Dragon military ranks?

[ffutures]

In Tooth and Claw the dragons have an army, but the details are a bit sparse. The only soldier mentioned by rank is an "Exalted Marshal" (the 'exalted' part means he's a peer of the realm, and is separate from his rank), who returns wounded from a frontier skirmish, so presumably isn't incredibly senior by dragon standards - although I suspect that dragon leadership is very much from the front.

So I need some sort of early Victorian military structure, presumably covering ground forces (gunners, skirmishers, dragons running the defences, etc.) as well as air cavalry (dragons, possibly carrying rifles but mostly relying on their natural weaponry). The feeling I get is "North-West Frontier," e.g. British army in India, but probably a bit more mobile, combined with a bit of a feel of early Royal Flying Corps. For some reason the US Cavalry near Indian territory comes to mind, e.g. the bit where they're mobile, operating out of frontier forts, but I don't really know an awful lot about them.

Anyone want to suggest a table of organization?

Comments

Don't know if this helps:-

[keith5by5.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_British_Army

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiment

Re: Don't know if this helps:-

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Thanks - those both look very useful.

[darransims.livejournal.com]

This may be a good place to start:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_ranks

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

That looks useful too - thanks.

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

For flavour read "Flashman" by George MacDonald Fraser and the Ogilvie series by James McCutchan.

"Queen Victoria's Little Wars" gives a fair bit of information as well on operations.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I'm fairly familiar with Flashman, don't know the others. Do you have any details on the author etc. of the Little Wars book?

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

Full Data:

Author Farwell, Byron.
Title Queen Victoria's little wars.
Additional Info Image
Additional Info Link Additional Information
Edition statement [1st U.S. ed.]
Imprint New York, Harper & Row [c1972]
Description xx, 394 p. illus., maps. 22 cm.
Bibliography Bibliography: p. 373-382.

Geographic subject Great Britain--History, Military--19th century.

ISBN 0060112220

Shelfmark 942.081 FAR

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Many thanks!