| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-4.svg|50px]]{{hr}}
| colspan=4| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-3.svg|50px]]
| colspan=2| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-2.svg|50px]]
| colspan=8| '''No insignia'''{{Hr}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| colspan=3| [[Conductor (military appointment)|Conductor]]<br>[[Staff Sergeant Major]]
| colspan=3| [[Warrant Officer (United Kingdom)#British Army|Warrant Officer Class I]]
| colspan=2| [[Warrant Officer (United Kingdom)#British Army|Warrant Officer Class II]]
| colspan=2| [[Staff Sergeant|Staff]]/[[Colour Sergeant]]
| colspan=12| [[Sergeant]]
| colspan=4| [[Corporal]]
| colspan=2| [[Lance Corporal]]
| colspan=8| [[Private (rank)|Private]]<br />(or equivalent)
|- style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2| (1938 – 1947)<ref>{{cite book|title=Rank and Badges in the Navy, Army, R.A.F and auxiliaries |editor=E.C.Talbot-Booth |publisher=George Philip and Son Ltd. |date=1943}}</ref>
| colspan=3| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-9b.svg|55px]]
| colspan=3| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-9a.svg|50px]]
| colspan=1| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-8.svg|50px]]
| colspan=1| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-7.svg|50px]]
| colspan=2| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-6.svg|50px]]
| colspan=12| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-4.svg|50px]]{{hr}}
| colspan=4| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-3.svg|50px]]
| colspan=2| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-2.svg|50px]]
| colspan=8| '''No insignia'''{{Hr}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| colspan=3| [[Conductor (military appointment)|Conductor]]<br>[[Staff Sergeant Major]]
| colspan=3| [[Warrant Officer (United Kingdom)#British Army|Warrant Officer<br>Class I]]
| colspan=1| [[Warrant Officer (United Kingdom)#British Army|Warrant Officer<br>Class II]]
| colspan=1| [[Warrant Officer (United Kingdom)#British Army|Warrant Officer<br>Class III]]
| colspan=2| [[Staff Sergeant|Staff]]/[[Colour Sergeant]]
| colspan=12| [[Sergeant]]
| colspan=4| [[Corporal]]
| colspan=2| [[Lance Corporal]]
| colspan=8| [[Private (rank)|Private]]<br />(or equivalent)
|- style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2| (1948 – 1953)
| colspan=3| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-9b.svg|50px]]
| colspan=3| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-9a.svg|50px]]
| colspan=1| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-8.svg|50px]]
| colspan=1| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-7.svg|50px]]
| colspan=2| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-6.svg|50px]]
| colspan=12| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-4.svg|50px]]{{hr}}
| colspan=4| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-3.svg|50px]]
| colspan=2| [[File:British Army (1920-1953) OR-2.svg|50px]]
| colspan=8| '''No insignia'''{{Hr}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| colspan=3| [[Conductor (military appointment)|Conductor]]<br>[[Staff Sergeant Major]]
| colspan=3| [[Warrant Officer (United Kingdom)#British Army|Warrant Officer Class I]]
| colspan=2| [[Warrant Officer (United Kingdom)#British Army|Warrant Officer Class II]]
| colspan=2| [[Staff Sergeant|Staff]]/[[Colour Sergeant]]
| colspan=12| [[Sergeant]]
| colspan=4| [[Corporal]]
| colspan=2| [[Lance Corporal]]
| colspan=8| [[Private (rank)|Private]]<br />(or equivalent)
|- style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=3| (1953 – 2015)
| colspan=3| [[File:British Army OR-9b.svg|50px]]
| colspan=3| [[File:British Army OR-9a.svg|50px]]
| colspan=1| [[File:British Army OR-8b.svg|50px]]
| colspan=1| [[File:British Army OR-8a.svg|50px]]
| colspan=2| [[File:British Army OR-7.svg|50px]]
| colspan=12| [[File:British Army OR-6.svg|50px]]{{hr}}
| colspan=4| [[File:British Army OR-4.svg|50px]]
| colspan=2| [[File:British Army OR-3.svg|50px]]
| colspan=8| '''No insignia'''{{Hr}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| colspan=3| <small>[[Conductor (military appointment)|Conductor]]</small>
|- style="text-align:center;"
| colspan=6| [[Warrant Officer (United Kingdom)#British Army|Warrant Officer Class I/1]]
| colspan=2| [[Warrant Officer (United Kingdom)#British Army|Warrant Officer Class II/2]]
| colspan=2| [[Staff Sergeant|Staff]]/[[Colour Sergeant]]
| colspan=12| [[Sergeant]]
| colspan=4| [[Corporal]]
| colspan=2| [[Lance Corporal]]
| colspan=8| [[Private (rank)|Private]]<br />(or equivalent)
|- style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=3| (2015 – present)
| colspan=2| [[File:British Army OR-9c.svg|50px]]
| colspan=2| [[File:British Army OR-9b.svg|50px]]
| colspan=2| [[File:British Army OR-9a.svg|50px]]
| colspan=1| [[File:British Army OR-8b.svg|50px]]
| colspan=1| [[File:British Army OR-8a.svg|50px]]
| colspan=2| [[File:British Army OR-7.svg|50px]]
| colspan=12| [[File:British Army OR-6.svg|50px]]{{hr}}
| colspan=4| [[File:British Army OR-4.svg|50px]]
| colspan=2| [[File:British Army OR-3.svg|50px]]
| colspan=8| '''No insignia'''{{Hr}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| colspan=2| <small>[[Army Sergeant Major]]</small>
| colspan=2| <small>[[Conductor (military appointment)|Conductor]]</small>
|- style="text-align:center;"
| colspan=6| [[Warrant Officer (United Kingdom)#British Army|Warrant Officer Class 1]]
| colspan=2| [[Warrant Officer (United Kingdom)#British Army|Warrant Officer Class 2]]
| colspan=2| [[Staff Sergeant|Staff]]/[[Colour Sergeant]]
| colspan=12| [[Sergeant]]
| colspan=4| [[Corporal]]
| colspan=2| [[Lance Corporal]]
| colspan=8| [[Private (rank)|Private]]<br />(or equivalent)
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|}

