Other ranks (UK)
Other ranks (ORs) in the Royal Marines, British Army, Royal Air Force and in the armies and air forces of many other Commonwealth countries are those personnel who are not commissioned officers, usually including non-commissioned officers (NCOs).[1][2] (In the Royal Navy, these personnel are called "ratings"[3] rather than "other ranks". Non-commissioned member is the equivalent term for the Canadian Armed Forces.) Colloquially, members of the other ranks are known as "rankers".[citation needed]
The term is often considered to exclude warrant officers, and occasionally also excludes NCOs. Formally, a regiment consists of the "officers, warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men" or the "officers, warrant officers and other ranks".[4]
Contents
1 British India
2 Comparative ranks
3 See also
4 References
British India
In British India, a distinction was made between British other ranks (BORs) and Indian other ranks (IORs).[5][6]
Comparative ranks
| NATO Code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United Kingdom(Edit) |  |  |  |  | No equivalent |  | No equivalent |  | No equivalent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 (phased out 2014) | Chief petty officer | Petty officer | Leading rate | Able rate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom (Royal Marines) (Edit) |  |  |  |  | No equivalent |  |  | No equivalent | No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Colour sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NATO Code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 United Kingdom(Edit) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | No equivalent |  |  | No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant officer class 1 | Warrant officer class 2 | Staff/Colour sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal | Private (or equivalent) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NATO Code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom (Edit) |  | No equivalent |  |  |  | No equivalent |  |  |  |  |  | No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant officer | Flight sergeant | Chief technician | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance corporal RAF Regiment only | Senior aircraftman/ woman technician | Senior aircraftman/ woman | Leading aircraftman/ woman | Aircraftman/ woman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom (Aircrew) (Edit) |  | No equivalent |  |  | No equivalent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Master aircrew | Flight sergeant aircrew | Sergeant aircrew | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NATO Code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
- Enlisted rank
- British Army other ranks rank insignia
- Royal Navy ratings rank insignia
- RAF other ranks
References
^ "PACMAN Chapter 3 Part 1 Part B Division 5: Salary (Other Ranks)". Defence.gov.au. Retrieved 2014-02-08..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Berman, Gavin; Rutherford, Tom (2013-09-19). "Defence personnel statistics (SN/SG/02183)" (PDF). House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
^ Royal Navy. "Life as a Rating". Royal Navy. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
^ Roll of Honour of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
^ Valerie Anderson, Race and Power in British India: Anglo-Indians, Class and Identity in the Nineteenth Century, 2015
^ Paul Knight, The British Army in Mesopotamia, 1914–1918, 2013
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