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British Army officer rank insignia. Listed in the table below are the insignia—emblems of authority—of the British Army. Badges for field officers were introduced in 1810 and the insignia was moved to the epaulettes in 1880. On ceremonial or parade uniforms these ranks continue to be worn on the epaulettes, either as cloth slides or as ...
The first break in rotational order was precipitated by the death of Marshal of the RAF Sir Andrew Humphrey. From the creation of the post until 1997, the Chief of the Defence Staff was appointed to the highest rank in the respective branch of the British armed forces to which he belonged, being an admiral of the Fleet , a field marshal or marshal of the Royal Air Force , ( NATO rank code OF-10 ).
Bernard Montgomery. Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC, DL ( / məntˈɡʌməri ... ˈæləmeɪn /; 17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed " Monty ", was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence and the Second World War .
Field Marshal Sir Richard Amyatt Hull, KG, GCB, DSO, DL (7 May 1907 – 17 September 1989) was a senior British Army officer. He was the last Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), holding the post from 1961 to 1964, and the first Chief of the General Staff (CGS), holding that post until 1965, and, as such, was the professional head of the British Army.
Claude Auchinleck. Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, ( / ˌɒxɪnˈlɛk / OKH-in-LEK ), GCB, GCIE, CSI, DSO, OBE (21 June 1884 – 23 March 1981), was a British Indian Army commander who saw active service during the world wars. A career soldier who spent much of his military career in India, he rose to become commander-in-chief of ...
Military career of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. George White (British Army officer) William II of the Netherlands. Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh. Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh. Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet.
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener ( / ˈkɪtʃɪnər /; 24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. Kitchener came to prominence for his imperial campaigns, his involvement in the Second Boer War, [1] [2] and his central role in the early part of the First World War .
