Click on an image below to learn more about each rank and how it contributed to the Battalion. And below the rank badges, see the standard organization chart of an infantry battalion.
Sergeant
Normally employed as Second-in-Command of one of the 40 man infantry platoons in a company or as Section Commanders of one of the platoon’s four Sections of approximately 10-12 men. Also employed in those same roles in the specialist platoons or sections of the battalion – ie: Pioneers, Signals, Intelligence/Scouts, Transport, Quarter Master, etc
Corporal
Typically, the non-commissioned rank in charge of a 10-12 man section
Lance Corporal
Second in charge of a section and a rank that may be held by specialists such as machine gunners, signallers, etc
This organization chart shows the typical organization of a four company infantry battalion. At the start of the war the battalion was still organized according to the pre-war eight company structure.
