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Originally Posted by Anh_Minh
Was Hodgkins a colonel or a lieutenant?
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Lieutenant Colonel, which is one rank below Colonel. Most armies have "under-ranks" - for example, in Poland Colonel is Pułkownik, while Lt. Colonel is Podpułkownik which literally translates to "Undercolonel". While addressing, you use the "full rank" though (meaning you address Lt. Colonel as "Colonel").
On the other hand, armies following German rank system (I think Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Nordic countries are the only ones) have "over-ranks" instead. That means you have, for example, Leutnant (Lieutenant) as the base and Oberleutnant ("Upperlieutenant") as one rank above.