Military ranks of women's services in WWII

The Military ranks of Women's Services in WWII are the military insignia used by the various all female military services and units during World War II.

United Kingdom[]

Officers[]

NATO code	OF-10	OF-7		OF-6	OF-5	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1
Women's Transport Service (1938–1945) (Edit)	No equivalent
Women's Transport Service (1938–1945) (Edit)	No equivalent				Commandant	Staff Commander	Commander	Captain	Lieutenant	Ensign	Cadet Ensign
Auxiliary Territorial Service (1938–1941) (Edit)	No equivalent
Auxiliary Territorial Service (1938–1941) (Edit)	No equivalent	Chief Controller		Senior Controller	Controller	Chief Commandant	Senior Commandant	Company Commander	Deputy Company Commander	Company Assistant
Auxiliary Territorial Service (1941–1949) (Edit)	No equivalent
Auxiliary Territorial Service (1941–1949) (Edit)	No equivalent	Chief Controller		Senior Controller	Controller	Chief Commander	Senior Commander	Junior Commander	Subaltern	Second Subaltern
Mechanised Transport Corps (Edit)	No equivalent										No equivalent
Mechanised Transport Corps (Edit)	No equivalent			Corps Commandant	Senior Commandant	Commandant	Commander	Captain	Lieutenant	Ensign	No equivalent
Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1939-1940) (Edit)	No equivalent										No equivalent
Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1939-1940) (Edit)	No equivalent			Senior Controller	Controller	Chief Commandant	Senior Commandant	Company Commander	Deputy Company Commander	Company Assistant	No equivalent
Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1940-1949)^[1] (Edit)	No equivalent										No equivalent
Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1940-1949)^[1] (Edit)	No equivalent	Air Chief Commandant^{[note 1]}		Air Commandant	Group Officer	Wing Officer	Squadron Officer	Flight Officer	Section Officer	Assistant Section Officer	No equivalent
Women's Royal Naval Service 1939-1946^[2] (Edit)	No equivalent										No equivalent
Women's Royal Naval Service 1939-1946^[2] (Edit)	No equivalent	Commandant	Director	Deputy Director	Superintendent	Chief Officer	First Officer	Second Officer	Third Officer		No equivalent

Enlisted ranks[]

NATO Code	OR-9	OR-8	OR-7	OR-6	OR-5	OR-4	OR-2
Women's Transport Service (1938–1945) (Edit)	No equivalent		No equivalent		No equivalent			No insignia
Women's Transport Service (1938–1945) (Edit)	No equivalent	Warrant Officer Class II	No equivalent	Sergeant	No equivalent	Corporal	Lance Corporal	Driver
Auxiliary Territorial Service (1938–1941) (Edit)	No equivalent		No equivalent		No equivalent			No insignia
Auxiliary Territorial Service (1938–1941) (Edit)	No equivalent	Senior Leader	No equivalent	Section Leader	No equivalent	Sub-Leader	Chief Volunteer	Volunteer
Auxiliary Territorial Service (1941–1949) (Edit)					No equivalent			No insignia
Auxiliary Territorial Service (1941–1949) (Edit)	Warrant Officer Class II	Warrant Officer Class I	Staff Sergeant	Sergeant	No equivalent	Corporal Bombardier	Lance Corporal Lance Bombardier	Private Gunner
Mechanised Transport Corps (Edit)	No equivalent				No equivalent			No insignia
Mechanised Transport Corps (Edit)	No equivalent			Company Cadet Officer	No equivalent	Section Cadet Officer	Cadet Officer	Driver
Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1939-1940) (Edit)	No equivalent				No equivalent		No equivalent	No insignia	No insignia
Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1939-1940) (Edit)	No equivalent		Senior Section Leader	Section Leader	No equivalent	Assistant Section Leader	No equivalent	Aircraftwoman 1st Class	Aircraftwoman 2nd Class
Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1940-1949) (Edit)		No equivalent			No equivalent			No insignia	No insignia
Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1940-1949) (Edit)	Warrant officer^{[note 2]}	No equivalent	Flight Sergeant^{[note 3]}	Sergeant	No equivalent	Corporal	Leading Aircraftwoman	Aircraftwoman 1st Class	Aircraftwoman 2nd Class
Women's Royal Naval Service (1939-1946) (Edit)	No equivalent				No equivalent		No equivalent
Women's Royal Naval Service (1939-1946) (Edit)	No equivalent		Chief Wren	Petty Officer Wren	No equivalent	Leading Wren	No equivalent	Wren	Ordinary Wren

Germany[]

Main article: Ranks and insignia of the German Women’s Auxiliary Services

Notes[]

↑ created 1943 with first appointment.
↑ also called Under Officer
↑ also called Senior Sergeant

References[]

↑ Talbot-Booth, E.C. (1943). Ranks and Badges in the Navy, Army, RAF and Auxiliaries. London: George Philip & Son, Ltd.. p. 31. http://www.thortrains.net/downloads/Rank-and-Badges1943.pdf.
↑ Talbot-Booth, E.C. (1943). Ranks and Badges in the Navy, Army, RAF and Auxiliaries. London: George Philip & Son, Ltd.. p. 30. http://www.thortrains.net/downloads/Rank-and-Badges1943.pdf.

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[2] reated 1943 with first appointment.

[4] so called Under Officer

[5] so called Senior Sergeant

[1] Talbot-Booth, E.C. (1943). Ranks and Badges in the Navy, Army, RAF and Auxiliaries. London: George Philip & Son, Ltd.. p. 31. http://www.thortrains.net/downloads/Rank-and-Badges1943.pdf.

[3] Talbot-Booth, E.C. (1943). Ranks and Badges in the Navy, Army, RAF and Auxiliaries. London: George Philip & Son, Ltd.. p. 30. http://www.thortrains.net/downloads/Rank-and-Badges1943.pdf.

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