Click
on the badge images for a larger version with the
original notes
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OFFICERS
1.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
(Note:
ranks are not in the Pay List order)
 shoulder
boards and sleeves
Admiral
of the Fleet
Admiral
Vice-Admiral
Rear-Admiral
Commodore,
1st Class
 shoulders
and sleeves
Commodore,
2nd Class
Captain
Commander
Lieutenant-Commander
Lieutenant
or Acting Lieutenant
Sub
Lieutenant or Acting Sub Lieutenant
Warrant Officer (pay
rates on page 12)
 collar
insignia
Midshipman
Naval
Cadet
Officers transferred from the Royal Naval Reserve (Pay rates)
Lieutenant-Commander
Lieutenant
Probationary
Lieutenant, Acting Lieutenant and Lieutenant
Probationary
Sub-Lieutenant and Sub-Lieutenant
thereafter
at same rate as Executive officers
Royal Naval Reserve
 shoulders
and sleeves
Commodore,
2nd Class
Captain
Commander
Lieutenant-Commander
Lieutenant
Sub
Lieutenant
Warrant Officer (pay
rates on page 12)
 collar
insignia
Midshipman
Naval
Cadet
Royal Naval Volunteer
Reserve
 shoulders
and sleeves
Commodore,
2nd Class
Captain
Commander
Lieutenant-Commander
Lieutenant
Sub
Lieutenant
Warrant Officer (pay
rates on page 12)
 collar
insignia
Midshipman
Naval
Cadet
Women's Royal Naval
Service (not in Pay lists)
 sleeves/shoulders
Director
= Rear-Admiral (not illustrated)
Deputy Director =
Commodore 2nd Class (not illustrated)
Superintendent
= Captain
Chief
Officer = Commander
First Officer = Lieutenant-Commander
Second
Officer = Lieutenant
Third
Officer = Sub-Lieutenant
2.
EXECUTIVE OFFICER ALLOWANCES
Sub-Lieutenants:
Command
Money
First
Lieutenant’s Allowance
Allowance
to Non-Specialists
Etc.
Lieutenant and Lieutenant Commanders:
Command
Money
First
Lieutenant’s Allowance
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Lieutenant and Lieutenant Commanders (continued)
Allowance
to Non-Specialists
Etc.
Commanders:
Command
Money
Entertaining
Allowances
Navigating
Allowance
Etc.
Captains:
Command
Money
Entertaining
Allowances
Etc.
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Commodores, 2nd Class:
Table
Money
Station
or Squadron Allowance
Establishment
Allowance
Command
Money
Entertaining
Allowances
Etc.
Flag Officers and Commodores, 1st Class:
Naval
Aide-de-Camp to the King
Table
Money
Establishment
Allowance
Etc.
3.
FLEET AIR
ARM
(Air Officers as for Executive Officers)
4.
FLEET AIR
ARM
ALLOWANCES
Observers:
Warrant
Observers and Officers promoted from that rank
Air
Wireless Telegraphy
Allowance
to Non-Specialists
Meteorological
Course Allowance
Allowance
when appointed to ships prior to trials
Allowance
when appointed to submarines carrying aircraft
Long
(S) Course Allowance
Senior
Officers’ Tactical Course
Staff
Duties
Serving
at the Admiralty
Etc.
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Fleet Air Arm Allowances (continued)
Pilots:
Specialist
Allowances
Staff
Course Allowances
Tactical
Course Allowances
Staff
Duties
Etc.
5.
SPECIALIST OFFICERS
The different
coloured cloth worn between officers stripes
Engineer Officers (Old and New Scheme):
Cadet
(E)
Midshipman
(E)
Acting
Sub-Lieutenant
Sub-Lieutenant
(E) – not qualified in (E), qualified in (E),
(University Entry)
Lieutenant
(E) (acting)
Lieutenant
(E) (confirmed)
Engineer
Lieutenant-Commander and Lieutenant-Commander (E)
Engineer
Commander and Commander (E)
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Engineer Officers (Old and New Scheme)(continued)
Engineer
Captain and Captain (E)
Engineer
Rear-Admiral and Rear-Admiral (E)
Allowances:
Machinery
Allowance
Fleet
Engineer Officer
Etc.
