There was always disagreement in the Army as to who was the most senior WO1 in the organisation. The ACSM Sandhurst would lay claim, the GSM London District said it was him and certain WO1s in the RLC were appointed Conductors and when you looked into the history, it was the RLC Conductors that had seniority but the other 2 contenders struggled to accept it. In order to stop the arguments, a few years ago, a new appointment of Army Sgt. Major was created and from day one, he was officially the senior soldier.
As OD has said some of these positions are held by WO1s who have been commissioned but are still acting in senior WO1 posts.
Last edited by The Oberon; 6th Jul 2021 at 09:54.