I do not wish to confuse the issue, but is/was not a CSM what I knew 50 odd years ago a WO2 and an RSM his senior as WO1. I am not sure if that was the same in all regiments. Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Dixon" <dixond2@bigpond.net.au> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 3:57 AM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] Question about Honors > Judy, > CSM = Company Sergeant Major > RSM= Regimental Sergeant Major (a bit hazy about this - each > battalion in a regiment had an RSM , don't know how the > > difference was denoted for the head RSM for the whole regiment. Maybe just > " RSM x > Bn" & "RSM y Regt.". I also thought that RSM & CSM were titles, > not > ranks.) >