Class HH or Class II, etc

[corisande]

I am baffled by the designations with promotions with "Class HH" for example on this Gazette Page refers to Class FF, BB and HH

They appear to be significant part of a promotion

Can anyone point me to a reference that explains all these classes.

[janecavell]

They all seem to refer to people listed under 'Special appointments'. Could they be pay grades? I see that in earlier London Gazettes (1915 for example) those listed under Special Appointments have more unwieldy annotations such as 'Graded for purposes of pay as a Staff Lt., 2nd Cl.'. Despite some Googling I've not come up with a key to the class numbers. But someone out there must know. . .

[corisande]

Yes, they do always seem to come under "Special Appointments". I realised this as a number of men in the Cairo Gang murders have these designations

I am really looking to see what one can read into them. Does one of them refer particularly to undercover or intelligence work.

I thought this sub-forum was the right place to put the question, but is does not get heavy traffic, so I may have to put it on one of the higher volume sub-forums in order to find "he who knows"

[janecavell]

There's some discussion of the subject in this earlier thread

Jane

[corisande]

Thanks you very much, indeed that thread answers my question

These gradings like HH (which was higher than II) covered a wide variety of tasks, ranging from liaison officers with the French and other allies, to intelligence officers at various levels of HQ, military missions to Russia, independent forces such as the East Persia Cordon, and admin jobs such as Town Major or Post Commandant in various theatres of war. Many of these officers would also have had one or more officers assisting them, who also had to be fitted into the grading structure.

Does not necessarily mean an officer in Ireland with one of these gradings was an Intelligence Officer, but certainly points in that direction.