Accountant Officers:
Naval
Cadet (Accountant)
Paymaster
Midshipman
Paymaster
Sub-Lieutenant (acting or confirmed)
Paymaster
Lieutenant (acting or confirmed)
Paymaster
Lieutenant-Commander
Paymaster
Commander
Paymaster
Captain
Paymaster
Rear-Admiral
Officers Transferred from the Royal Naval Reserve or Royal Naval
Volunteer Reserve:
Probationary
Paymaster Lieutenant
Paymaster
Lieutenant-Commander
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Accountant Officers: (continued)
Allowances:
In
charge of Accountant’s Officer’s Stores and Accounts
Depot
Allowance
Fleet
Accountant Officer
Secretary
to Members of Board of Admiralty, C-in-C’s, Flag
Officers etc
Etc.
Medical Officers:
Surgeon
Lieutenant
Surgeon
Lieutenant-Commander
Surgeon
Commander
Surgeon
Captain
Surgeon
Rear-Admiral
Allowances:
Specialist
Allowances
In
charge of hospitals, sick quarters and hospital
ships
Etc.
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Dental Officers:
Surgeon
Lieutenant (D)
Surgeon
Lieutenant-Commander (D)
Surgeon
Commander (D)
Surgeon
Captain (D)
Chaplains and Temporary Chaplains
(except Roman Catholic Chaplains):
Chaplain
Chaplain
of the Fleet
Temporary Roman Catholic Chaplains:
Chaplain
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Instructor Officers:
Instructor
Lieutenant
Instructor
Lieutenant-Commander
Instructor
Commander
Instructor
Captain
Warrant Officers and Officers Promoted Therefrom
Gunner, Gunner (T), Boatswain, Signal Boatswain,
Telegraphist, Pilot, Observer, Wardmaster,
Master-at-Arms, Writer, Supply, Cook, Steward,
Photographer:
Warrant
Officer
Commissioned
Officer from Warrant Rank
Lieutenant
(except Steward and Photographer)
Lieutenant-Commander
(except Steward and Photographer)
Commander
(Gunner, Gunner (T), Boatswain and Signal Boatswain
only)
Engineer, Mechanical, Shipwright, Electrical, Ordnance, Aircraft Officer,
Air Mechanic:
Warrant
Officer
Commissioned
Officer from Warrant Rank
Lieutenant
Lieutenant-Commander
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Warrant Officers and Officers Promoted Therefrom
(continued)
Commander
Allowances to Commissioned Officers from Warrant Rank and Warrant
Officers:
Advanced
Gunnery Course
Director
Warrant Officers
Command
Money (seagoing or harbour ship)
First
Lieutenant’s Allowance
Navigating
Allowance
Machinery
Allowance
Senior
Engineer’s Allowance
Specialist
Allowances
Deep
Diving Allowance
Dual
Gunner and Gunner (T) Duty in Destroyers Allowance
Etc.
Schoolmasters:
Schoolmaster
Candidate
Old Scheme
Schoolmaster
(Warrant Officer)
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Schoolmasters (continued)
Schoolmaster
(Commissioned Officer from Warrant Officer)
New Scheme
Schoolmaster
(Warrant Officer)
Schoolmaster
(Commissioned Officer from Warrant Officer)
Senior
Master (Commissioned Officer from Warrant Officer)
Headmaster
Lieutenant
Headmaster
Lieutenant-Commander
Headmaster
Commander
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Royal Naval Shore Wireless Service:
Chief
Officer
Senior
Chief Officer
Royal Naval Shore Signal Service:
Chief
Officer
Senior
Chief Officer
6.
OFFICER’S ALLOWANCES - GENERAL
Marriage
Allowance
Submarine
Allowances
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OFFICER’S
ALLOWANCES – GENERAL (continued)
Surveying
Pay
Admiralty
Allowance (“for service inside the Admiralty”)
Allowance
for performance of Accountant Officer’s duties
Secretary’s
Allowance
Photographic
Allowance
Difference
of Mess Subscription
Flag
Allowance
Extra
Pay
Hardlying
Money
Climate
Pay
Field
Allowance
Interpreter’s
Allowance
Colonial
Allowance
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Officer’s Allowances (continued)
Store
Allowance
Lodging
Allowance
Provision
Allowance
Servant
Allowance
Outfit
Allowance
Equipment
Allowance
Removal
Allowance
Etc.
7.
