Chris_Baker Posted 10 September , 2003 Share Posted 10 September , 2003 Can anyone please confirm what SSM stood for, as a rank in the Army Service Corps? I'm assuming it a Something Sergeant Major. That presumably would be a Warrant Officer Class 2? What would a WO Class 1 be called in the ASC? Charles, Joe, anyone...help! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Pete Wood Posted 10 September , 2003 Share Posted 10 September , 2003 SSM is Squadron Sergeant Major - equivalent to Company Sergeant Major (WO2). Years on, and I can still hear my name being called by one.... Link to post Share on other sites
Muerrisch Posted 10 September , 2003 Share Posted 10 September , 2003 Staff Sergeant Major. A SSM 1st Class ASC was senior to all other WO I except: Conductor AOC, Master Gunner 1st Class RA, and Schoolmaster. KR 285 1914. As for WO II, not invented when war began and you need an ASC expert. My grandfather could have told you. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Pete Wood Posted 10 September , 2003 Share Posted 10 September , 2003 Staff Sergeant Major. A SSM 1st Class ASC was senior to all other WO I except: Conductor AOC, Master Gunner 1st Class RA, and Schoolmaster. KR 285 1914. As for WO II, not invented when war began and you need an ASC expert. My grandfather could have told you. And the Pay Corps SSM....? When did WOII come into existence, please? Link to post Share on other sites
Muerrisch Posted 10 September , 2003 Share Posted 10 September , 2003 WO II AO 174/1915, exact date not to hand, about May. The Pay Corps SSM, if a First Class, appears to have been equal in precedence to the ASC man. Of course, seniority in rank might come into play, but who would want to fall out with the money man? Link to post Share on other sites
Chris_Baker Posted 11 September , 2003 Author Share Posted 11 September , 2003 Thank you everyone. Great stuff as ever. Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Sweeney Posted 26 September , 2003 Share Posted 26 September , 2003 FYI The WO Class II was created on 28 January 1915 with AO 70 (Published 29 January). Joe Sweeney Link to post Share on other sites
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