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Squadron Sergeant Major (SSM) is the equivalent in the Royal Armoured Corps , Special Air Service , Royal Engineers , Royal Corps Of Signals , Army Air Corps and Royal Logistic Corps , and in armoured, combat engineer, and signal or communication squadrons of the Canadian Forces . '''Battery Sergeant Major''' (BSM) is the equivalent in the Royal Artillery and Royal Regiment Of Canadian Artillery , and '''Squadron Corporal Major''' (SCM) in the Household Cavalry . First Sergeant would be the equivalent in the United States Army , Hauptfeldwebel is the German equivalent. A CSM, BSM or SSM is generally addressed as "Sergeant Major" (or often as "Sir" or "Ma'am" by subordinates). However, a cavalry SSM is often addressed as "Mr (surname)" by officers, and as "Mr (surname), Sir" by his subordinates, with the salutation "Sergeant Major" being reserved for Staff Sergeant s. Typically for the British Army, protocol can vary widely between units, creating a minefield for outsiders, new recruits, and soldiers serving outside their parent regiments. In the Canadian Forces, the SSM/BSM/CSM is referred to as "Sir" by subordinates, or as "Sergeant Major". Superiors refer to him generally as "Sergeant Major" or "CSM". The most famous fictional example is perhaps Battery Sergeant Major Tudor Brynne 'Shut Up' Williams, portrayed by Windsor Davies in the 1970s sitcom '' It Ain't Half Hot Mum ''. EXTERNAL LINK |
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