Brigadier general brigadier-general while the air force used the rank of air commodore. Chinese rank of (Da-Xiao 大校) or "Senior Colonel" is a direct equivalent of a brigadier. It ranks above colonel (Shang-Xiao 上校) and below major general (Shao-Jiang 少将). A brigadier is commonly in command of a division (Shi 师) or a brigade (Lu 旅). Divisional commanders are seldom general officers. The rank of brigadier general is the first general officer rank in the "Fuerzas Militares", and the National Police. Denmark, a NATO member, has for many years been following NATO standards and adapting its rank system to closely relate. As
John Brown (British Army officer) 5th Horse was conferred on Colonel Brown, 1 April 1743. He was promoted to the rank of major-general on 26 March 1754, and to that of lieutenant-general on 15 January 1758. page 89. John Brown (British Army officer) Lieutenant-General John Brown (died 1762) was a British Army officer. He entered the Army as a cornet of Horse on 5 August 1704, and served several campaigns on the Continent in the army commanded by the Duke of Marlborough. In 1735 he was lieutenant-colonel of the 4th Regiment of Dragoons, from whence he was removed to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the King's Horse