Query regarding the rank of SSM.
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stoat11: Your query regarding the rank of SSM. Believe abbreviation SSM is Squadron Sergeant Major (cavalry). There is a common Military Abbreviation list on this link: http://www.1914-1918.net/abbrev.htm
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cyngast
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I think there was also a discussion about this once regarding tagging SSM as a Company Sergeant Major on the basis that a Squadron in the Cavalry serves the same function as a Company in the Infantry.
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ral104
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Yes, Cynthia's absolutely right - this is the cavalry rank equivalent to Company Sergeant Major.
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f0rbe5
Re. odd ranks (I couldn't see a more appropriate place to add this).
Just come across an MSM Rigby in the IV Division Artillery Collumn in September 1914. Searching around the interweb I came across a useful(!) WIkipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_Kingdom)) which records a (now-obsolete) Mechanist Sergeant Major, which would fit as he's in a just-mechanised unit. But more importantly the article also lists a wide range of other specialist Army WOIs and WOIIs. Would it be useful to have all/part of that list available here to help guide all?
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ral104
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Yes - thanks for the link. I'd suggest starting a new thread for this and then we can pin it to the top so it's easier to see.
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