ROYAL MARINE OFFICERS
Probationary
Second Lieutenant
Probationary
Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Colonel
2nd Commandant
Colonel
Commandant
Major-General
Lieutenant-General
General
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Warrant Officers and Officer promoted therefrom:
Royal
Marine Gunner
Commissioned
Royal Marine Gunner
Lieutenant
Captain
Sergeant-Major and Superintending Clerks:
Staff
Sergeant-Major and Superintending Clerk
Commissioned
Sergeant-Major and Commissioned Superintending Clerk
Quartermasters (except of R.N.
School
of Music)
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant-Colonel
Bandmaster
Commissioned
Bandmaster
R.N.
School
of Music:
Musical
Director
Assistant
Musical Director
Quartermaster
Director
of Music
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Schoolmasters:
Probationary
Schoolmaster
Schoolmaster
(Warrant Officer)
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Schoolmasters (continued)
Schoolmaster
(Commissioned Officer from Warrant Rank)
Head
Master (Commissioned Officer from Warrant Rank)
Chief Schoolmaster:
Lieutenant
Captain
8.
ALLOWANCES PAYABLE TO ROYAL MARINE OFFICERS
Command
Money (Battalions or similar units)
Entertaining
Allowance
Special
Allowance
Flag
Allowance (ships flying Admiral’s Flag or
Commodore’s Broad Pendants)
Specialist
Allowance
Physical
Training Allowance
Allowance
to Non-Specialist doing Specialist Duties
Adjutants
Allowance
Cash
Responsibilities
Director
Allowance (Gunnery)
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NAVAL
RATINGS
including Fleet Air Arm, Native Ratings, and Royal Marines
Main Types of
Rating Uniforms (left to right) - Chief Petty
Officer, Petty Officer, other Ratings,
Miscellaneous Junior Rating (click image for more
information)
Also from
"Uniforms & Insignia of the Navies of World
War II" - "In British naval practice, specialty
and rating are generally unrelated. A man may have
a high status in a specialty without advancing
beyond a seaman's rating; or he may be a CPO but
still not be highly qualified in his particular
specialty. In such cases, advancement in rating
would depend on leadership, education etc. The
newer branches such as Aviation, tend to associate
rating and specialty more closely, similar to U.S.
naval practice.
"Legend
(relates to notes that may accompany the
enlarged badge images) 1 = CPO; 2 = PO; 3 =
Leading Seaman or equivalent; 4 = Able Seaman or
equivalent; 5 = Ordinary Seaman or equivalent; 6 =
Boy"
EDITORS NOTE (and
WARNING):
A warning to try
and avoid the editor's confusion! The badges of
rank - CPO, PO, LS etc. and good conduct stripes
are worn on the left upper sleeve, and
indicate just that - rank. The actual standard of
training reached in that specialty is marked by
the badge (with and without crowns and stars) worn
on the right upper sleeve.
Some of the
specialist badges are included in the following
list of rank and specialty under SEAMAN AND
SPECIALIST, others are in the later section on
ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS.
9.
SEAMAN and SPECIALIST
Badges
of Rank:
 cuff
buttons and cap badge
Chief
Petty Officer
 sleeve
and cap badge
Petty
Officer
 sleeve
badge
Leading
Seaman
 cap
badge
Miscellaneous Junior
Rating
Seaman:
Chief
Petty Officer
Petty
Officer
Leading
Seaman
Able
Seaman
Ordinary
Seaman
Boy,
1st Class
Boy,
2nd class
Sailmaker:
[crossed fid and marline spike]
Chief
Sailmaker [star above]
Sailmaker
[star above]
Sailmaker’s
Mate [crossed fid and marline spike alone]
Signals (Visual) [crossed flag]:
Chief
Yeoman of Signals
Yeoman
of Signals
Leading
Signalman
Signalman
Ordinary
Signalman
Signal
Boy
Wireless Telegraphist
[wings]:
Chief
Petty Officer Telegraphist
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Telegraphist
(continued)
Petty
Officer Telegraphist
Leading
Telegraphist
Telegraphist
Ordinary Telegraphist
Boy
Telegraphist
Coder
[all with crossed flags, C below]:
Leading
Coder
Coder
Ordinary
Coder
Artificers (Engine Room, Electrical and Ordnance):
(Note: Artificers, 4th class ranked as Petty
Officers, 3rd and above as Chief Petty Officers,
but without trade badges - thanks to Lt Cdr G
Mason)
Chief
Engine Room, Electrical and Ordnance Artificer
