Other Ranks

Other Ranks (ORs) in the British Army, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force (and in the armies and air forces of many other Commonwealth countries) are those personnel who are not commissioned officers. In the Royal Navy, these personnel are called ratings.

The term is sometimes considered to exclude Warrant Officers and occasionally also excludes non-commissioned officers (NCOs).^{[citation needed]}

British India

In British India, a distinction was made between British Other Ranks (BORs) and Indian Other Ranks (IORs).

Comparative ranks

NATO Code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4		OR-3		OR-2						OR-1
British Army (Edit)																	No Equivalent										No Insignia
	Warrant Officer Class 1						Warrant Officer Class 2		Staff/Colour Sergeant		Sergeant												Corporal		Lance Corporal		Private (or equivalent)
Abbreviation	WO1						WO2		S/Sgt CSgt		Sgt												Cpl		L/Cpl		Pte						Pte
United Kingdom (Edit)							No equivalent						No equivalent														No insignia
	Warrant officer								Flight sergeant	Chief technician	Sergeant				Corporal				Lance corporal RAF Regiment only		Senior aircraftman/woman technician		Senior aircraftman/woman		Leading aircraftman/woman		Aircraftman/Woman
United Kingdom (Aircrew) (Edit)							No equivalent						No equivalent		No equivalent				No equivalent		No equivalent						No equivalent
	Master aircrew								Flight sergeant aircrew		Sergeant aircrew
Abbreviation	WO			MAcr					FS or Flt Sgt	CT or Chf Tech	Sgt												Cpl		LCpl (RAF Regiment Only)		Jnr Tech or JT		SAC(W)		LAC(W)		AC(W)
United Kingdom (Edit)	File:OR9 RN Warrant Officer.gif						File:OR8 RN Warrant Officer 2.gif				File:OR5n6 RN Petty Officer.gif						No Equivalent						File:OR4 RN Leading Rate.gif		No Equivalent								No Equivalent
	Warrant Officer Class 1						Warrant Officer Class 2		Chief Petty Officer		Petty Officer												Leading Rate				Able Rate			Ordinary Rate

See also

• Enlisted rank