not exactly history but... army ranks

[sudu]

in the army what are the ranks of officers? (eg lowest rank(sgt?) to highest rank(general?))

[coyn]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army_officer_rank_i nsignia

[Buenchico]

Coyn's link is accurate but only refers to officer ranks. The full list is here:
http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Information/ranksmilit ary.htm

Chris

[coyn]

Thats because Chris the question was:

in the army what are the ranks of officers?

[Skids]

Yes coyn, but sudu also thought that Sergeant was the lowest officer rank.

Royal Navy / Army / RAF officer ranks

Admiral / General / Air Chief Marshal

Vice Admiral / Lieutenant General / Air Marshal

Rear Admiral / Major General / Air Vice Marshal

Commodore / Brigadier / Air Commodore

Captain / Colonel / Group Captain

Commander / Lieutenant Colonel / Wing Commander

Lieutenant Commander / Major / Squadron Leader

Lieutenant / Captain / Flight Lieutenant

Sub-Lieutenant / Lieutenant / Flying Officer

Sub-Lieutenant / 2nd Lieutenant / Pilot Officer

Royal Navy / Army / RAF other ranks

Warrant Officer 1 / Warrrant Officer 1 / Warrant Officer

Warrant Officer 2 / Warrant Officer 2 / (no equivalent)

Chief Petty Officer / Staff Sergeant / Flight Sergeant

Petty Officer / Sergeant / Sergeant

Leading Rate / Corporal / Corporal

(no equivalent) / Lance Corporal / (no equivalent)

Able Rate 1 / Private / Senior Aircraftman

Able Rate 2 / Private / Leading Aircraftman

[TallyHO]

The lowest officer rank is Lance Corporal who is a NCO (Non Commissioned Officer). There is a difference between Commissioned and Non Commissioned. Sergeant is the Oldest rank on record and dates back to the 10th centuary. Officer ranks were introduced much later.