I have been told that you dont need to be saluted unless you have an award from the Queen. In the Forces i take it that when you are awarded officer status this counts. I have also been told that you dont have to salute senior officers in the Fire Brigade unless they have an award from the Queen. Can anyone go into greater detail about this and give me more examples please? What if you are a civilian and have an award from the Queen do other civvies need to salute you or do people in uniform salute you? What awards count for this?
2007-02-26 04:11:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I always understood that in uniform you have to salute your superior officer.
Queen being the top of the UK system (Her Majesties services)you have to salute the queen when in uniform.
Civies dont have to salute at all
2007-02-26 04:21:22 · answer #1 · answered by whizzbitz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In all countryes its only militarys that do salutes to other militarys. The basic rule is that you will have to salute anyone in a higher rank than yourself. So if youre a civilian then there is no need for salutation. I dont knew about this queens award stuff but I can imagine that any military has to salute her if she is the supreme comander of the armed forces. Johan
2007-02-26 04:46:52 · answer #2 · answered by Johan from Sweden 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard, recently, that, - according to protocol, - even a senior OFFICER, - say, a GENERAL, - MUST salute a PRIVATE, - IF that private, has been awarded the VICTORIA CROSS. I believe, that this HAPPENED, when Private (now, LANCE-CORPORAL) Johnson Beharry, V.C., - had cause, to come into "CONTACT" with GENERAL Sir MIKE JACKSON, whilst BOTH were at Buckingham Palace!
2007-02-27 02:18:26 · answer #3 · answered by Spike 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