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    Colour sergeant (CSgt or C/Sgt) is a rank of non-commissioned officer found in several armies and marine corps. In the Australian Army, the rank of colour...
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    and the military colour is generally carried by a young officer (ensign), while experienced non-commissioned officers (colour sergeants) are assigned to...
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    clarified in 1747 that sergeants had to wear their sashes around the waist. From 1768, the sergeant's waist sash had stripes of facing colour  – one (until 1825)...
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  • term "sergeant" is also used in many appointment titles. Chief sergeant Chief master sergeant Colour sergeant Command sergeant major Company sergeant First...
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  • appointment if held. The equivalent rank in infantry regiments is colour sergeant, and holders are known by that title no matter what their appointment...
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    collected their colour during the ceremony, as 'Escort TO the Colour'). At the outset, the colour is held by the Colour Party – a colour sergeant and two other...
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    the Royal Regiment of Artillery as a Battery Sergeant Major (BSM). By 1913, there were two colour sergeants in each infantry company. On 1 October 1913...
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    rank structure. It is equivalent to a staff sergeant or colour sergeant in the British Army, a colour sergeant in the Royal Marines, and a chief petty officer...
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  • a sergeant major appointment, as well as a number of staff sergeant and colour sergeant appointments. In the British Army, quartermaster sergeants are...
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  • World War, CQMS had become an appointment of the rank of staff sergeant (colour sergeant in the Royal Marines and later also in army infantry regiments)...
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  • and referred to as Lance Sergeants. In The Rifles, every Sergeant rank or appointment (Sergeant, Colour Sergeant, and Sergeants Major) is spelled using...
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  • The orderly room sergeant (ORS), orderly room colour sergeant (ORCS) or orderly room quartermaster sergeant (ORQMS) is the chief clerk of an infantry battalion...
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  • stature and, aged 24, the youngest colour sergeant in the British Army. He was called "The Kid" by his men. Colour Sergeant Bourne would not have worn medals...
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    Colour Sergeant Joshua Mark Leakey VC (born 1988) is a British soldier currently serving in the Parachute Regiment. In 2015, Leakey was awarded the Victoria...
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  • It is the equivalent of colour sergeant in the Royal Marines, colour sergeant or staff sergeant in the Army, and flight sergeant in the Royal Air Force...
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  • Colour sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Marine  British Army v t e No insignia Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff/Colour sergeant...
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    Reigate on 18 December 1872. Four years later he had been promoted to colour sergeant, becoming the youngest NCO of this rank in the entire British Army...
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    Humphreys, Peter Colour Sergeant Royal Welch Fusiliers 9 May 1996 Bosnia and Herzegovina Baycroft, John David, MBE Colour Sergeant Parachute Regiment...
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    Command Warrant Officer. The rank below WO2 is colour sergeant, the Royal Marines equivalent of staff sergeant. The Royal Marines rank of warrant officer...
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  • Canadian Sea Cadets. Colour Sergeant (CSgt) is awarded to cadets who have completed at least six months of service as a Sergeant, successfully completed...
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    unusual for over double the 60 places to be contested. Sergeants, Staff/Colour Sergeants (Colour Sergeants from Infantry units) attend the Instructors Cadre...
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    the rank of bandmaster was equivalent to colour sergeant and that of staff bandmaster to quartermaster sergeant (equivalent to a warrant officer class 2)...
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    and joined the British Army at the age of 18. Skaife is a retired colour sergeant and a former drum major with the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment...
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    was a sergeant serving in the Crimean War. Eighteen months later, his regiment went to India and in 1857 Munro was promoted to colour sergeant. James...
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  • Gazette has him as a colour sergeant, but on the day of the Battle of Ntombe (or Battle of Intombe) he was actually a sergeant; his promotion coming...
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    Commonwealth forces. Born in County Waterford, he later achieved the rank of Colour-Sergeant. He died in Colchester, Essex, on 26 March 1926. He was around 18 years...
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    Pipe major (redirect from Pipe sergeant)
    long course. A pipe major may subsequently be promoted to staff sergeant/colour sergeant, warrant officer class 2, and rarely warrant officer class 1. A...
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  • officer class 2 (WO2), or senior non-commissioned officer (sergeant, staff sergeant or colour sergeant), of the Regular British Army who has been selected to...
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  • 1991 Kinsey Mike Hoskyns Recurring role; 4 episodes Soldier Soldier Colour Sergeant Ian Anderson Recurring role; 7 episodes 1992 The Bill D.I. Baker Episode:...
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  • Corporal. In the Guards regiments, Warrant Officers are known as "Colour Sergeants" (Sergents fourriers) and Second-Lieutenants are known as "Ensigns"...
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