Comparative army officer ranks of the Commonwealth
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Rank comparison chart of armies/ land forces of Commonwealth of Nations states.
Officers[]
Rank group | General/flag officers | Field/senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Antigua and Barbuda Regiment[1] |
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Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | First lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet
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Australian Army[2] |
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Field marshal | General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet | Staff cadet
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Bahamas | No army
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Bangladesh Army[3] |
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General জেনারেল |
Lieutenant general লেফটেন্যান্ট জেনারেল |
Major general মেজর জেনারেল |
Brigadier general ব্রিগেডিয়ার জেনারেল |
Colonel কর্নেল |
Lieutenant colonel লেফটেন্যান্ট কর্নেল |
Major মেজর |
Captain ক্যাপ্টেন |
Lieutenant লেফটেন্যান্ট |
Second lieutenant সেকেন্ড লেফটেন্যান্ট |
Officer cadet
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Barbados Regiment |
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Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | First lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet
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Belize Defence Force |
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Major-general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet
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Botswana Ground Force[4] |
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Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | First lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer Cadet
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Royal Brunei Land Forces[5] |
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Fil marsyal | Jeneral | Leftenan jeneral | Mejar jeneral | Brigedier jeneral | Kolonel | Leftenan kolonel | Mejar | Kapten | Leftenan | Leftenan muda | Pegawai kadet
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Cameroon Ground Forces |
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Général d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de division | Général de brigade | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant |
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Canadian Army[6] |
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General | Lieutenant-general | Major-general | Brigadier-general | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Général | Lieutenant-général | Major-général | Brigadier-général | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Major | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | Élève-officier
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Cypriot Ground Forces[7] |
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Αντιστράτηγος Antistrátigos |
Υποστράτηγος Ypostrátigos |
Ταξίαρχος Taxíarchos |
Συνταγματάρχης Syntagmatárchis |
Αντισυνταγματάρχης Antisyntagmatárchis |
Ταγματάρχης Tagmatárchis |
Λοχαγός Lochagós |
Υπολοχαγός Ypolochagós |
Ανθυπολοχαγός Anthypolochagós |
Δόκιμος Έφεδρος Αξιωματικός Dókimos Éfedros Axiomatikós
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Dominica | No army
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Falkland Islands Defence Force |
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Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant
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Fiji Infantry Regiment |
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Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet
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Ghana Army |
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Field marshal | General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant |
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Grenada | No army
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Guyana Army[8] |
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Commander-in-Chief | Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Ensign | Officer Cadet
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Indian Army[9] |
No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Field marshal फ़ील्ड मार्शल |
General जनरल |
Lieutenant general लेफ्टिनेंट - जनरल |
Major general मेजर - जनरल |
Brigadier ब्रिगेडियर |
Colonel कर्नल |
Lieutenant colonel लेफ्टिनेंट - कर्नल |
Major मेजर |
Captain कप्तान |
Lieutenant लेफ्टिनेंट |
Officer cadet
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Jamaican Army[10] |
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Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer Cadet
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Kenya Army[11] |
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Commander-in-Chief | General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant |
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Kiribati | No army
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Lesotho Army[12] |
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Field marshal | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet
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Malawi Army |
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General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | 2nd Lieutenant
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Malaysian Army[13] |
No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fil marsyal | Jeneral | Leftenan jeneral | Mejar jeneral | Brigedier jeneral | Kolonel | Leftenan kolonel | Mejar | Kapten | Leftenan | Leftenan muda | Pegawai kadet
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Army of Malta[14] |
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Brigadier Brigadier |
Colonel Kurunell |
Lieutenant colonel Logutenent kurunell |
Major Maġġur |
Captain Kaptan |
Lieutenant Logutenent |
Second lieutenant Sekond logutenent |
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Mauritius | No army
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Mozambican Army |
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Coronel-general | Tenente-general | Major-general | Coronel | Tenente-coronel | Major | Capitão | Tenente | Alferes |
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Namibian Army[15] |
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General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet
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Nauru | No army
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New Zealand Army[16] |
Various | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Field marshal | Lieutenant-general | Major-general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet
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Nigerian Army[17] |
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Field marshal | General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant
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Pakistan Army[18] |
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Field marshal فیلڈ مارشل |
General جنرل |
Lieutenant general لیفٹیننٹ جنرل |
Major general میجر جنرل |
Brigadier بریگیڈیئر |
Colonel کرنل |
Lieutenant colonel لیفٹیننٹ کرنل |
Major میجر |
Captain کیپٹن |
Lieutenant لیفٹنینٹ |
Second lieutenant سیکنڈ لیفٹیننٹ |
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Papua New Guinea Land Element |
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Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | First lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Senior officer cadet | Junior officer cadet
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Rwandan Land Forces[19] |
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General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant
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SKN Regiment[20] |
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Lieutenant-colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer Cadet
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Saint Lucia | No army
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | No army
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Samoa | No army
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Seychelles Infantry Unit[21] |
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Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet
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Sierra Leone Army |
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General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | First lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet
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Singapore Army[22] |
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General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Senior lieutenant colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet
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Solomon Islands | No army
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South African Army[23] |
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General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | 2nd lieutenant | Candidate officer
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Sri Lanka Army[24] |
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Field marshal | General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet
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Eswatini Army |
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Field marshal | General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | 2nd lieutenant |
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Tanzanian Army |
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Jenerali | Luteni jenerali | Meja jenerali | Brigedia jenerali | Kanali | Luteni kanali | Meja | Kapteni | Luteni | Luteni usu | Ofisa mteule
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Tongan Land Component[25] |
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Commander-in-chief | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Ensign | Officer cadet
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Trinidad and Tobago Regiment[26] |
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Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet
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Tuvalu | No army
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Ugandan Land Forces[27] |
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General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant |
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British Army[28] |
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Field marshal | General | Lieutenant-general | Major-general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet
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Vanuatu Mobile Forces |
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Major general Bigfala Jenerol |
Brigadier | Colonel Kolonel |
Lieutenant colonel Lietnen Kolonel |
Major Bigfala |
Captain Kapten |
First lieutenant Fas Lietnen |
Second lieutenant Seken Lietnen |
Officer cadet
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Zambian Army |
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General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | 2nd Lieutenant |
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Rank group | General/flag officers | Field/senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet |
Notes[]
References[]
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See also[]
- Comparative army officer ranks of the Americas
- Ranks and insignia of NATO armies officers
Categories:
- Military ranks of the Commonwealth
- Military comparisons