Major-General (United Kingdom)
- Major-General (United Kingdom)
:"Please see "Major General" for other countries which use this rank"
Major-General (Maj Gen) is a senior rank in the British Army. Since 1996 the highest position within The Royal Marines is the Commandant General Royal Marines who holds the rank of Major General.
A Major-General is superior to a Brigadier but subordinate to Lieutenant-General. The rank has a NATO rank code of OF-7, equivalent to a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy or an Air Vice-Marshal in the Royal Air Force or the air forces of many Commonwealth countries.
The rank insignia is a pip over a crossed sword and baton.
From 1 April 1918 to 31 July 1919, the Royal Air Force maintained the rank of major-general. It was superseded by the rank of air vice-marshal on the following day. The following officers held the rank of major-general in the RAF:
*Edward Ashmore
*Sefton Brancker
*Edward Ellington
*Philip Game
*John Higgins
*Mark Kerr
*Charles Lambe
*Charles Longcroft
*Godfrey Paine
*Geoffrey Salmond
*John Salmond
*Frederick Sykes
*Hugh Trenchard
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