Lowest - Private
Lance Corporal
Corporal
Sergeant
Company Sgt.Major
Reg Sgt.Major
Second Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier
Major General
Lietenant General
General
Highest - Field Marshal
Not in high numbers, no. Most "defectors" Into Axis ranks were soldiers from British colonized lands.
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They were given money and medals women and were remembered
There names and ranks of Canadian World War two soldiers are quite a number. The General was Harry Crerar, Guy Simonds was the lieutenant general and Andrew McNaughton was also a lieutenant general among others.Ê
306 british soldiers got executed for cowardice in World War One.
"Redcoats" and "Lobsters".========================The terms Redcoats and Lobsters disappeared when the British Army stopped wearing red tunics. From around the 18th Century, British soldiers became known as Tommies, a term which continued until around the end of the Second World War. Nowadays British soldiers are known as squadies (from squad)
The Germans referred to the British as 'Tommys'.
they were given
survival
Tommys.
390 million390 million BRITISH SOLDIERS!! Where did that come from?There were 6-7 million British soldiers who served in WWI [ref National Archives] but not all served in a theatre of war.well then ... how many british soldiers were killed or injured???
The Gurkha soldiers fought on behalf of the British in World War 2. There was a separate 'Gurkha regiment' in British Army. The Gurkha soldiers were very faithful and obedient and they laid down their lives in the battlefield fighting for the British army.