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British army rank structure
Category: Miscellaneous Asked by: mas30519-ga List Price: $2.00 |
Posted:
07 Mar 2006 16:37 PST
Expires: 07 Mar 2006 18:50 PST Question ID: 704730 |
In the British army, if Major is a higher rank than Lieutenant then why is Lieutenant General a higher rank than Major General? |
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Re: British army rank structure
From: aimhigh_ya-ga on 07 Mar 2006 17:20 PST |
The answer is YES according to: http://www.geocities.com/commentariat/policerank.htm |
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Re: British army rank structure
From: mas30519-ga on 07 Mar 2006 18:38 PST |
Thanks but it doesn't really answer the question, does it |
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Re: British army rank structure
From: hardtofindbooks-ga on 07 Mar 2006 18:39 PST |
They are both due to contractions, Lieutenant Generals were junior to Captain Generals (now contracted to Generals). Major General is a contraction of Sergeant Major General. see http://militarystuff.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ranks.html |
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