Comparative army enlisted ranks of the Commonwealth

Summary

Rank comparison chart of armies/land forces of Commonwealth of Nations states.

Enlisted edit

Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
  Antigua and Barbuda Regiment[1]
            No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)


  Australian Army[2]
            No insignia
Regimental sergeant major of the army Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)


  Bahamas No army


  Bangladesh Army[3]
       
     
মাস্টার ওয়ারেন্ট অফিসার
Māsṭāra ōẏārēnṭa aphisāra
সিনিয়র ওয়ারেন্ট অফিসার
Siniẏara ōẏārēnṭa aphisāra
ওয়ারেন্ট অফিসার
Ōẏārēnṭa aphisāra
সার্জেন্ট
Sārjēnṭa
কর্পোর‍্যাল
Karpōra‍yāla
ল্যান্স কর্পোর‍্যাল
Lyānsa karpōra‍yāla
সৈনিক
Sainika


  Barbados Regiment[4]
         
    No insignia
Warrant Officer Class 1 Warrant Officer Class 2 Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance Corporal Private
(or equivalent)


  Belize Defence Force
       
    No insignia
Warrant Officer Class 1 Warrant Officer Class 2 Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance Corporal Private
(or equivalent)


  Botswana Ground Force[5]
            No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)


  Royal Brunei Land Forces[6]
       
    No insignia
Pegawai waran 1 Pegawai waran 2 Staf sarjan Sarjan Koperal Lans koperal Prebet/Soldadu
  Cameroon Ground Forces
               
Adjudant-chef Adjudant Sergent-chef Sergent Caporal-chef Caporal Soldat Première Soldat


  Canadian Army[7]
               
Chief warrant officer Master warrant officer Warrant officer Sergeant Master corporal Corporal Private (trained) Private (basic)
Adjudant-chef Adjudant-maître Adjudant Sergent Caporal-chef Caporal Soldat (formé) Soldat (confirmé)


  Cypriot Ground Forces[8]
                Arm/corps insignia only
Ανθυπασπιστής
Anthypaspistís
Αρχιλοχίας
Archilochías
Επιλοχίας
Epilochías
Λοχίας
Lochías
Έφεδρος Λοχίας
Éfedros Lochías
Δεκανέας
Dekanéas
Υποδεκανέας
Ypodekanéas
Στρατιώτης
Stratiótis


  Dominica No army


  Falkland Islands Defence Force
     
    No insignia
Warrant officer class 2
(Permanent Staff Instructor)
Colour sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private


  Fiji Infantry Regiment
       
    No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)
  Gabonese Army
                 
Adjudant-chef major Adjudant-chef Adjudant Sergent-chef Sergent Caporal-chef Caporal Soldat première Soldat


  Ghana Army
            No insignia
Warrant Officer Class 1 Warrant Officer Class 2 Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance Corporal Private
(or equivalent)


  Grenada No army


  Guyana Army[9]
              No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)


  Indian Army[10]
            No insignia
Subedar-major
सूबेदार मेजर
Subedar
सूबेदार
Naib subedar
नायब सूबेदार
Havildar
हवलदार
Naik
नायक
Lance naik
लांस नायक
Sepoy
सिपाही


Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
  Jamaican Army[11]
                    No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)


  Kenya Army[12]
            No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)


  Kiribati No army


  Lesotho Army[13]
            No insignia
Warrant Officer Class 1 Warrant Officer Class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)


  Malawi Army
            No insignia
Warrant Officer Class 1 Warrant Officer Class 2 Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance Corporal Private
(or equivalent)


  Malaysian Army[14]
            No insignia
Pegawai waran I Pegawai waran II Staf sarjan Sarjan Koperal Lans koperal Prebet Rekrut


  Army of Malta[15]
       
    No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Bombardier Lance bombardier Gunner
(or equivalent)


  Mauritius No army


  Mozambican Army
           
Intendente Primeiro-sargento Segundo-sargento Terceiro-sargento Cabo Primeiro soldado


  Namibian Army[16]
            No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)


  Nauru No army


  New Zealand Army[17]
            No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)


  Nigerian Army[18]
              No insignia
Army warrant officer Master warrant officer Warrant officer Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)


  Pakistan Army[19]
            No insignia
Subedar-major
صوبیدار میجر
Subedar
صوبیدار
Naib subedar
نائب صوبیدار
Havildar
حوالدار
Naik
نائیک
Lance naik
لانس نائیک
Sepoy
سپاہی


  Papua New Guinea Land Element
            No insignia
Warrant officer class 1
?
Warrant officer class 2
?
Staff sergeant
Plag Sajen
Sergeant
Sajen
Corporal
Kopul
Lance corporal
Lans Kopul
Private
Praivet


