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class="infobox-label">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data">Brig</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank group</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Field_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Field officer">Field officer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/One-star_rank" class="mw-redirect" title="One-star rank">One-star</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> <a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_NATO" title="Ranks and insignia of NATO">rank code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_NATO_armies_officers#Officers_(OF_1–10)" title="Ranks and insignia of NATO armies officers">OF-6</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1685–1688</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Next higher rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-general</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Next lower rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_Kingdom)" title="Colonel (United Kingdom)">Colonel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Equivalent ranks</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Commodore_(Royal_Navy)" title="Commodore (Royal Navy)">Commodore</a> (<a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">RN</a>)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Air_commodore" title="Air commodore">Air commodore</a> (<a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">RAF</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Brigadier</b> (<b>Brig</b>) is a senior rank in the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a>. Brigadier is the superior rank to <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_Kingdom)" title="Colonel (United Kingdom)">colonel</a>, and subordinate to <a href="/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">major-general</a>. It corresponds to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general" title="Brigadier general">brigadier general</a> in many other nations. </p><p>The rank has a <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> rank code of <a href="/wiki/One-star_rank" class="mw-redirect" title="One-star rank">OF-6</a>, placing it equivalent to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Commodore_(Royal_Navy)" title="Commodore (Royal Navy)">commodore</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Air_commodore" title="Air commodore">air commodore</a> ranks and the brigadier general (1-star general) rank of the United States military and <a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_NATO_armies_officers" title="Ranks and insignia of NATO armies officers">numerous other NATO nations</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Insignia">Insignia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigadier_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Insignia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The rank insignia for a brigadier is a <a href="/wiki/St_Edward%27s_Crown" title="St Edward's Crown">St Edward's Crown</a> over three "pips" (<a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">"Bath"</a> stars). The rank insignia for a brigadier-general was crossed sword and baton. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Usage">Usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigadier_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brigadier was originally an appointment conferred on colonels (as commodore was an appointment conferred on naval captains) rather than a substantive rank.<sup id="cite_ref-Times_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, from 1 November 1947 it became a substantive rank in the British Army.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Royal Marines, however, retained it as an acting rank until 1997, when both commodore and brigadier became substantive ranks.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_rank_of_brigadier-general">Historical rank of brigadier-general</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigadier_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Historical rank of brigadier-general"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Army_(1920%E2%80%931922)_OF-6.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/British_Army_%281920%E2%80%931922%29_OF-6.svg/75px-British_Army_%281920%E2%80%931922%29_OF-6.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/British_Army_%281920%E2%80%931922%29_OF-6.svg/113px-British_Army_%281920%E2%80%931922%29_OF-6.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/British_Army_%281920%E2%80%931922%29_OF-6.svg/150px-British_Army_%281920%E2%80%931922%29_OF-6.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="80" data-file-height="204" /></a><figcaption>Rank insignia (until 1921)</figcaption></figure> <p>Brigadier-general was formerly a rank or appointment in the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a>, and briefly in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>. It first appeared in the army in the reign of <a href="/wiki/James_II_of_England" title="James II of England">James II</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but did not exist in the Royal Marines until 1913.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1740s, the substantive rank of brigadier-general was suppressed,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and thereafter brigadier-general was a temporary appointment only, bestowed on a colonel or lieutenant-colonel (or on a colonel commandant in the Royal Marines) for the duration of a specific command (similar to a <a href="/wiki/Commodore_(RN)" class="mw-redirect" title="Commodore (RN)">commodore</a>). </p><p>The appointment was abolished in both the Army and the Marines in 1921, being replaced in the Army by the appointments of <a href="/wiki/Colonel-commandant" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonel-commandant">colonel-commandant</a> (which already existed as a rank in the Marines) and <a href="/wiki/Colonel_on_the_staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonel on the staff">colonel on the staff</a>. These appointments, although reflecting its modern role in the British Army as a <a href="/wiki/Senior_colonel" title="Senior colonel">senior colonel</a> rather than a junior general, were not well received and were both replaced with brigadier in both the Army and the Marines (although not replacing the substantive rank of colonel commandant in the latter) in 1928.<sup id="cite_ref-Times_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Times-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the formation of the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918 until 31 July 1919, it used the appointment of brigadier-general. This was superseded by the rank of <a href="/wiki/Air_commodore" title="Air commodore">air commodore</a> on the following day. </p><p>The rank insignia for appointment of the brigadier-general was a crossed sword and baton; the insignia for higher grades of general consist of this device, with the addition of a star (major general), crown (lieutenant general), or both ("full" general). </p><p>Brigadier is the highest <a href="/wiki/Field_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Field officer">field officer</a> rank (hence the absence of the word "general"), whereas brigadier-general was the lowest <a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">general officer</a> "rank". However, the two ranks are considered equal. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Junior_officer_rank">Junior officer rank</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigadier_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Junior officer rank"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historically, brigadier and sub-brigadier were the junior officer ranks in the <a href="/wiki/Troops_of_Horse_Guards" title="Troops of Horse Guards">Troops of Horse Guards</a>. This corresponded to French practice, where a <a href="/wiki/Brigadier" title="Brigadier">brigadier</a> was the cavalry equivalent of a <a href="/wiki/Corporal" title="Corporal">corporal</a>. To reflect the status of the Horse Guards as <a href="/wiki/Household_Troops" class="mw-redirect" title="Household Troops">Household Troops</a>, brigadiers ranked with <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(British_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant (British Army)">lieutenants</a> and sub-brigadiers with <a href="/wiki/Cornet_(rank)" title="Cornet (rank)">cornets</a> in other cavalry regiments. When the Horse Guards were disbanded in 1788, the brigadiers and sub-brigadiers of the <a href="/wiki/1st_Troop_of_Horse_Guards" title="1st Troop of Horse Guards">1st</a> and <a href="/wiki/2nd_Troop_of_Horse_Guards" title="2nd Troop of Horse Guards">2nd Troops</a> became lieutenants and cornets in the <a href="/wiki/1st_Regiment_of_Life_Guards" title="1st Regiment of Life Guards">1st</a> and <a href="/wiki/2nd_Regiment_of_Life_Guards" title="2nd Regiment of Life Guards">2nd Regiments of Life Guards</a>, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brigadier remains the lowest officer rank in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Company_of_Archers" title="Royal Company of Archers">Royal Company of Archers</a>, the King's Bodyguard for Scotland. 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