Major-general (United Kingdom) of the Royal Army Chaplains Department, the Chaplain-General, and similar appointments, were accorded 'the relative precedence' - that is to say the equivalence rather than the full powers and authority - of the rank of major-general. The Commandant General Royal Marines has held the rank of major general since 1996, when the post was downgraded from lieutenant general. As in the British Army, a Royal Marine major general ranks below lieutenant general and above brigadier. From its foundation on 1 April 1918 to 31 July 1919, the Royal Air Force (RAF) briefly maintained the rank of major-general. The service was
Major general general is the army rank of "generale di divisione". In the army, the "generale di divisione" is the commander of a division. Because no brigadier-general rank is used in Japan, major-general is the rank of brigade commander. For this reason, the French are represented in the manner as and some countries, such as Brazil and Chile, follow it also words of some countries of the Italian and Spanish, and the like. In the past, "rikugun-shōshō"(陸軍少将) in the Imperial Japanese Army was equivalent to major-general, in the current,"rikushōho"(陸将補) in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and "kūshōho"(空将補) in the Japan Air Self-Defense