Artificer,
1st Class
Artificer,
2nd Class
Artificer,
3rd Class
Artificer,
4th Class
Acting
Artificer, 4th Class
Artificer,
5th Class
Artificer
Apprentice
Shipwrights
[crossed Axe and Hammer]:
Chief
Shipwright [crown above]
Shipwright,
1st Class [star above]
Shipwright,
2nd Class [star above]
Shipwright,
3rd Class [star above]
Shipwright,
4th Class [star above]
Acting
Shipwright, 4th Class [crossed Axe and Hammer alone]
Shipwright,
5th Class [crossed Axe and Hammer alone]
Naval
Shipwright Apprentice
Wireman [crossed or single torpedoes]:
Petty
Officer Wireman [star above and below]
Leading
Wireman [star above]
Wireman
[single torpedo, with star above]
Wireman, Jointer (not
in pay lists)
Wireman Minesweeper
[with MS below] (not in pay lists)
Petty
Officer Wireman
Leading
Wireman
Wireman
Wireman Landing Craft
[with LC below] (not in pay lists)
Petty
Officer Wireman
Leading
Wireman
Wireman
Wireless Mechanic:
Chief
Petty Officer Wireless Mechanic
Petty
Officer Wireless Mechanic
Leading
Wireless Mechanic
Wireless
Mechanic
(Note:
Wireless Mechanics ceased May 1943 and became
Radio Mechanics. Thanks to Lt Cdr G Mason)
Mechanician
[all
with propeller with crown above, star below]:
Chief
Mechanician
Mechanician,
1st Class
Mechanician,
2nd Class
Mechanician
(O.S.)
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Motor Mechanics [two
bladed propeller]:
Chief
Motor Mechanic, 1st Class [crown and star
above, star below]
Chief
Motor Mechanic, 2nd Class [crown
and star above, star below]
Chief
Motor Mechanic, 3rd Class [crown
and star above, star below]
Chief
Motor Mechanic, 4th Class [crown
and star above, star below]
Motor
Mechanic [star above, star below]
Mechanics (Engine Room, Electrical, Ordnance):
Engine
Room, Electrical or Ordnance Mechanic, 4th Class
Engine
Room, Electrical or Ordnance Mechanic, 5th Class
Probationary
Engine Room, Electrical or Ordnance Mechanic
Junior
Probationary Engine Room, Electrical or Ordnance
Mechanic
Stoker: [three
bladed propeller]
Chief
Stoker [crown above]
Stoker
Petty Officer [crown above]
Leading
Stoker [star above]
Stoker,
1st Class [star above]
Stoker,
2nd Class [Propeller
only]
Stoker,
Fire Fighter (not in Pay lists)
Armourers: [gun, crossed axe and
hammer]
Chief
Armourer [star above]
Armourer
[star above]
Armourer’s
Mate [gun, crossed axe and hammer only]
Armourer’s
Crew [gun, crossed axe and mammer only]
Artisans (Plumbers, Painters, Joiners, Coopers (latter
rating to die out)): [crossed axe and hammer]
Chief
Plumber, Painter, Joiner or Cooper [crown above]
Plumber,
Painter, Joiner or Cooper, 1st Class [star above]
Plumber,
Painter, Joiner or Cooper, 2nd Class [star above]
Plumber,
Painter, Joiner or Cooper, 3rd Class [star above]
Plumber,
Painter, Joiner or Cooper, 4th Class [star above]
Acting
Plumber, Painter, Joiner or Cooper, 4th Class
[crossed axe and hammer alone]
Plumber,
Painter, Joiner or Cooper, 5th Class [crossed axe
and hammer alone]
Blacksmith:
[crossed axe and hammer]
Chief
Blacksmith [crown above]
Blacksmith,
1st Class [star above]
Blacksmith,
2nd Class [star above]
Blacksmith,
3rd Class [star above]
Blacksmith,
4th Class [star above]
Acting
Blacksmith, 4th Class [crossed axe and hammer alone]
Blacksmith,
5th Class [crossed axe and hammer alone]
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Photographer
[camera]:
Chief
Petty Officer Photographer [crown above]
Petty
Officer Photographer [crown above]
Leading
Photographer [star above]
Photographer
[camera alone]
Sick Berth
[all with Red Cross]:
Sick
Berth Chief Petty Officer
Sick
Berth Petty Officer
Leading
Sick Berth Attendant
Sick
Berth Attendant
Sick
Berth Attendant Probationer
Regulating
[crown]:
Master-at-Arms
[with laurels]
Regulating
Petty Officer [crown alone]
Master-at-Arms
at Naval Detention Quarters
Writer
[all with star with W in centre]:
Chief
Petty Officer Writer
Petty
Officer Writer
Leading
Writer
Writer
Writer
Probationer
Boy
Writer
Supply
[all with star with S in centre]:
Supply
Chief Petty Officer
Supply
Petty Officer
Leading
Supply Assistant
Supply
Assistant
Supply
Probationer
Supply
Boy
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Cook (Ship’s), (C.S.): [all with star with C in centre]
Chief
Petty Officer Cook (O.S.)
