Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In 1793, during the French Revolution, the rank of field marshal was replaced by the rank of brigade general. The rank insignia of field marshal was two stars (one-star being used for a senior colonel rank). The French field marshal rank was below lieutenant-general, which in 1793 became divisional-general.
Before 1767, there were no definite badges for Field Marshals and general officers. In 1767, the British Army issued an order to distinguish Field Marshals (once the rank was established in 1813) and different graded General officers by the combination of chevron-shaped ess pattern laces on the sleeve. Field Marshal: Evenly spaced six laces.
Four field marshals were also recipients of the Victoria Cross, the UK's highest award for gallantry. The vast majority of officers to hold the rank of field marshal were professional soldiers in the British Army, though eleven served as officers in the British Indian Army. At least fifty-seven field marshals were wounded in battle earlier in ...
Surviving Serbian field marshals retained their ranks in Yugoslavia. 16 August 1921 - HM King Alexander I (1888–1934) 9 October 1934 - HM King Peter II (1923–1970) 29 November 1943 - Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980)
Air vice marshal: Air commodore: Star rank Five-star rank Four-star rank Three-star rank Two-star rank One-star rank Ref. [a] Sri Lanka Army [14] [15] Field marshal: General: Lieutenant general: Major general: Brigadier Sri Lanka Navy [14] [15] Admiral: Vice admiral: Rear admiral: Commodore Sri Lanka Air Force [14] [15] Air Chief Marshal: Air ...
Generaloberst was the second-highest general officer rank, below field marshal, in the Prussian Army as well as in the German Empire (1871–1918), the Weimar Republic (1921–1933), the Wehrmacht (which included the Luftwaffe, established in 1935) of Nazi Germany (1933–45) and the East German Nationale Volksarmee (1949–1991).
In some forces, there may be one or more superior ranks to the common examples, above, that are given distinguishing titles, such as field marshal (most armies of the world, notably excluding the United States) or general of the army (mainly the United States because "marshal" is used as a peace officer's designation), fleet admiral , Marshal ...
Field marshal: Admiral of the fleet: Marshal of the air force: General or colonel general or army general: Admiral: Air chief marshal: Lieutenant general or army corps general: Vice admiral: Air marshal: Major general or divisional general: Rear admiral or Counter admiral: Air vice-marshal: Brigadier or brigadier general: Commodore or flotilla ...