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'''Assistant Paymaster''' was a rank in the [[Accountant Branch]] of the [[Royal Navy]], equivalent to that of [[Sub-Lieutenant (Royal Navy)|Sub-Lieutenant]]. After four years in that rank, the Assistant-Paymaster was entitled to wear one and a half stripes, roughly equivalent to the rank of [[Lieutenant, Junior Grade]] in the [[United States Navy]]. | '''Assistant Paymaster''' was a rank in the [[Accountant Branch]] of the [[Royal Navy]], equivalent to that of [[Sub-Lieutenant (Royal Navy)|Sub-Lieutenant]]. After four years in that rank, the Assistant-Paymaster was entitled to wear one and a half stripes, roughly equivalent to the rank of [[Lieutenant, Junior Grade]] in the [[United States Navy]]. | ||
An Order in Council of 8 November, 1918, altered the title of the rank to '''Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant'''. | |||
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Revision as of 15:40, 20 December 2011
Assistant Paymaster was a rank in the Accountant Branch of the Royal Navy, equivalent to that of Sub-Lieutenant. After four years in that rank, the Assistant-Paymaster was entitled to wear one and a half stripes, roughly equivalent to the rank of Lieutenant, Junior Grade in the United States Navy.
An Order in Council of 8 November, 1918, altered the title of the rank to Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant.
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