Majoria General

11:09 Feb 3, 2008 

Unfortunately, I don't have time to do more than share this impression with you, but it's something to think about.

11:08 Feb 3, 2008 

Sue, skimming through Google results for "majoria general", I'd agree that it's an institution not a rank. Without going deeply into this, it looks like an alternative to "Estado Maior" - "General Staff".

02:38 Feb 3, 2008 

Sorry, Sue. I wrote army mistakenly. The above mentioned article is about Navy.
http://www.marinha.pt/extra/revista/ra_jul2002/pag17.html

19:11 Feb 2, 2008 

Hi Richard! Not sure about Major General as I am now thinking along the lines of an institution, not a rank, such as Admiralty of the Fleet. And to Wagner the Majoria General in my text refers to the Navy, not the Army. So, where are we?? But maybe in wartime the Army & Navy use the same names for some of their institutions. thank you both so much for the sites & info - I shall keep trying till I get it right!

01:56 Feb 2, 2008 

Sorry, I meant to refer my comments to Wagner :))

01:55 Feb 2, 2008 

I reckon it's 'Major General' Sue..
I did a search on 'Major General of the fleet'...and came up with this:
http://admin.royalnavy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.6565
Part of the Royal Marines...
Can't vouch it goes back to WW1 though.

01:47 Feb 2, 2008 

Richard, You may be right when saying that it doesn't refer to a specific rank. However, this link shows Majoria General as a real entity at least in Portuguese Army:
http://www.marinha.pt/extra/revista/ra_jul2002/pag17.html

23:09 Feb 1, 2008 

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarquia_militar
(the above link has a unwanted comma)

23:08 Feb 1, 2008 

I don't think it's referring to a specific rank. Take a look at both the Brazilian and Portuguese hierarchy tables for the navy here: - http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarquia_militar, and you'll see the rank doesn't exist - at least in modern times. ??