Highest rank in all three Armed services is O-11;
RAF- Marshal of the RAF
RN- Admiral of the Fleet
Army- Field Marshal
Even at Second World War manning levels, these proved sufficient to cover all the required posts.
At current levels, these ranks are not necessary- promotion to O-11 tends to be a reward for long service as an alternative to retirement. The current Chief of Defence Staff is a General; his juniors as Chief of the General Staff, Chief of the Air Staff and First Sea Lord are all also O-10s.
Congratulations at finding all those variants on the rank of Private; there were some in there even I'd forgotten! (along with others I only recognise from Afghanistan casualty lists).
I would concur with the other posters about khaki uniforms- DPM for Home Guard is more likely, along with '58 pattern webbing seems more likely.
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