Chief
Petty Officer Cook (S.)
Petty
Officer Cook (O.S.)
Petty
Officer Cook (S.)
Leading
Cook (O.S.)
Leading
Cook (S.)
Cook
(O.S.)
Cook
(S.)
Assistant
Cook (S.)
Assistant
Cook
Cook (Ship’s), (Non-C.S.): [all with star with C in centre]
Leading
Cook (S.)
Cook
(S.)
Assistant
Cook
Cook (Officer’s), (C.S.): [all with star with O.C. in centre]:
Officer’
Chief Cook (O.S.)
Chief
Petty Officer Cook (O.)
Officers’
Cook, 1st Class (O.S.)
Petty
Officer Cook (O.)
Officers’
Cook, 2nd Class (O.S.)
Leading
Cook (O.)
Officers’
Cook, 3rd Class (O.S.)
Cook
(O)
Assistant
Cook (O.)
Assistant
Cook
Officer’ Steward (C.S.) [all with star with O.S. in centre]:
Chief
Petty Officer Steward
Petty
Officer Steward
Leading
Steward
Steward
Assistant
Steward
Boy
Steward
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Officer’ Steward (Non-C.S.) [all with star with O.S. in centre]:
Chief
Petty Officer Steward
Petty
Officer Steward
Leading
Steward
Steward
Assistant
Steward
Officers’ Cook, (Non-C.S.) (Ratings after 1934 given New System Titles) [all
with star with O.C. in centre]:
Chief
Petty Officer Cook (O.)
Officer’
Chief Cook (O.S.)
Petty
Officer Cook (O)
Officers’
Cook, 1st Class (O.S.)
Leading
Cook (O.)
Officers’
Cook, 2nd Class (O.S.)
Cook
(O)
Officers’
Cook, 3rd Class (O.S.)
Assistant
Cook (O.)
Officers’
Cook, 4th Class (O.S.)
Band (Old System):
Chief
Bandmaster (O.S.)
Bandmaster
(O.S.)
Band
Corporal (O.S.)
Ship’s
Musician (O.S.)
Bandsman
(O.S.)
10.
FLEET AIR
ARM
Flying Branch:
Chief
Petty Officer Airman
Petty
Officer Airman
Leading
Airman
Naval
Airman, 1st Class
Naval
Airman, 2nd Class
Boy
Airman, 1st Class
Boy
Airman, 2nd Class
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Air Artificer Branch:
(Note: Air Artificers, 4th class ranked as Petty
Officers, 3rd and above as Chief Petty Officers,
but without trade badges - thanks to Lt Cdr G
Mason)
Chief
Air Artificer
Air
Artificer, 1st Class
Air
Artificer, 2nd Class
Air
Artificer, 3rd Class
Air
Artificer, 4th Class
Acting
Air Artificer, 4th Class
Air
Apprentice
Air Fitter Branch: [four bladed airscrew with Airframe A,
Engine E, Electrical L, or
Ordnance O below badge]
Chief
Petty Officer Air Fitter [star above]
Petty
Officer Air Fitter [star above]
Leading
Air Fitter [star above]
Air
Fitter [four bladed airscrew]
Air
Fitter, Unclassified (not in Pay lists)
Air Mechanic Branch: [two
bladed airscrew, horizontal, with Airframe A,
Engine E, Electrical L, or Ordnance O below badge]
Chief
Petty Officer Air Mechanic [crown above]
Petty
Officer Air Mechanic [crown above]
Leading
Air Mechanic [star above]
Air
Mechanic, 1st Class [two bladed
Airscrew, horizontal]
Air
Mechanic, 2nd Class [two bladed
Airscrew, horizontal]
Air
Mechanic, Unclassified (not in Pay lists)
NAVAL
RATINGS (continued)
Yacht Service:
Seaman
Rigger (P.O.)
