Military ranks of women's services in WWII
The Military ranks of Women's Services in WWII are the military insignia used by the various all female military services and units during World War II.
Germany[]
Italian Social Republic[]
- Officers
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Female Auxiliary Service |
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Comandante generale | Vice comandante generale | Ispettrice | Comandante raggruppamento | Comandante provinciale | Vice comandante provinciale | Comandante di gruppo |
- Enlisted
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Female Auxiliary Service |
No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capo nucleo | Vice capo nucleo | Ausiliaria scelta | Ausiliaria |
United Kingdom[]
- Officers
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Women's Transport Service (1938–1945) |
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Commandant | Staff Commander | Commander | Captain | Lieutenant | Ensign | Cadet Ensign
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Auxiliary Territorial Service (1938–1941) |
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Chief Controller | Senior Controller | Controller | Chief Commandant | Senior Commandant | Company Commander | Deputy Company Commander | Company Assistant
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Auxiliary Territorial Service (1941–1949) |
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Chief Controller | Senior Controller | Controller | Chief Commander | Senior Commander | Junior Commander | Subaltern | Second Subaltern
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Mechanised Transport Corps |
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Corps Commandant | Senior Commandant | Commandant | Commander | Captain | Lieutenant | Ensign
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Rank group | General/flag officers | Field/senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1939-1940) |
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Senior Controller | Controller | Chief Commandant | Senior Commandant | Company Commander | Deputy Company Commander | Company Assistant
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Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1940-1949)[1] |
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Air Chief Commandant[note 1] | Air Commandant | Group Officer | Wing Officer | Squadron Officer | Flight Officer | Section Officer | Assistant Section Officer
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Women's Royal Naval Service |
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(1939–1940)[2] | Director | Deputy Director | Superintendent | Chief Officer | First Officer | Second Officer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1941–1945)[3] | Superintendent | Chief Officer | First Officer | Second Officer | Third Officer
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Rank group | General/flag officers | Field/senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet |
- Enlisted ranks
Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Women's Transport Service (1938–1945) |
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Warrant Officer Class II | Sergeant | Corporal | Lance Corporal | Driver
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Auxiliary Territorial Service (1938–1941) |
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Senior Leader | Section Leader | Sub-Leader | Chief Volunteer | Volunteer
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Auxiliary Territorial Service (1941–1949) |
No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant Officer Class I | Warrant Officer Class II | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant | Corporal Bombardier[note 2] |
Lance Corporal Lance Bombardier[note 3] |
Private Gunner[note 4]
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Mechanised Transport Corps |
No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Company Cadet Officer | Section Cadet Officer | Cadet Officer | Driver | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1939-1940) |
No insignia | No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior Section Leader | Section Leader | Assistant Section Leader | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class
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Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1940-1949) |
No insignia | No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warrant officer[note 5] | Flight Sergeant[note 6] | Sergeant | Corporal | Leading Aircraftwoman | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class
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Women's Royal Naval Service (1939–1952) |
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Chief Wren | Petty Officer Wren | Leading Wren | Wren | Ordinary Wren | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted |
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ Talbot-Booth, E.C. (1943). Ranks and Badges in the Navy, Army, RAF and Auxiliaries (PDF). London: George Philip & Son, Ltd. p. 31.
- ^ Coleman, E.C. (2011). Rank and Rate Volume II. The Crowood Press.
- ^ Talbot-Booth, E.C. (1943). Ranks and Badges in the Navy, Army, RAF and Auxiliaries (PDF). London: George Philip & Son, Ltd. p. 30.
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