Editing Staff sergeant major (section)

{{Short description|Military rank or appointment}}
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'''Staff sergeant major'''<ref>Note that in the British Army, the plural is "staff sergeant majors" and not "staff sergeants major". {{London Gazette |issue=48587 |date=16 April 1981 |page=5671 |supp=y }} {{London Gazette |issue=25044 |date=2 December 1881 |page=6467 }} The earliest usage of "sergeant majors" in ''[[The Times]]'' is in 1822. The last of the (very occasional) usages of "sergeants major", except when referring to American NCOs, is in 1938.</ref> is an appointment in some [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] armies and also a rank in the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]].