Comparative army officer ranks of Anglophone countries

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Rank comparison chart of officers for armies/land forces of Anglophone states.

Officers

Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Regiment[1]
Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet


 Australian Army[2]
Field marshal General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet Staff cadet


The Bahamas Bahamas No army


Barbados Barbados Regiment[3]
Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet


Belize Defence Force
 Major-General Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet
Major-general
 Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet


 Botswana Ground Force[4]
Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
 
Burundi Army[5]
Général Lieutenant-général Général-major Général de brigade Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Major Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant
Jenerai Riyetena jenerai Jenerai majoro Jenerai wa birigade Koroneri Riyetena koroneri Majoro Kapitene Riyetena Suriyetena
Cameroon Ground Forces
Général d'armée
Général de corps
 		Général de division Général de brigade Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel
Commandant
 		Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-Lieutenant
 Canadian Army[6][7]
General Lieutenant-general Major-general Brigadier-general Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet
Général(e) Lieutenant(e)-général(e) Major(e)-général(e) Brigadier(ère)-général(e) Colonel(le) Lieutenant(e)-colonel(le) Major(e) Capitaine Lieutenant(e) Sous-lieutenant(e) Élève-officier(ère)
Dominica
 No army


Umbutfo Eswatini Defence Force
Commander in Chief
General
 Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant


Fiji Infantry Regiment
Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet


 
Gambian National Army
General
 Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major
Captain
 First lieutenant Second lieutenant


 Ghana Army
Field marshal
General
 Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant


Grenada
 No army


Guyana Army[8]
Commander-in-Chief Minister of Defence Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Ensign
Officer Cadet


 Indian Army[9]
 No insignia
Field marshal
फील्ड मार्शल 		General
जनरल 		Lieutenant general
लेफ्टिनेंट जनरल 		Major general
मेजर जनरल 		Brigadier
ब्रिगेडियर 		Colonel
कर्नल 		Lieutenant colonel
लेफ्टिनेंट कर्नल 		Major
मेजर 		Captain
कैप्टन 		Lieutenant
लेफ्टिनेंट 		Officer cadet
 Irish Army[10][11]
Lieutenant-general Major-general Brigadier-general Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Commandant
Captain
 Lieutenant Second-Lieutenant
Lefteanant-ghinearál Maor-ghinearál Briogáidire-ghinearál Cornal Lefteanant-chornal Ceannfort Captaen Lefteanant Dara-lefteanant


Jamaican Army[12]
Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Officer Cadet


 Kenya Army[13]
Commander-in-Chief
General
 Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major
Captain
 Lieutenant Second lieutenant


Kiribati Kiribati No army


 
Lesotho Army[14]
Field marshal Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet


Liberian Ground Forces[15]
Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major
Captain
 First lieutenant Second lieutenant


 Malawi Army
General
 Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major
Captain
 Lieutenant
2nd Lieutenant


Army of Malta[16]
Brigadier
Brigadier 		Colonel
Kurunell 		Lieutenant colonel
Logutenent kurunell 		Major
Maġġur 		Captain
Kaptan 		Lieutenant
Logutenent 		Second lieutenant
Sekond logutenent


Marshall Islands
 No army


Mauritius
 No army


Federated States of Micronesia
 No army


 Namibian Army[17]
General
 Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet


Nauru
 No army


 New Zealand Army[18]
 Field marshal Lieutenant-general Major-general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Various
Field marshal
Lieutenant-general
Major-general
 Brigadier Colonel
Lieutenant-colonel
 Major Captain Lieutenant
Second lieutenant
 Officer cadet


 Nigerian Army[19]
Field marshal
 General
Lieutenant general
Major general
Brigadier-general
 Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant


 Pakistan Army[20]
Field marshal
فیلڈ مارشل 		General
جنرل 		Lieutenant general
لیفٹیننٹ جنرل 		Major general
میجر جنرل 		Brigadier
بریگیڈیئر 		Colonel
کرنل 		Lieutenant colonel
لیفٹیننٹ کرنل 		Major
میجر 		Captain
کیپٹن 		Lieutenant
لیفٹنینٹ 		Second lieutenant
سیکنڈ لیفٹیننٹ


Palau
 No army


Papua New Guinea Land Element
Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant Senior officer cadet Junior officer cadet


 Philippine Army[21]
 General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Lieutenant Commandant First Lieutenant Sub-Lieutenant
General
 Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
 Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant


Rwandan Land Forces[22]
General
 Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant


SKN Regiment[23]
 Lieutenant-Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet
Lieutenant-colonel
 Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Officer Cadet


Saint Lucia Saint Lucia No army


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines No army


Samoa Samoa No army


Seychelles Army[24]
Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet


 
Sierra Leone Army
General
 Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major
Captain
 First lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet


