I know... please remember this is an alternate setting and that the addition of the O-12 rank was something that was used in as ranks that were held by the Prime Minister, Defense Minister and Monarch since they took active roles in the actual military planning.
Prince William and Prince Harry take a very active role in the armed forces... In fact, in this setting Prince Harry would prove himself to be an exceptionally gifted when it comes to military strategy and logistics planning. Prince William bascily became the centre of morale boosting activties, while Harry was seen as a the Fighting Man's Prince... sort of like Bradley was seen as the "Fighting Man's General" during the Second World War.
I've actually written up the Defense Staff... and while the O-11 and O-10 ranks were used for them, it was the fact that the Prime Minister and Royals had held a military rank before the outbreak of the war. and some of the non-military personnel were treating them as if they had no actual experience. And thus the creation of the wartime ranks.
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Originally Posted by Sanjuro
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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