Off at a tangent a bit but........ While I was researching the Boys rifle (no....., not BOYES, but BOYS.....) over several years, I came across several of these 'officer' rank titles among the staff at both Enfield and Woolwich. Such as 'captain' Harold Boys......... Quite where the titles such as Capt this and Major that came from is unclear but they didn't feature in the old Army LIsts that are housed at the mail library at Aldershot. Were they Commissioned titles that someone sort of dished out then or what? Maybe they were, er ......... Anyway!