Garrison sergeant major

Garrison sergeant major
Garrison Sergeant Major London District's badge of rank
Country United Kingdom
Service branch British Army
AbbreviationGSM
Rank groupWarrant officer
NATO rank codeOR-9
Formation1940

A garrison sergeant major (GSM) in the British Army is the senior warrant officer of a garrison and holds the rank of warrant officer class 1. The GSM London District, always a guardsman, holds one of the four most senior WO1 appointments in the British Army, and has military ceremonial responsibility for important state occasions such as Trooping the Colour.