Field Marshal (British Army)

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five-star rank military rank

Field Marshal (British Army) is the highest rank in the British Army, traditionally awarded to senior military leaders and members of the royal family as an honorary or ceremonial distinction.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Field Marshal 15
Field Marshal (United Kingdom) 4
Field Marshal (British Army) canonical 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf five-star rank ⓘ
military rank ⓘ
associatedWithOrder Order of the Bath ⓘ
Order of the Garter ⓘ
ceremonialRole parades ⓘ
state occasions ⓘ
commandLevel army-level command ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
equivalentRank Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Navy ⓘ
surface form: Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)

Marshal of the Royal Air Force ⓘ
firstHolder George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney ⓘ
firstHolderCountry Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
highestRankIn British Army ⓘ
honoraryAwardedTo members of the British royal family ⓘ
senior allied commanders ⓘ
honoraryNature often conferred as a lifetime distinction ⓘ
introducedInCentury 18th century ⓘ
introducedInYear 1736 ⓘ
NATOrankCode OF-10 ⓘ
notableHolder Bernard Montgomery ⓘ
surface form: Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

Douglas Haig ⓘ
surface form: Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig

Charles Philip Arthur George ⓘ
surface form: King Charles III

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh ⓘ
Elizabeth II ⓘ
surface form: Queen Elizabeth II

1st Viscount Slim ⓘ
surface form: William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
partOf British Army ⓘ
payStatus often placed on retired list ⓘ
peacetimeConferment largely honorary ⓘ
rankAbbreviation FM ⓘ
rankAbove General (British Army) ⓘ
rankGroup general officer ⓘ
rankInsigniaFeature crossed batons ⓘ
crown ⓘ
wreath ⓘ
rankInsigniaWornOn epaulettes ⓘ
shoulder straps ⓘ
rankLevel above four-star general ⓘ
serviceBranch British Army ⓘ
status rarely awarded in contemporary times ⓘ
styleOfAddress Field Marshal ⓘ
typicalAppointment Chief of the Defence Staff ⓘ
Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: Chief of the Imperial General Staff

wartime army commander ⓘ
typicalPromotionBasis distinguished wartime service ⓘ
uniformColor scarlet tunic for full dress ⓘ
usedInConflict World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh → militaryRank → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
Ferdinand Foch → positionHeld → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marshal of Great Britain
William Slim → militaryRank → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Field Marshal
Commander-in-Chief Allied Armies in Italy → commanderRank → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Field Marshal
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher → militaryRank → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Field Marshal
Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Navy → equivalentTo → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw → honorificPrefix → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
subject surface form: Sam Manekshaw
this entity surface form: Field Marshal
Horatio Herbert Kitchener → militaryRank → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Field Marshal
Maréchal de France → equivalentRank → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Field Marshal (United Kingdom)
Elena Rosetti-Solescu → spouseRank → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Field Marshal
Marshal of the People's Republic of China → distinctFrom → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Field Marshal (United Kingdom)
Field Marshal (Russian Empire) → comparativeRank → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Field Marshal (United Kingdom)
Captain-General of the Forces → relatedTo → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Field Marshal
Bill Slim → militaryRank → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Field Marshal
John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair → positionHeld → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Field Marshal (Great Britain)
British Army officers → rankStructure → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Field Marshal
Adm of the Fleet → equivalentTo → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
subject surface form: Admiral of the Fleet
this entity surface form: Field Marshal
MRAF → equivalentTo → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Field Marshal
Field Marshal Sir John French → militaryRank → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
subject surface form: John French
this entity surface form: Field Marshal
Joyce Wallace → spouseMilitaryRank → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Field Marshal
Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany → positionHeld → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
Field Marshal (Greece) → equivalentTo → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Field Marshal (United Kingdom)
Auchinleck, Claude → militaryRank → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
subject surface form: Claude Auchinleck
this entity surface form: Field Marshal
Field Marshal Philip Chetwode → honorificTitle → Field Marshal (British Army) ⓘ
subject surface form: Philip Chetwode
this entity surface form: Field Marshal