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==Officers==
Cavalry Regiments in the HEICo Army
In regular Cavalry Regiments there was single Colonel who was largely honorary. Below him were two Lt- Cols. Below them the Regiment was divided into two "Wings". Each Wing had a Major, 6-7 Captains, up to a dozen Lts and below these Cornets (who were effectively Trainees).
From among the Lts would be chosen an Adjutant and usually an Interprteter and Quarter-Master. In addition, the Regiment would have attached to it one or two Surgeons, a Veterinary Surgeon and a Riding Master, the latter a warrant officer. ==Other Ranks=====Warrant Officers===*[[Conductors]] and Sub-Conductors in the [[Ordnance]], [[Commissariat]] and [[Public Works Department]]s were warrant officers. For their records, refer the [[Unattached List]]*[[Apothecary|Apothecaries]] and Stewards, and Assistant Apothecaries and Assistant Stewards in the Subordinate Medical Department were warrant officers. The title Apothecary changed in 1894 to Assistant Surgeon. For their records, refer [[Apothecary]]*Riding Masters were warrant officers who were attached to Regiments. *Some Army schoolmasters were warrant officers. In 1881 those of twelve years service as a schoolmaster appear to be entitled to this rank.*In 1881 “trained bandmasters” were warrant officers. Also refer [[Bandmaster]] ===Non-commissioned Officers===Includes the ranks of Sergeant, Corporal, and Lance Corporal. In the Artillery, a Bombardier is the same rank as a Corporal. Some Non-commissioned Officers, particularly Sergeants were in the [[Ordnance]], [[Commissariat]] and [[Public Works Department]]s. For more details, including their records, refer the [[Unattached List]] ===Privates===The lowest ranked soldier is a Private. In the Artillery, a private was in earlier days known as a matross, and later as a gunner. ==External links==*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army_officer_rank_insignia British Army officer rank insignia] Wikipedia*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army_Other_Ranks_rank_insignia British Army Other Ranks rank insignia] Wikipedia*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_Officer Warrant Officer] Wikipedia*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-commissioned_officers Non -commissioned officer] Wikipedia*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_(rank) Bombardier] Wikipedia*[http://www.achart.ca/york/sergeant_schoolmasters.htm Sergeant and warrant officer teachers] Duke of York’s Royal Military School*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandmaster#British_Armed_Forces Bandmaster] Wikipedia*[http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/issues/25044/pages/6466 London Gazette, 2 December 1881] sets out some pay scales for Warrant Officers and Non Commissioned Officers, and also Officers on earlier pages.
[[Category:Military ranks]]
