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Query about military ranks
In the 1820s, would an ensign in an English foot regiment be entitled to call himself a lieutenant?
I'm just trying to work out if I have two people with the same name, or one person. |
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Ensign would have been below Lieutenant, but apparently it was the equivalent of Second Lieutenant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensign_...United_Kingdom |
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Yes, I'd seen that, thanks; I was puzzled by the bit where it says:
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This particular man was an ensign according to his service record (and never seems to have been promoted above that rank), but called himself a lieutenant when children 1 and 3 were baptised. He was already on half-pay by then, and called himself a farmer when child 2 was baptised. |
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