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The Company Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS) in the British Army and Royal Marines is the non-commissioned officer in a company who is in charge of supplies. The CQMS also serves as deputy to the Company Sergeant Major and is the second most senior NCO in the company.
Company Quartermaster Sergeant was once a separate rank. However, by the Second World War it was an appointment of Staff Sergeant (Colour Sergeant in the Royal Marines), and remains so today. In infantry companies, the CQMS is always addressed as "Colour Sergeant".
Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant (SQMS) is the equivalent in the Royal Armoured Corps, Special Air Service, Royal Engineers, Royal Corps of Signals, Army Air Corps, Royal Army Medical Corps, Royal Logistic Corps, and formerly in the Royal Corps of Transport. Battery Quartermaster Sergeant (BQMS) is the equivalent in the Royal Artillery. Squadron Quartermaster Corporal (SQMC) is the equivalent in the Household Cavalry (in which it is an appointment of Staff Corporal).
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