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The Army insignia illustrated here is mostly farcical. General officers and Brigadiers had their own cap badge, not the General Service badge illustrated.

Officer Cadets wore a white stripe behind the single pip.

Warrant Officer II Class wore a crown and wreath.

Lance Corporal was not a private, and it was not a rank, it was an appointment.

This entire page is filled with errors and should be redone. Michael Dorosh 18:35, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

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Shouldn't the air force "Staff SArgeant" be "Flight SErgeant"?

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Thank you kindly for the information that you have brought here. I did not have enough information from the former rank system of the Canadian Army before unification, and therefore I used that of the UK.

Therefore I propose this - if you have better images to insert in this page, I would be happy to see them. I do have any problems with anyone placing corrections (as I should not) to this page. Christophe T. Stevenson 16:01, 15 December 2005 (EST)

[edit] FORMER RANKS OF THE CDN FORCES

The Able Seaman, Lance Cpl, Leading Aircraftman equal to the CF Cpl.

The L/Seaman, Army Cpl, Air Force Cpl equal to the Master Cpl.

The PO2, Sgt's equal to the CF Sgt.

The PO1, S/Sgt and F/Sgt equal to the CF WO.

Ref: Cdn Army Journal 1965, CF Sentinel and C&E Museum Curator.

The earlier CF rank structure included one stripe without a maple leaf = QL 3. One stripe with maple leaf = QL 4, which was dropped and the QL 3 wore no stripe.

The spelling of the rank of Sergeant has been spelt with the letter "E" since 1957 or possibly earlier. Ref: Cdn Army Manual of Unit Admin and Discipline.