Photo. Harris & Ewing, Washington, D. C.
British Army. Officers’ service uniform
British Army.
Officers’ service uniform sleeve decorations indicating rank
| 1. Colonel | 2. Lieutenant Colonel |
| 3. Major | 4. Captain |
| 5. Lieutenant | 6. Second Lieutenant |
British Army.
Officers’ shoulder strap insignia indicating rank
| 1. Field Marshal | 2. General |
| 3. Lieutenant General | 4. Major General |
| 5. Brigadier General | 6. Colonel |
| 7. Lieutenant Colonel | 8. Major |
| 9. Captain | 10. Lieutenant |
| 11. Second Lieutenant | 12. Chaplain, with rank of Colonel |
The rank of an officer in service uniform is indicated by metal insignia of rank worn upon the shoulder straps and also (for officers below the rank of Brigadier General) by stripes of worsted braid around the sleeves just above the lower edge and by worsted insignia of rank worn on a three-pointed strap which crosses the sleeve stripes on the cuffs. These insignia of rank are shown in the accompanying illustrations and are as follows for the various grades of rank:—