 Singapore Army[25]
 No insignia yet
General
 Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Senior lieutenant colonel Lieutenant colonel Major
Captain
 Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Officer cadet


Solomon Islands Solomon Islands No army


 South African Army[26]
General
 Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant 2nd lieutenant Candidate officer


 
South Sudan Army
Field marshal
General
 Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant


 
Sudanese Army[27]
مشیر
Mushir 		فريق أول‎‎
Fariq 'awal
 		فريق
Fariq
 		لواء
Liwa 		عميد
Amid 		عقيد
Aqid 		مقدم
Muqaddam 		رائد
Ra'id 		نقيب
Naqib 		ملازم أول
Mulazim awwal
 		ملازم
Mulazim


Tanzanian Army
Jenerali
 		Luteni jenerali Meja jenerali Brigedia jenerali Kanali Luteni kanali Meja Kapteni Luteni Luteni usu Ofisa mteule


Tongan Land Component[28]
Commander-in-chief Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Ensign Officer cadet


 Trinidad and Tobago Regiment[29]
Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet


Tuvalu
 No army


 Ugandan Land Forces[30]
General
 Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major
Captain
 Lieutenant
Second Lieutenant


 British Army[31]
 Field marshal General Lieutenant-general Major-general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet
Field marshal
 General Lieutenant-general
Major-general
 Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet


 United States Army[32]
 General of the Army General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant Various
General of the Army General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant Cadet / Officer candidate


Vanuatu Mobile Forces
Major general
Bigfala Jenerol 		Brigadier Colonel
Kolonel 		Lieutenant colonel
Lietnen Kolonel 		Major
Bigfala 		Captain
Kapten 		First lieutenant
Fas Lietnen 		Second lieutenant
Seken Lietnen 		Officer cadet


 Zambian Army
General
 Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major
Captain
 Lieutenant
Second Lieutenant


 Zimbabwe National Army[33]
General
 Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant


Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet

References

  1. ^ Antigua & Barbuda Defence Force. "Paratus" (PDF). Regional Publications Ltd. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Badges of rank" (PDF). defence.gov.au. Department of Defence (Australia). Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Barbados Defence Force Medal Ceremony". YouTube. Barbados Defence Force. 18 Jul 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Ranks". Government of Botswana. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Loi organique N°1/ 04 du 20 février 2017 portant Missions, Organisation, Composition, Instruction, Conditions de service et Fonctionnement de la Force de Défense Nationale du Burundi" (PDF). fdnb.bi/ (in French). Government of Burundi. p. 45. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Ranks and appointment". canada.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  7. ^ "The Canadian Armed Forces modernizes military ranks in French". Canada. Government of Canada. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  8. LCCN 93010956
    . Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Indian Army Rank Badges". indianarmy.nic.in. Indian Army. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Army Rank Markings". military.ie. Defence Forces (Ireland). Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Irish Military Insignia". irishmilitaryinsignia.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2007.
  12. ^ "BADGES OF RANK". Official Jamaica Defence Force Website. 2019. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  13. ^ "KDF Ranks". mod.go.ke. Ministry of Defence - Kenya. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  14. ^ "Ranks in the Army". Lesotho Defence Force. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Defense Act of 2008" (PDF). 3 September 2008. p. 8. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  16. ^ "Rank Insignia". afm.gov.mt. Armed Forces of Malta. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  17. ^ "Government Notice" (PDF). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. Vol. 4547. 20 August 2010. pp. 99–102. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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  19. LCCN 92009026
    . Retrieved 21 October 2021.
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  22. ^ "RDF Insignia". mod.gov.rw. Government of the Republic of Rwanda. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  23. ^ SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS DEFENCE FORCE ACT. Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis. 31 December 2009. pp. 110–111.
  24. ^ "Rank structure". spdf.sc. Seychelles People's Defence Forces. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  25. ^ "SAF Rank Insignias". mindef.gov.sg. Ministry of Defence (Singapore). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  26. ^ "Uniform: Rank insignia". army.mil.za. Department of Defence (South Africa). Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  27. ^ "الرتب العسكرية" [Military ranks]. mod.gov.sd/ (in Arabic). Republic of Sudan Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original on 19 November 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  28. ^ "Tonga Defence Services (Amendment) Regulations 2009" (PDF). Tonga Government Gazette Supplement Extraordinary. 5: 151–153. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  29. ^ "Rank Chart (Commissioned Officers)". 69.0.195.188. Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  30. ^ "Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces Act" (PDF). The Uganda Gazette. CXII (46). Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation: 1851–1854. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
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  33. LCCN 83-11946
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