Seaman
Rigger (P.O.)
Patrol Service:
Chief
Engine Man (P.S.)
Engine
Man (P.S.)
Second
Hand (P.S.)
Petty
Officer (P.S.)
Petty
Officer (S.C.O.)
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11.
NATIVE RATINGS
Somali’s:
Head
Tindal
Tindal
Second
Tindal
Somali
Stoker Somalis:
Stoker
Tindal
Second
Stoker Tindal
Stoker
Somali
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12.
ROYAL MARINES
Royal Marines:
Sergeant
Major (Warrrant Officer)
Staff
Clerk
Quartermaster
Sergeant
Barrack
Quartermaster Sergeant
Quartermaster
Sergeant Instructor
Hospital
Quartermaster Sergeant
Company
Sergeant Major
Armourer
Quartermaster Sergeant
Armourer
Sergeant
Hospital
Staff Sergeant
Drum
Major
Bugle
Major
Colour
Sergeant
Sergeant
Corporal
Musician
or Bugler
Marine
Boy
Bugler
Boy
Musician
Specially
enlisted Tailors
Royal Marine Bandsmen:
Company
Sergeant-Major
Headmaster,
1st Class (Colour Sergeant)
Bandmaster,
2nd Class (Sergeant)
Band
Corporal
Musician
Band
Boy
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13.
ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS
To
Ratings
(Note:
also includes Badges not included in Rating Pay or
Additional Payments Lists)
Action
Plotting Allowance
Anti-gas
Schools Instructor
Armourer
Barber
Boom Defence Ratings (not in Pay lists) [all
with letters BD below]
Small
Vessel Gunlayers
(B.D.) [crossed guns)
Quarter
Ratings, 3rd Class (B.D.) [horizontal gun]
Torpedo
Ratings (B.D.) [horizontal torpedo]
Visual
Signalman (B.D.) [crossed flags]
Riggers [crossed
shackle and marline spike]
Chief
Riggers (B.D.) [star above]
Riggers
(B.D.) [star above]
Rigger’s
Mates (B.D.) [crossed shackle and marline spike
alone]
Bomb
Disposal Badge (not in Pay lists) [vertical
Bomb]
Boys in Training Establishments (not
in Pay lists)
Advanced
Class Boys [small star]
Leading
Boy [miniature good conduct badge]
P.O.
Boy [crown and miniature good conduct badge]
Instructor
Boy [crown, anchor (small) and miniature good
conduct badge]
P.O.
Artificer Apprentice [chevron and star]
Bugler,
Seaman or Acting [Bugle]
Butcher
Captain
of Class (not in Pay lists) [small Crown]
Charge
pay
(Telegraphists)
Cinematographer
Operator
Climate
Pay
Colour
Sergeants
Combined Operations, All
Ratings
(not in Pay lists)
Command
of Tenders
Commander’s
Office Writer
Cook,
Acting
Cook Ratings (in charge):
At
RN Barracks Chatham, Portsmouth and Devonport etc -
Bakeries, Cookery School, Senior Officers’ Cookery
Instructor or General Mess
In
ships and establishments other than RN Barracks –
General Mess
Controlled and Observation Mining (not
in Pay lists)
Controlled
Mining
Petty
Officer C.M. [crossed torpedoes,
star above, star and letters C.M. below]
Leading
Wireman C.M. [crossed torpedoes,
star above, letters C.M. below]
Wireman
C.M. [single torpedo,
star above, letters C.M. below]
Leading
Watchkeeper’s C.M. [horizontal
torpedo, letters C.M. below]
Watchkeeper’s
C.M. [horizontal torpedo,
letters C.M. below]
Controlled
Mining Stations
Petty
Officer C.M.S. [crossed
torpedoes, star above, star and letters
C.M.S. below]
Leading
Wireman C.M.S. [crossed
torpedoes, star above, letters C.M.S.
