What rank is a captain, and SOE agents

Aura | 11:08 Mon 04th Sep 2006 | History

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Can anyone tell me what rank a captain is (was) in the British army, and if they were ever involved as agents in SOE (Special Operatives Exhecutive) during the second world war?

Many thanks as I am trying to write a story, and don't want to get my facts wrong.

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dzug

Captain is a rank - not sure what you are trying to ask. He's an officer if that's what you mean.

SOE - no idea

Aura

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What rank would he be in the army? And did officers of that rank go undercover as secret agents?

dzug

He would be a captain - it's a rank in the British army.

Or is there some subtle point to your question that I'm missing?

jno

this guy seems to have been

http://www.camp198.fsnet.co.uk/Captain%20Ted%2 0Lees.htm

Skids

Captain is a commissioned rank in the Army, the third from the bottom, denoted by three stars (or 'pips'). Captains would be one of a number of ranks, commissioned and non-commissioned, that were employed in the SOE. Captain (as used by the British Army and the Royal Marines) is equivalent to Lieutenant in the Royal Navy and Flight Lieutenant in the RAF.

Aura

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Many thanks for your input, especially the link Jno. I appologise if I was a bit vague.

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