Rank Structure within the Light Dragoons
REGIMENTAL LEVEL
Officers Ranks
Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Major
Appointments
Regimental Adjutant (Major)
Paymaster (Captain appointment)
Surgeon (Captain 20+ years service )
Veterinary Surgeon (Captain or Lieutenant less than 20 years service)
Assistant Surgeons (Lieutenant or Coronet)
Veterinary Assistant (Lieutenant or Coronet)
Regimental Quartering Master (Lieutenant or Coronet)
Assisting officers (Coronets In Training)
Saddler (civilian)
Taylor (civilian)
Blacksmith (civilian or Military NCO)
Quarter Master Sergeant (4 chevrons and crown, in mid phase out)
Regimental Sergeant Major (4 chevrons and crown, new rank instituted)
Trumpet Major (staff sergeant, 4 chevrons )
Ferrying Master (staff sergeant, 4 chevrons and horseshoe)
Paymaster Clerk (staff sergeant, 4 chevrons)
Quartering Sergeant (4 chevrons)
Riding Master (Sergeant appointment, 3 chevrons,)
Side note to above: We use a civilian appointed by Crown Forces For all Mounted impressions.
Officers Batman (Trooper)
Skill in Driving (Galloper Gun handler, Usually 2 guns per Regiment)
Artificer (attach posted from Regiment of Artificers)
Troop Level
Officers Ranks
Captain
Lieutenant
Cornet
NCO Ranks
Troop Quarter Master (appointment, 4 chevrons, in mid phase out)
Troop Sergeant Major (appointment, 4 chevrons new rank instituted)
Sergeant (3 chevrons)
Corporal (2 chevrons)
Chosen Man (appointment 1 chevron)
Trooper
Other Appointments Within the Troop
Taylor (civilian)
Waggoner's (civilian, or attachment posting from Royal Corps of Drivers)
Trumpeter (Corporal and Trooper)
Farrier (Sergeant, 3 chevrons)
Quartering Sergeant (Sergeant 3 chevrons)
Lance Sergeant (3 chevrons, Sergeant in training)
Lance Corporal (2 chevrons, Corporal in training)
Rough Rider (Corporal and Troopers)
Farrier Assistants (Corporal or Troopers)
Officers Batman (Trooper)
Civilians within the Regiment
Wives
Children
Washerwomen
Agents
Trades people
Sutlers
Saddlers
Taylors
Seamstresses
Farriers
Waggoners
Batman
Servants
Blacksmith
Doctor
Veterinarian
REGIMENTAL LEVEL
Officers Ranks
Colonel
Lieutenant-Colonel
Major
Appointments
Regimental Adjutant (Major)
Paymaster (Captain appointment)
Surgeon (Captain 20+ years service )
Veterinary Surgeon (Captain or Lieutenant less than 20 years service)
Assistant Surgeons (Lieutenant or Coronet)
Veterinary Assistant (Lieutenant or Coronet)
Regimental Quartering Master (Lieutenant or Coronet)
Assisting officers (Coronets In Training)
Saddler (civilian)
Taylor (civilian)
Blacksmith (civilian or Military NCO)
Quarter Master Sergeant (4 chevrons and crown, in mid phase out)
Regimental Sergeant Major (4 chevrons and crown, new rank instituted)
Trumpet Major (staff sergeant, 4 chevrons )
Ferrying Master (staff sergeant, 4 chevrons and horseshoe)
Paymaster Clerk (staff sergeant, 4 chevrons)
Quartering Sergeant (4 chevrons)
Riding Master (Sergeant appointment, 3 chevrons,)
Side note to above: We use a civilian appointed by Crown Forces For all Mounted impressions.
Officers Batman (Trooper)
Skill in Driving (Galloper Gun handler, Usually 2 guns per Regiment)
Artificer (attach posted from Regiment of Artificers)
Troop Level
Officers Ranks
Captain
Lieutenant
Cornet
NCO Ranks
Troop Quarter Master (appointment, 4 chevrons, in mid phase out)
Troop Sergeant Major (appointment, 4 chevrons new rank instituted)
Sergeant (3 chevrons)
Corporal (2 chevrons)
Chosen Man (appointment 1 chevron)
Trooper
Other Appointments Within the Troop
Taylor (civilian)
Waggoner's (civilian, or attachment posting from Royal Corps of Drivers)
Trumpeter (Corporal and Trooper)
Farrier (Sergeant, 3 chevrons)
Quartering Sergeant (Sergeant 3 chevrons)
Lance Sergeant (3 chevrons, Sergeant in training)
Lance Corporal (2 chevrons, Corporal in training)
Rough Rider (Corporal and Troopers)
Farrier Assistants (Corporal or Troopers)
Officers Batman (Trooper)
Civilians within the Regiment
Wives
Children
Washerwomen
Agents
Trades people
Sutlers
Saddlers
Taylors
Seamstresses
Farriers
Waggoners
Batman
Servants
Blacksmith
Doctor
Veterinarian