below]
Wireman
C.M.S [single torpedo,
star above, letters C.M.S. below]
Coxswain:
Submarine
Coxswain
Coastal
Force Coxswain
Torpedo
Coxswain
Combined Operations
Coxswain( not in Pay lists)
Cyphering
Defensively
Equipped Merchant Ships
Detained
Pay
Diver [all
with diver’s helmet]:
Diving
Instructor
Artificer
Deep Diver (to die out)
Deep
Diver
Artificer
Diver, 1st Class (to die out)
Artificer
Diver, 2nd Class (to die out)
Diver,
1st Class (old system) (to die out)
Diver,
1st Class
Diver,
2nd Class
Engine Room:
Engineer’s
Writer
ERA’s
Certificate Allowances – ER Watch Certificate,
Charge Certificate
Machinery
Allowance
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Engine Room: (continued)
Senior
Engineer’s Allowance
Extension
Pay (to die out)
Field
Allowance
Fleet Air Arm:
Air
Gunner, 1st Class [Aeroplane, star above, star
below]
Air
Gunner, 2nd Class [Aeroplane, star above]
Air
Gunner, 3rd Class [Aeroplane]
Air
Gunner (under Training)
Rating
Observer [Aeroplane, crown above, star below]
Acting
Rating Observer [Aeroplane, crown above]
Rating
Pilot (under training)
Rating
Pilot [Wings, anchor in centre, surrounded by
wreath, crown above]
Reserve
Pilot
Air
Duty (Non-Flying Allowance)
Parachute
Packing etc
Fabric
Worker (Seaman Rating) [crossed Fid and Marline
Spike alone]
Machinery
Allowance
Photographer
Flying Duty Allowance
Good
Conduct Pay (for each badge)
Good
Shooting Badge (not in Pay lists) [crossed
Rifles]
Gunnery (Note: Royal Marines served a proportion of the guns
in large ships):
Gunnery
Instructor, R.M.
Gunner’s
Mate [crossed guns, crown above, star
below]
Director
Layer (to die out) [crossed guns, star above, star
below]
Gunlayer
1st Class (to die out) [crossed guns, star above, star
below]
Rangetaker,
1st Class (to die out) [rangefinder, star above,
star below]
Gunnery Ratings: [as follows with Quarters Q, Layer L, Control C or Anti-Aircraft A
below badge]
Quarters
Rating, 1st Class [crossed guns, star above, star
below]
Quarters
Rating, 2nd Class [crossed
guns, star above]
Quarters
Rating, 3rd Class [single gun, star above]
Layer
Rating, 1st Class [crossed guns, star above, star
below]
Layer
Rating, 2nd Class [crossed guns, star above]
Layer
Rating, 3rd Class [single gun, star above]
Control
Rating, 1st Class [crossed guns, star above, star
below]
Control
Rating, 2nd Class [crossed guns, star above]
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Gunnery Ratings (continued)
Control
Rating, 3rd Class [single gun, star above]
Anti-aircraft
Rating, 1st Class
[crossed guns, star above, star below]
Anti-aircraft
Rating, 2nd Class [crossed guns, star above]
Anti-aircraft
Rating, 3rd Class [single gun, star above]
Gunnery (continued)
Turret
Trainer and Turret Director Trainer (to die out)
Seamen
and Royal Marines Qualified
in Ordnance Work (Q.O.)
Gunnery
Lieutenant’s Writer
Higher
Fire Control
Harbour
Defence (Booms Allowance)
Harbour
Defence Layer, 3rd Class
Harbour
Defence Layer, 2nd Class
Harbour
Defence Layer, 1st Class
Harbour Defence Operator [harpoon and coil crossed by streak of lightning, letter S
below]:
Harbour
Defence Operator 3rd Class [letter S below only]
Harbour
Defence Operator: 2nd Class [star above]
Harbour
Defence Operator: 1st Class [star above, star below]
Patrol
Service
[crossed and single guns] (not
in Pay Lists)
Gunnery Instructor
Gunlayer
Seaman Gunner
Defensively
Equipped Merchant Ships DEMS
[crossed and single guns] (not
in Pay Lists)
Gunlayer
Seaman Gunner
CPO
and PO (not in Pay Lists)
Gunner
Hard
Lying Money
Harmonium
Interpreter
Lamptrimmer
– Lamptrimming, Care of
Lamps and Lamp Stores
Leave
Allowance
Library
Living
under Canvas Allowance
Mechanical
Road Transport Driving – Driver, Driver Mechanic
Meteorological
Duties
Military
Detention Barracks Instructor
Military
Training Instructor – 1st Class, 2nd Class
Naval
Detention Quarters Instructor
Officers’
Servant, Seaman or Stoker employed as
Officers’
Steward Instructor
Parachute
Packing (P.P.)
