Comments on: British Army Awards And Badges http://www.whats-the-question.co.uk/british-awards-and-badges.html Thought provoking crap on a blog :-) Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:10:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: john http://www.whats-the-question.co.uk/british-awards-and-badges.html/comment-page-1#comment-10397 john Thu, 19 May 2011 22:28:11 +0000 http://www.whats-the-question.co.uk/?p=61#comment-10397 i am a saa instructor and have just been promoted to WO2 , can i wear my cross rifles on my right arm under my crown?......need to know asap please i am a saa instructor and have just been promoted to WO2 , can i wear my cross rifles on my right arm under my crown?……need to know asap please

]]> By: squid http://www.whats-the-question.co.uk/british-awards-and-badges.html/comment-page-1#comment-10395 squid Thu, 19 May 2011 19:22:00 +0000 http://www.whats-the-question.co.uk/?p=61#comment-10395 The way you describe it sounds like a drum sergeant major or of similar ilk The way you describe it sounds like a drum sergeant major or of similar ilk

]]> By: Gilbert http://www.whats-the-question.co.uk/british-awards-and-badges.html/comment-page-1#comment-10386 Gilbert Wed, 18 May 2011 13:06:11 +0000 http://www.whats-the-question.co.uk/?p=61#comment-10386 "5 chevrons pointing down & 1 pointing up". This sounds more like US insignia than British. “5 chevrons pointing down & 1 pointing up”.
This sounds more like US insignia than British.

]]> By: Jerrie Hoge http://www.whats-the-question.co.uk/british-awards-and-badges.html/comment-page-1#comment-10371 Jerrie Hoge Tue, 17 May 2011 16:02:30 +0000 http://www.whats-the-question.co.uk/?p=61#comment-10371 I have a silver colored metal tie tack with what looks like 5 chevrons pointing down & 1 pointing up w/small indistinct symbol at the very top. British? What rank? Jerrie I have a silver colored metal tie tack with what looks like 5 chevrons pointing down & 1 pointing up w/small indistinct symbol at the very top. British? What rank? Jerrie

]]> By: Gilbert http://www.whats-the-question.co.uk/british-awards-and-badges.html/comment-page-1#comment-10008 Gilbert Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:42:10 +0000 http://www.whats-the-question.co.uk/?p=61#comment-10008 Remembering that in the British Army, Regimental Sergeant Major is an appointment, not a rank:- The badge you display as the insignia of a Regimental Sergeant Major is in fact the rank badge of a Warrant Officer Class 1. Not all Warrant Officers Class 1 are appointed Regimental Sergeants Major. How do you differentiate between a Warrant Officer Class 1 who has been appointed Regimental Sergeant Major and a Warrant Officer Class 1 who holds a different appointment? Remembering that in the British Army, Regimental Sergeant Major is an appointment, not a rank:-

The badge you display as the insignia of a Regimental Sergeant Major is in fact the rank badge of a Warrant Officer Class 1. Not all Warrant Officers Class 1 are appointed Regimental Sergeants Major.

How do you differentiate between a Warrant Officer Class 1 who has been appointed Regimental Sergeant Major and a Warrant Officer Class 1 who holds a different appointment?

]]> By: Mark http://www.whats-the-question.co.uk/british-awards-and-badges.html/comment-page-1#comment-1853 Mark Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:16:56 +0000 http://www.whats-the-question.co.uk/?p=61#comment-1853 "Sergeant Major is no longer a rank in the British Army" - this was never a rank but an appointment, the correct rank is Warrant Officer Class 2, the job carried out is CSM, BSM etc “Sergeant Major is no longer a rank in the British Army” – this was never a rank but an appointment, the correct rank is Warrant Officer Class 2, the job carried out is CSM, BSM etc

]]> By: Jeffrey http://www.whats-the-question.co.uk/british-awards-and-badges.html/comment-page-1#comment-423 Jeffrey Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:48:49 +0000 http://www.whats-the-question.co.uk/?p=61#comment-423 Royal Anglian Regt.: In No.2 Dress, do seargents where the white courlene belt with the brass buckle or the chrome plate with regimental badge? I understand that colour seargents where the plate, but I'm not sure of seargents. Royal Anglian Regt.: In No.2 Dress, do seargents where the white courlene belt with the brass buckle or the chrome plate with regimental badge? I understand that colour seargents where the plate, but I’m not sure of seargents.

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