Brigadier (UK)
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British Army insignia
Royal Marines insignia
The Brigadier insignia of the St Edward's Crown above three Order of Bath stars (or pips).
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 United Kingdom
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| Abbreviation | Brig |
| Rank | One-star |
| NATO rank | OF 6 |
| Next higher rank | Major-general |
| Next lower rank | Colonel |
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Brigadier (abbreviated as Brig) is a senior rank in the British Army and the Royal Marines. Brigadier is the superior rank to colonel, but subordinate to major-general. While the corresponding rank of brigadier general in many other nations is a general officer rank, the British Army considers it a field officer rank.
The rank has a NATO rank code of OF-6, placing it equivalent to the Royal Navy commodore and the Royal Air Force air commodore ranks and the brigadier general (1-star general) rank of the United States military and numerous other NATO nations.
The rank insignia for a brigadier is a St Edward's Crown over three "pips" ("Bath" stars). The rank insignia for a brigadier-general was crossed sword and baton.
In 1921 the appointment of brigadier-general was replaced in the Army by those of colonel-commandant and colonel on the staff and abolished entirely in the Royal Marines, which already had a substantive rank of colonel-commandant of equivalent status. These appointments, although reflecting its modern role in the British Army as a senior colonel rather than a junior general, were not well received and were both replaced with brigadier (which was also adopted in the Marines for colonel-commandants in certain posts) from 1 June 1928.
Brigadier was originally an appointment conferred on colonels (as commodore was an appointment conferred on naval captains) rather than a substantive rank. However, from 1 November 1947 it became a substantive rank in the British Army. The Royal Marines, however, retained it as an acting rank only until 1997, when both commodore and brigadier became substantive ranks.
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