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Old 02-08-10, 11:36 AM
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Default REME Appointment CASM

This weekend was the Arborfield Old Boys reunion, great weekend, but I digress. In attendance was the REME CASM (Corps Artificer Sergeant Major), a recent appointment to be a link between DEME(A) and the Corps on the ground. I noticed his badge as one I had not seen before, and he told me that there is now a similar appointment within all the Corps of the army and that this is the badge they will wear. Pity the 'Hammer & Tongs' don't match! The needlework leaves a little to be desired also!
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Old 03-08-10, 12:05 AM
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So the rank would be Corps Sergeant Major?

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Old 03-08-10, 07:47 AM
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So the rank would be Corps Sergeant Major?

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The title is actually Corps RSM and the individual is ranked as the most senior RSM/WO1 in the Corps for which he or she holds the appointment. My brother was the Corps RSM of the Royal Signals a few years back (although I don't think that he wore any special pattern of rank badge at that time)

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Old 03-08-10, 07:49 AM
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No. His RANK is Warrant Officer Class 1. His APPOINTMENT is CASM.
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So the rank would be Corps Sergeant Major?

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NO , The rank is WO1 and the appointment is Corps Artificer Sergeant Major CASM

I'm not 100% sure but I think we still have Corps RSM for the military side of things and the CASM deals with the technical side.

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Old 03-08-10, 08:04 AM
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From the late 1970s the Corps RSM of the Intelligence Corps wore a Bullion on Cypress Green Number 1 Dress WO1 rank badge on Number 2 Dress and the Jersey Heavy Wool.
An example in my album:
http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...ictureid=12220

The new Corps RSM badges seem to be of a universal standard pattern and are designed for the recently introduced Future Army Dress (FAD) which will replace Number 2 Dress and Officers' Service Dress with a standard design and darker shade of khaki (or so the MOD has planned!!!)
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Old 03-08-10, 09:24 AM
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The badge of rank for the Senior WOI of each Corps was designed and authorised in January 2005. However it was left to the Corps to decide if it would be used, there was to be no Corps distinctions, however that was soon forgotten. Most of the badges are produced in a far of land through one company. The decision to have the badge sealed and given an NSN is waiting to be made. Therefor each user purchases the badges or their respective Corps does.

The first one came out of Germany before the final design was authorised, the second is an example of othose now in use.

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Old 03-08-10, 12:56 PM
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The title is actually Corps RSM and the individual is ranked as the most senior RSM/WO1 in the Corps for which he or she holds the appointment.
In REME the appointment of Corps RSM has been replaced by the Corps ASM, and I'm not sure when this took effect. I have no knowledge as to the current situation within the other Corps.
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To be a R.S.M. surely you must be in a REGIMENT ie 36 ENGINEER REGIMENT.(ex sapper) So CORPS SERGEANT MAJOR would be the correct title to use and not C.R.S.M.?? I stand to be corrected.
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To be a R.S.M. surely you must be in a REGIMENT ie 36 ENGINEER REGIMENT.(ex sapper) So CORPS SERGEANT MAJOR would be the correct title to use and not C.R.S.M.?? I stand to be corrected.
I see where you're coming from but the logic certainly doesn't flow through to the Infantry. An Infantry Regimental Sergeant Major is the RSM of a Battalion and not of a Regiment. This has become even more evident now that the Infantry have now been more or less completely reorganised into multi-battalion regiments. Incidentally, the Guards have always referred to their RSMs as Sergeant Majors but I wouldn't like to call the RSM of a line Infantry battalion that!

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Default Intelligence Corps - Corps Regimental Sergeant Major

This year the Intelligence Corps is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its reformation in July 1940. Among the events a parade to mark the Freedom of Ashford took place yesterday 7 June 2015.

I took the opportunity to photograph the badge of rank of the Corps Regimental Sergeant Major (CRSM) worn on Service Dress (previously called FAD).

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