Colour sergeant
Colour sergeant (CSgt or C/Sgt) is a rank of non-commissioned officer found in several armies and marine corps.[1]
Australia
In the Australian Army, the rank of colour sergeant has only existed in the Corps of Staff Cadets at the Royal Military College, Duntroon.[2]
Canada
Colour sergeant is a rank in the
Canadian colour sergeants are addressed in the same manner as their British counterparts.
United Kingdom
Colour sergeant (CSgt or C/Sgt) is a non-commissioned title in the
The rank was introduced into British Army infantry regiments in 1813
Historically, colour sergeants of British line regiments protected
Colour sergeants are referred to and addressed as "Colour Sergeant" or "Colour" ("Colour Sergeant Hewitt" or "Colour Hewitt", for instance) in the Army, or as "Colour Sergeant" or "Colours" in the Royal Marines, and never by the more junior rank of "Sergeant". Unusually, NCOs with the rank of colour sergeant who hold the appointment of company quartermaster sergeant are still addressed and referred to by their rank, not their appointment. In Foot Guards regiments, colour sergeants are addressed as "Sir" and afforded the respect and privileges normally accorded to warrant officers. In The Rifles, the spelling "colour serjeant" is used, in common with other Rifles ranks and appointments including the word serjeant.[5]
In the Royal Marines Band Service, the bandmasters of the seven Royal Navy Volunteer Bands usually hold the rank of band colour sergeant.[6][7] The senior playing musician in a Royal Marines band also holds this rank, which replaced the rank of bandmaster in 1969.[8]
Colour sergeants and warrant officers form an important part of the instructor cadre at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.[9]
United States
Color sergeant is an NCO rank that was used historically in the United States Army, most recently during World War I.[citation needed] Within the United States Military Academy at West Point, the term is used to distinguish second class cadets who are assigned to a colour party (one bearer per colour plus two guards).[citation needed]. In the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, the rank is given to 3rd year cadets that are members of the Regimental Color Guard, with the exception of the guard's NCO-in-command, who holds the rank of cadet command color sergeant. All color sergeants in the VTCC must go through the guard's joining process (Tap) again, even if they served as cadet color corporals on the guard as sophomores.
The term is used in the
See also
- Comparative military ranks
References
- ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 731.
- ^ "The rank of Colour Sergeant in the Australian Army". www.diggerhistory.info. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Four-Company Battalions", The Times, 17 September 1913
- ^ "New Rates of Pay in the Army", The Times, 14 October 1913
- ^ "Colour Serjeant Kevin Charles Fortuna killed in Afghanistan", Ministry of Defence, 25 May 2011
- ^ "HMS Collingwood Volunteer Band support RAF100 event", Royal Navy, 20 April 2018
- ^ "Plymouth Royal Navy volunteer band success", Somerset County Gazette, 22 July 2014
- ^ "Royal Marines - Band Services - Introduction of the Rank of Band Colour Sergeant", 28 February 1969
- ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 29 January 2018.