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Comparative officer ranks of World War I

Comparative officer ranks of World War I

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The following table shows comparative officer ranks of several Allied and Central powers during World War I.

For more detailed rank information, see relevant national rank pages.

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Notes

  1. Austro-Hungarian ranks are shown in both German and Hungarian, as would have been contemporary practice.
  2. Maréchal de France and Amiral de France were as much a dignity of state as a military title. Thus British Field Marshals consulted with French Generals in 1914. The elevation of Joseph Joffre to Maréchal in 1916 actually marked a diminution of his powers of command. There was no Amiral de France alive during World War I.
  3. Unofficial rank insignia.[14]
  4. There were four grades of Tenente generale: capo di stato maggiore esercito, in comando d'armata, in comando di corpo d'armata and in comando di divisione.
  5. There were two grades of Maggior generale: in comando di divisione and in comando di brigata.
  6. Almirante and Marechal were only honorary ranks, not held by anyone during World War I.
  7. The Portuguese Army had the particularity of having only a single rank of General Officer. A Portuguese General could be assigned to command from a brigade to the entire Army.
  8. Army/cavalry ranks shown. The cossack cavalry had distinct ranks.
  9. Cavalry rank: Rotmistr (Russian: Ротмистр)
  10. Cavalry rank: Shtabs-rotmistr (Russian: Штабс-ротмистр)
  11. Cavalry rank: Kornet (Russian: Корнет)
  12. Field Marshal of Serbia (Voivode) was the highest rank in the army of the Kingdom of Serbia. Radomir Putnik held title from beginning of the war since he was promoted in 1912.
  13. Like the Portuguese Army, the Serbian Army had only a single rank of General Officer. A Serbian General could be assigned to command from a division to the entire Army.
  14. The US rank Admiral of the Navy was a unique rank created for Admiral George Dewey after the Spanish–American War; it has never been held by any other person and debate still goes on over whether it was a "five-star" or "six-star" rank. General of the Armies is similarly ambiguous; it was granted to General Pershing at the end of the war, and previously had been held (or a rank of the same name had been held) by Generals Grant and Sherman after the Civil War, but its equivalency to modern ranks is disputed.

References

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    Bunkley 1918, pp. 187–189.
  2. [2]
    Williams 1918, p. 264.
  3. [3]
    Bunkley 1918, pp. 190–192.
  4. [4]
    Williams 1918, p. 268.
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    Bunkley 1918, p. 145.
  6. [6]
    Williams 1918, pp. 228–229.
  7. [7]
    Bunkley 1918, p. 151.
  8. [8]
    Williams 1918, pp. 218–220.
  9. [9]
    "Royal Navy Ranks and Badges, World War 1".
  10. [10]
    Jouineau 2009, p. 7.
  11. [11]
    Almanach Hachette 1917, p. 77.
  12. [12]
    Bunkley 1918, p. 161.
  13. [13]
    Williams 1918, p. 237.
  14. [14]
    Champeaux 2014, pp. 123–124.
  15. [15]
    Funcken & Funcken 1966, pp. 144–145.
  16. [16]
    Bunkley 1918, p. 167.
  17. [17]
    Williams 1918, p. 242.
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    Le Hunsec 2012, pp. 91–107.
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    Bunkley 1918, pp. 171–172.
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    Williams 1918, p. 282.
  21. [21]
    Bunkley 1918, pp. 174–175.
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    Williams 1918, p. 274.
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    Bunkley 1918, pp. 177–180.
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    Williams 1918, p. 246.
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    Bunkley 1918, pp. 181–183.
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    Williams 1918, p. 249.
  27. [27]
    Bunkley 1918, pp. 196–198.
  28. [28]
    Williams 1918, p. 260.
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    Over the Front. "Portuguese Ranks". Over the Front. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
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    Bunkley 1918, p. 203.
  34. [34]
    Williams 1918, p. 254.
  35. [35]
    Bunkley 1918, pp. 204–205.
  36. [36]
    Williams 1918, p. 256.
  37. [37]
    Over the Front. "Serbian Ranks". Over the Front. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
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    Williams 1918, pp. 82–83.
  39. [39]
    Williams 1918, pp. 118–119.
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