  Rwandan Land Forces[20]
            No insignia
Warrant officer I Warrant officer II Sergeant major Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Private


  SKN Regiment[21]
            No insignia
Warrant officer 1 Warrant officer 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private


Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
  Saint Lucia No army


  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines No army


  Samoa No army


  Seychelles Infantry Unit[22]
            No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)


  Sierra Leone Army
            No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)


  Singapore Army[23]
                  No insignia No insignia
Master sergeant Staff sergeant First sergeant Second sergeant Third sergeant Corporal first class Corporal Lance corporal Private first class Private Recruit


  Solomon Islands No army


  South African Army[24]
            No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)


  Sri Lanka Army[25][26]
            No insignia
Warrant officer class I Warrant officer class II Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal/
Bombardier
Lance corporal/
Lance bombardier
Private
(or equivalent)


  Eswatini Army
            No insignia
Warrant Officer Class 1 Warrant Officer Class 2 Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance Corporal Private
(or equivalent)


  Tanzanian Army
            No insignia
Warrant officer class 1
Afisa Mteule Daraja la Kwanza
Warrant officer class 2
Afisa Mteule Daraja la Pili
Staff sergeant
Sajinitaji
Sergeant
Sajenti
Corporal
Koplo
Lance corporal
Koplo Usu
Private
(or equivalent)


  Togolese Army[27]
                No insignia
Major Adjudant-chef Adjudant Sergent-chef Sergent Caporal-chef Caporal Soldat de 1ère classe Soldat de 2e classe


  Tongan Land Component[28]
       
    No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)


  Trinidad and Tobago Regiment[29]
            No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private


  Tuvalu No army


  Ugandan Land Forces[30]
            No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)


  British Army[31]
             
    No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff/Colour sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)
  Vanuatu Mobile Forces
   
       
Warrant Officer
Class 1
Warrant Officer
Class 2
Staff Sergeant
Staf Sajen
Sergeant
Sajen
Corporal
Kofol
Lance Corporal Constable
Polis
Recruit
Rikrut


  Zambian Army
            No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)


Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted

See also edit

Notes edit

Footnotes edit

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  2. ^ "Badges of rank" (PDF). defence.gov.au. Department of Defence (Australia). Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Ranks & insignia". joinbangladesharmy.army.mil.bd. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Barbados Defence Force Medal Ceremony". YouTube. Barbados Defence Force. 18 Jul 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Ranks". Government of Botswana. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Akta Angkatan Bersenjata Diraja Brunei (Penggal 149)" [Royal Brunei Armed Forces Act (Chapter 149)] (PDF). AGC.gov.bn (in Malay). Attorney General's Chambers, Prime Minister's Office, Brunei Darussalam. 16 December 2013. pp. 1999–2000. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Ranks and appointment". canada.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Βαθμοί" [Ranks]. army.gov.cy (in Greek). Cypriot National Guard. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  9. ^ Merrill, Tim (1993). Guyana and Belize: country studies. Library of Congress. p. 138. LCCN 93010956. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Indian Army Rank Badges". indianarmy.nic.in. Indian Army. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  11. ^ "BADGES OF RANK". Official Jamaica Defence Force Website. 2019. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  12. ^ "KDF Ranks". mod.go.ke. Ministry of Defence - Kenya. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  13. ^ "Ranks in the Army". Lesotho Defence Force. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Kategori Pangkat". army.mod.gov.my/ (in Malagasy). Malaysian Army. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Rank Insignia". afm.gov.mt. Armed Forces of Malta. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Government Notice" (PDF). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. Vol. 4547. 20 August 2010. pp. 99–102. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  17. ^ "Badges of Rank" (PDF). nzdf.mil.nz. New Zealand Defence Force. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  18. ^ Smaldone, Joseph P. (1992). "National Security". In Metz, Helen Chapin (ed.). Nigeria: a country study. Area Handbook (5th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. pp. 296–297. LCCN 92009026. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
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  20. ^ "RDF Insignia". mod.gov.rw. Government of the Republic of Rwanda. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  21. ^ SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS DEFENCE FORCE ACT. Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis. 31 December 2009. pp. 110–111.
  22. ^ "Rank structure". spdf.sc. Seychelles People's Defence Forces. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
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  26. ^ "Other Ranks". army.lk. Sri Lanka Army. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  27. ^ "Journal officiel de la république togolaise" (PDF) (in French). 12 February 2008. Retrieved 16 June 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 (Enlisted)". 69.0.195.188. Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
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