== Historical ranks ==
* Sergeant-major: equivalent to the current [[regimental sergeant major]], a [[warrant officer]] class 1
* Company sergeant-major: now an appointment of [[warrant officer]] class 2
* Quartermaster sergeant: can now be a regimental quartermaster sergeant ([[warrant officer]] class 2) or a [[company quartermaster sergeant]] ([[staff sergeant]]). In the technical corps, a WO2 can also be an AQMS (Artificer Quartermaster Sergeant), TQMS (Technical .....), or SQMS (Squadron ... )
* [[Warrant officer]] class III: a short-lived rank used between 1938 and 1940, holding the appointment of [[platoon sergeant major]], [[troop sergeant major]], or [[section sergeant major]].
* Colour sergeant: gave way to staff sergeant over the years before the First World War although colour sergeant exists today in the [[Royal Marines]], equivalent to a staff sergeant in the Army, and is still used to refer to all staff sergeants in infantry regiments and the [[Honourable Artillery Company]].
* [[Lance sergeant]]: appointment originally given to corporals acting in the rank of sergeant, discontinued in 1946 except in the [[Foot Guards]], [[Honourable Artillery Company]], and some cadet units.<ref name="Lance Sergeant"/>
* Second corporal: Royal Engineers and Army Ordnance Corps rank until 1920, equivalent to lance-corporal but a substantive instead of an acting rank.
* Bombardier: until 1920, when it became equivalent to corporal, a rank in the Royal Artillery equivalent to a second corporal.
* Acting bombardier: appointment originally given to a Royal Artillery gunner acting in the rank of bombardier, discontinued in 1918 and replaced by lance-bombardier.
* Chosen man: was a rank primarily found in the [[Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)|Rifle Brigade]] denoting a marksman and/or leadership material. Became lance corporal in the early 19th century.

== See also ==
* [[British Army]]
* [[British and United States military ranks compared]]
* [[British Army officer rank insignia]]
* [[British Army uniform]]
* [[Other ranks (UK)]]
* [[Ranks of the cadet forces of the United Kingdom]]
* [[List of roles in the British Army]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/our-people/ranks/ British Army rank structure and rank insignia], British Army website

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