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In relation to the rank of a member of the Polish forces set out in the first column, the equivalent British rank is the rank or status respectively set out in the second column.
Except where otherwise stated, the equivalent British rank is a rank in the British Army, and the equivalent British status is the status equivalent to such a rank.
Members of the Polish Air Force held ranks of the same title and classification as members of the Royal Air Force, and consequently the equivalent British rank of a member of the Polish Air Force is the British Army rank relative to the appropriate Royal Air Force rank.
Polish Rank | Equivalent British Rank |
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Admiral (Navy) | |
General Broni (Army) | General |
Air Chief Marshal (Air Force) | |
Wice-admiral (Navy) | |
General Dywizji (Army) | Lieutenant-General |
Air Marshal (Air Force) | |
Kontr-admiral (Navy) | |
General Brygady (Army) | Major-General |
Air Vice Marshal (Air Force) | |
Air Commodore (Air Force) | Brigadier |
Komandor (Navy) | |
Pulkownik (Army) | Colonel |
Group Captain (Air Force) | |
Komandor-porucznik and Komandor-podporucznik (Navy) | Lieutenant-Colonel |
Podpulkownik (Army) | |
Wing Commander (Air Force) | |
Kapitan marynarki (Navy) | |
Major (Army) | Major |
Squadron Leader (Air Force) | |
Porucznik marynarki and Podporucznik marynarki after 18 months' service (Navy) | Captain |
Kapitan (Rotmistrz) (Army) | |
Flight Lieutenant (Air Force) | |
Podporucznik marynarki up to 18 months' service (Navy) | Lieutenant |
Porucznik (Army) | |
Flying Officer (Air Force) | |
Chorazy marynarki after 3 years' service (Navy) | Second Lieutenant |
Podporucznik (Army) | |
Pilot Officer (Air Force) | |
Chorazy marynarki with less than 3 years' service (Navy) | Warrant Officer—Royal Navy |
Podchorazy (Navy) | Midshipman—Royal Navy |
Polish Rank | Equivalent British Rank |
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Chorazy (Army) | Warrant Officer Class I |
Warrant Officer (Air Force) | |
Starszy Sierzant (Army) | Warrant Officer Class II |
Warrant Officer 2nd Class (Air Force) | |
Starszy bosman (Navy) | |
Bosman (Navy) | Staff Serjeant |
Sierzant (Army) | |
Flight Sergeant (Air Force) | |
Bosmanmat (Navy) | |
Plutonowy (Army) | Serjeant |
Sergeant (Air Force) | |
Mat (Navy) | |
Kapral (Army) | Corporal |
Corporal (Air Force) | |
Starszy marynarz (Navy) | |
Marynarz (Navy) | |
Starszy szeregowiec (Army) | Private |
Szeregowiec (strzelec) (Army) | |
Leading Aircraftman & Aircraftman (Air Force) |
Polish Rank | Equivalent British Status |
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Pulkownik | Member with status above that of Lieutenant-Colonel |
Podpulkownik | Member with status of Lieutenant-Colonel |
Naczelna Siostra | |
Major | Member with status of Major |
Przelozona Siostra | |
Inspektorka | |
Siostra | |
Zastepczyni przelozonej | |
Komendantka Kompanii | Member with other officer status |
Komendantka Plutonu | |
Kapitan | |
Porucznik | |
Podporucznik | |
Starszy Sierzant | Member with status of Staff Serjeant |
Sierzant | Member with status of Serjeant |
Plutonowy | Member with status of Corporal |
Kapral | |
Starsza ochotniczka | Member with status of Private |
Ochotniczka |
The provisions of the Royal Warrant shall be modified for the purposes of their application to members of the Polish forces in the following respects:—
Articles 1(18), 1(19), 1(21), 1(24), 1(27), 1(28), 1(30), 1(34), 1(35), 1(36), 2(4)(a), 2(4)(b) proviso, 4, 5, 7(2)(b) and (d), 7(3), 7(5), 7(6), 7(7), 8(3), 13, 34, 38, 40(4)(a)(ii), 41(3)(a)(ii), 58, 67(4) and 71, Part V and Schedule 9, and, except in Article 12(6), any provision in so far as it relates to the husband of a woman member of the military forces, shall be deleted;
in Article 12(6) the words from “unless the conditions” to the end of the paragraph shall be deleted;
in Article 35(2) the words from “unless the conditions” to the end of the paragraph shall be deleted;
in Article 35(3)(b) the words from “being a father” to the end of the sub-paragraph shall be deleted;
in Article 40(2) the words “or widower” shall be deleted;
for the words and phrases set out in column (1) of the following Table there shall be substituted the words and phrases set out in column (2) of that Table;
Words and phrases in Royal Warrant | Substitution for application to members of the Polish forces |
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(1) | (2) |
Member of the military forces | Member of the Polish forces. |
Officer | Officer as defined in this Scheme. |
Soldier | Soldier as defined in this Scheme. |
Rank | Equivalent British rank or status as defined in this Scheme. |
Service | Service as defined in this Scheme. |
Termination of service (in Article 1(32)) | Termination of paid service. |
Substantive rank (in Article 7(2)(a)) | Substantive or war substantive rank. |
Pensioned widower (in Article 36) | Widower. |
Our Navy, Army or Air Force (in Article 59(1)) | Any naval, military or air force. |
any reference to retired pay shall be construed as a reference to pension;
for the purposes of their application to an officer whose equivalent British rank is that of warrant officer (Royal Navy) or midshipman—
Articles 35, 36, 40 and 41 shall have effect as if in paragraphs 5(a), 5(b), 6, 9(b), 10(b) and 10(c) of Schedule 7 there were included the rates of allowances appropriate to a warrant officer specified in the corresponding paragraphs of Schedule 7 to the Order in Council.
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