page_title: Wild Tiger Corps
section_title: Ranks
hierarchical_section_title: Wild Tiger Corps / Ranks
caption_attribution_description: English: Painting of King Vajiravudh as a General of the Wild Tiger Corps. Cropped from File:นายกรัฐมนตรี_เป็นประธานเปิดงานชุมนุมลูกเสือคาทอลิกโลก_-_Flickr_-_Abhisit_Vejjajiva_(31).jpg.
context_page_description: The Wild Tiger Corps was a national paramilitary corps founded in Thailand in 1911 by King Vajiravudh. Inspired by the British Volunteer Force, the unit was intended to maintain civil order.
  The Wild Tiger Corps was founded on 1 May 1911 by King Vajiravudh. The corps was meant to be a nationwide paramilitary corps, answerable only to the monarch. At first a ceremonial guard, it became a military force of 4,000 within its first year. Filled with commoners, the king would often mess with them and socialize with them openly. The corps eventually rivaled the army in strength and the civil service in influence. The king even went so far as appointing some to high ranks in the army and nobility.
  While the king socialized with members of the corps, the regular army and aristocrats were deeply dissatisfied. Army officers were not permitted to join the organization. They saw these new appointments and the corps as a threat to the honour of the army. Combined with the king's spending on new palaces and attention on dramatic productions, the kingdom was deeply in debt and was in danger of financial collapse. This dissatisfaction partially led to the Palace Revolt of 1912.
context_section_description: Wild Tiger Corps have ranking like military ranking, see list.
  Captain General (นายกองใหญ่), this rank was exclusively for King Vajiravudh but in 1915 he created rank General of the Wild Tiger Corps (นายพลเสือป่า) for members who are leaders of corps. The rank was equivalent Brigadier.
  Colonel  (นายกองเอก)
  Lieutenant Colonel (นายกองโท)
  Major (นายกองตรี)
  Captain (นายหมวดเอก)
  Lieutenant (นายหมวดโท)
  Second Lieutenant (นายหมวดตรี)
  Acting Second Lieutenant (ว่าที่นายหมวดตรี)
  Third Lieutenant (นายหมู่ใหญ่), This rank was the lowest commission officer rank but wearing uniforms like enlist rank.
  Sergeant (นายหมู่เอก), The highest rank of the enlisted.
  Corporal (นายหมู่โท)
  Lance Corporal (นายหมู่ตรี)
  Corp (นายเสือป่า)
caption: King Vajiravudh as a General of the Wild Tiger Corps.
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