Editing Regimental quartermaster sergeant

{{Short description|Military rank or appointment}}
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'''Regimental quartermaster sergeant''' ('''RQMS''') is a [[military rank]] in some militaries, and an appointment in others.

==Irish Defence Forces==
[[Image:IE-Army-OR9b.png|right|thumb|60px|BQMS insignia (Irish Army)]]

Battalion quartermaster sergeant (BQMS, ''ceathrúsháirsint cathláin'' in [[Irish Language|Irish]]) is a rank in the [[Irish Army]] and [[Irish Air Corps]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.military.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/images/Info_Centre/Posters/rank_markings/DF_Info_Handbook_Rank_Markings.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2020-10-28 |archive-date=2016-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425021551/http://www.military.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/images/Info_Centre/Posters/rank_markings/DF_Info_Handbook_Rank_Markings.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> equivalent to warrant officer class 2 (NATO OR-8) in the British Army. The equivalent in the [[Artillery Corps (Ireland)|Artillery Corps]] and [[Army Ranger Wing]] is regimental quartermaster sergeant (RQMS).

==Singapore==
Like the UK example, the regimental quartermaster sergeant is an appointment in a battalion-sized unit usually held by a [[second warrant officer]]. They are the senior assistant to the [[quartermaster]], who may be a more senior [[warrant officer]] for non-combat units.

==United Kingdom==
Regimental quartermaster sergeant is an appointment held by a warrant officer class 2 in the [[British Army]] and [[Royal Marines]]. The RQMS is the senior assistant to the [[quartermaster]] of a [[regiment]] or [[battalion]] and also usually functions as the deputy [[regimental sergeant major]]. Some units have more than one. RQMS was a separate rank until 1915, when it became a warrant officer appointment with the creation of the rank of warrant officer class II.

In the [[Household Cavalry]], the appointment is instead regimental quartermaster corporal.

==United States==
Regimental quartermaster sergeant as well as battalion quartermaster sergeant were ranks in the U.S. Army during World War I. They were re-designated regimental and battalion supply sergeants on 3 June 1916.

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[[Category:Military ranks of the Commonwealth]]
[[Category:Military appointments of Australia]]
[[Category:Military appointments of Canada]]
[[Category:Military ranks of Ireland]]
[[Category:Quartermasters]]
[[Category:Military appointments of the British Army]]
[[Category:Military appointments of the Royal Marines]]
[[Category:Military ranks of the British Army]]
[[Category:Warrant officers]]