Physical and Recreational Training [crossed Clubs]:
Staff
Physical and Recreational Training Instructor
Staff
Physical and Recreational Training Instructor,
Senior
Physical
and Recreational Training Instructor, 1st Class
[crown above, star below]
Physical
and Recreational Training Instructor, 2nd Class
[crown above]
Printing:
Printer
Assistant
Printer
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Range
Carpenter (Marine) abroad
Schoolmaster,
Acting
Senior
Allowance (to die out) – Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist,
Chief Yeoman of Signals
Shorthand
Typist – Higher Grade, Lower Grade
Sick Berth Ratings [all with Red Cross]:
Sick
Berth Attendant, Acting
Sick
Berth Chief Petty Officer, Wardmaster
Dispensing
Allowance
Laboratory
Assistant (letter L]
Masseur
[letter M]
Operating
Room Assistant [letter O]
X-Ray
Assistant [letter X]
Mental
Ward Attendant
Zymotic
Ward Attendant (infectious disease)
Not in Pay lists:
Dental
Surgery Attendant [letter D]
Dental
Mechanics [letter DM]
Signalling:
Royal
Marine Signalling Instructor
Royal
Marine Signaller, 1st Class
Royal
Marine Signaller, 2nd Class
Visual Signalman [crossed flags]:
1st
Class [crown above, star below]
2nd
Class (Chief and Petty Officers) [crown above]
2nd
Class (other ratings) [star above, two below]
3rd
Class [star above, star below]
Trained
Operator (V/S.)
[star above]
Convoy
Signalmen
[crossed flags] (not in Pay Lists):
Leading
Signalman (Convoy)
Signalman
(Convoy)
Landing
Craft Signalmen
[crossed flags] (not in Pay Lists):
Signalman
Shore
Signal Service
[crossed flags] (not in Pay Lists):
Petty Officer [crown
above]
Signalman
Wireless Telegraphist:
[wings]
1st
Class [crown above, star below]
2nd
Class (Chief and Petty Officers) [crown above]
2nd
Class (other ratings) [star above, two below]
3rd
Class [star above, star below]
Trained
Operator (W./T.) [star
above]
Shore
Wireless Service
[Wings] (not
in Pay Lists)
Petty Officer [crown
above]
Telegraphist
Stores, Charge of:
Stores
Allowances
Mess
Traps
Victualling
Store Allowance
Yeoman
of Stores
Submarines:
Submarine
Pay
Rangefinding
Allowances in Submarines
Hydrophone
Allowance
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Submarine Detector [harpoon and coil crossed by streak of lightning]:
Submarine
Detector Instructor [crown above]
Higher
Submarine Detector [star above, star below]
Submarine
Detector
Anti-Submarine
Officer’s Writer
Supply
Ratings – Charge Allowance
Surveying
Recorder [Sextant]:
1st
Class
2nd
Class
3rd
Class
Telegraphist
Detector Instructor
Higher
Telegraphist Detector
Telegraphist
Detector
Torpedo:
Torpedo
Gunner’s Mate [crown above, star below]
Leading
Torpedoman (Low Power)
[star above, star below]
Leading
Torpedoman [star above]
Seaman
Torpedoman [star above]
Torpedo
Lieutenant’s Writer [not known]
Training
Allowances
Troop
Allowance (Supply Chief or Petty Officer)
(for every 50 persons)
Tropical
Allowance
Writers:
Writer,
Acting, in Destroyers, Submarines and West River
Gunboats
Captain’s
Writer’s Allowance
Senior
Officer’s Writer’s Allowance
Charge
Allowance
Senior
Writer, C.-in-C.’s
Office
WRNS only (not in Pay lists)
General Duties
Plotter, Bomb Ranger
Marker
Motor Driver
Despatch Rider
14.
TITLE PAGE OF APPENDIX, FULL CONTENTS and LIST OF
BADGES
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NAVAL
UNIFORM (RATINGS)
List of Badges
Indicative of Special Qualifications or Duties
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