Colonel-in-Chief
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Colonel-in-chief is a ceremonial position in an army regiment. It is in common use in several Commonwealth armies, where it is held by the regiment's patron, usually a member of the royal family.
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- History
- Role
- List of colonels-in-chief
- United Kingdom
- Royal Navy (styled Commodore-in-Chief)
- British Army
- Household Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps
- Household Cavalry
- Line Cavalry
- Royal Tank Regiment
- Yeomanry
- Infantry
- Foot Guards
- Line Infantry and Rifles
- Airborne Infantry
- Special Operations
- Special Forces
- Combat Support and Army Air Corps
- Combat Service Support
- Army Medical Services
- Overseas Regiments
- Royal Air Force (styled Honorary Air Commodore)
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Australia
- Brunei Darussalam
- Canada
- Canadian Army
- Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
- Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
- Royal Canadian Engineers
- Personnel branches
- Other organisations
- Jamaica
- Malaysia
- Malaysian Army
- Combat
- Combat Support
- Service Support
- Royal Malaysian Air Force
- Royal Malaysian Navy
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Papua New Guinea
- References
Colonel-in-chief is a ceremonial position in an army regiment. It is in common use in several Commonwealth armies, where it is held by the regiment's patron, usually a member of the royal family.
Some armed forces take a light-hearted approach to the position, appointing animals or characters as colonel-in-chief. The Norwegian Army, for example, appointed a king penguin named Sir Nils Olav as a colonel-in-chief.
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