LukeFF Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 According to the manual, the lowest Commonwealth rank in the game is Lance Corporal. Were there no Privates in the British and Commonwealth forces during WWII? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnulf Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Yes, and they were all 3 ranks higher than you... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7thGalaxy Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 And no mention of the household cavalry ranks - Queen Victoria didn't like the word Sergeant, so they got called Corporal of the horse instead, all the way up to Regimental Corporal Major. I have a feeling they'd have been the light armour and Recce forces. I seem to remember a story of some household Calvary driving an armoured car through the enemy lines, and back again to pick up intel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrailApe Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Private/Trooper/Gunner/Fusilier/Rifleman/Guardsman etc etc Lance Jack Full Screw Sarn't Colour/Staff Sargeant Various Sargeant Majors (Company/Troop/Battery etc) Regimental Sergeant Major Ruperts and Rodneys 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 There was no rank badge for privates, therefore no badge = private. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MengJiaoRedux Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 And no mention of the household cavalry ranks - Queen Victoria didn't like the word Sergeant, so they got called Corporal of the horse instead, all the way up to Regimental Corporal Major. I have a feeling they'd have been the light armour and Recce forces. I seem to remember a story of some household Calvary driving an armoured car through the enemy lines, and back again to pick up intel. Yes. A very posh formation. There was a squadron for Belgian aristocrats and they took at least one bridge by dismounting and attacking at night with knives. Poor jerry! Can you imagine the insult to injury of being swarmed over by a squadron of dismounted Household Cavalry waving knives and hissing in French in the dark? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7thGalaxy Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 I was a Blues & Royal cadet back in my school days. Not that we had that much to do with them! Just slightly odd names for our NCO ranks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 There was no rank badge for privates, therefore no badge = private. Cool, thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 There was no rank badge for privates, therefore no badge = private. I've been checking around, and so far I've yet to see a British Private depicted in the game. Are you sure they are there? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Yes. A very posh formation. There was a squadron for Belgian aristocrats and they took at least one bridge by dismounting and attacking at night with knives. Poor jerry! Can you imagine the insult to injury of being swarmed over by a squadron of dismounted Household Cavalry waving knives and hissing in French in the dark? Great take on the story : ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 It's entirely probable that Privates are not put in charge of independent teams, so you would never see them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted April 2, 2012 Author Share Posted April 2, 2012 It's entirely probable that Privates are not put in charge of independent teams, so you would never see them. Good point. I also noticed from the manual that U.S. Army rank of Private is not listed, but they do show up in the game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor Malan2 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Private/Trooper/Gunner/Fusilier/Rifleman/Guardsman etc etc... A colleague of mine (ex Navy) says that there is no such thing as the Army -there just a collection of regiments. If you ever see them all in uniform, you will see what he means - Uniform they are not! My favourite is officers' mess dress. Army is varied, colourful and stylish, Navy is historic and uniform. RAF is really nothing to look at.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 Ah, so here's another one I've been looking at: Warrant Officer Class III. According to what I found in my research, this rank was short-lived: Platoon sergeant major (PSM) was an appointment in the British Army in the short-lived rank of warrant officer class III (WOIII), created in 1938. The platoon sergeant major, and his cavalry counterpart, the troop sergeant major, were part of an experiment in giving experienced NCOs command of units formerly reserved for commissioned officers (platoons and troops). The experiment was not considered a success, and no promotions were made to the rank after 1940: most existing WOIIIs were commissioned as lieutenants. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platoon_Sergeant_Major ) If that's really the case, then why did BF bother depicting it for a game set in 1944? :confused: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrailApe Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 most existing WOIIIs were commissioned as lieutenants. 'Most' implies 'not all', therefore there could have been a few WO3's knocking about in Normandy. Apparently the rank was not abolished until 1947. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 http://www.flickr.com/photos/33894481@N04/6134304488/ This collection has a couple of WO III graves. Approximately 3000+ photos in this set 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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