2018年3月11日 · What were the ranks of the principal actors within the French Army in 1914? Commander-In-Chief, Generalissimo Joffre not yet Marshal of France. General de DivisionGeneral de Division Charles Lanrezac equivilent Major-General? General de Division Andre Sordet General D’ Amande’s Is this right?

2015年12月20日 · My (very accurate) replica Mle.1884 Kepi troupe made up in homage to the 44e Regiment d'infanterie (the first French army regiment to engage in close quarter combat on the Western Front (2nd August 1914)) for comparison with an 'other ranks' version...

2010年9月7日 · On a recent visit to Flanders I visited two Belgian army cemetries and while walking along the rows of headstones and reflecting, as one does, on the soldiers they commemorate I became intrigued by the ranks of some of them. I don't want to raise the 'Flemish Question' but have understood that at...

2021年1月3日 · Location:Completed Regular Army ‘Colour Service’ x 2 (soldier and then officer) and retired to the coast Interests:Studying and researching British Army and associated Imperial uniforms and insignia.

2015年4月20日 · The French Aviation Service used exactly the same ranks as the ground troops but with the addition of 'aviateur' or 'pilote', etc. You'd therefore find, for example, a 'Caporal pilote' (the lowest pilot rank I think?) or a 'Lieutenant Aviateur' etc (which is where the 'Flight Lieutenant' might have been mistranslated from).

2009年7月9日 · Wonder if anyone has to hand or can point me to a resource which gives the rankings within a typical French infantry regiment from 'private' up to CO c. 1916? Also the usual structure of an infantry regiment would be useful. Also wonder if anyone can indentify the meanings of the following initia...

2019年7月6日 · Location:Completed Regular Army ‘Colour Service’ x 2 (soldier and then officer) and retired to the coast Interests:Studying and researching British Army and associated Imperial uniforms and insignia.

2015年12月20日 · Here is an example of an Mle 1884 kepi issued to a soldier of the French Foreign Legion. The 1908 dated kepi has the Enlisted Ranks Foreign Legion bomb emblem sewn to the front, a 1er Régiment Etranger issue ink stamped …

2014年11月26日 · The British and French systems of awards are so different that it is difficult to determine any relationships between the decorations in the two systems. For other ranks the British Army system during the Great War had the VC, DCM. MM, and MID and the French Army system had the Legion of Honor, Medaille Militaire and Croix de Guerre.

2007年7月18日 · Several of the French victims of the Fokkers held the rank of Brigadier. Am I right in thinking that in the French military, a Brigadier was not a high-ranking officer, but a type of NCO? If so what was the British equivalent?