Rough Rider (Rank)



Rough Rider is a now defunct rank in the Royal Regiment of Artillery of the British Army and was a rank equivalent to Private. It was previously used in the British and British Colonial Forces and was the rank was commonly displayed as a spur. Rough rider was also later used as an appointment for what others might call 'Assistant Instructor, equitation'. This latter use could result in designations such as Bombardier 'Rough Rider'.