Of the 75 men that I know held pre-WW1 commissions
So holding a pre-WW1 commission was not a guarantee of promotion in ADRIC
| Date of commission | highest RIC rank | |
| Lowdell EL | 1878 Sep | S/Leader |
| Eves HE | 1886 Feb | Permanent RIC |
| Poe AP | 1886 Mar | T/Cadet |
| Fenner S | 1890 Sep | DI.3 |
| Finch CTW | 1893 Jan | T/Cadet |
| Parker JS | 1893 Mar | S/Leader |
| Tottenham AGL | 1894 Mar | DI.3 |
| Smith, Buxton | 1894 Sept | DI.1 |
| Crabbe CE | 1895 Mar | T/Cadet |
| Wood EA | 1895 Dec | Commandant |
| Fitzhardy CB | 1896 Dec | T/Cadet |
| Crozier FP | 1897 Jun | Commandant |
| Conlan RHL | 1897 Sep | DI.1 |
| Greer TMcG | 1898 Mar | DI.1 |
| Wake CstA | 1898 Jul | DI.3 |
| Regnart CH | 1898 Sep | T/Cadet |
| Withers AR | 1898 Oct | T/Cadet |
| Littledale HF | 1898 Oct | Permanent RIC |
| Winch A | 1898 Dec | DI.3 |
| White G | 1900 Jan | T/Cadet |
| Hemming HSL | 1900 Feb | DI.1 |
| Berrington C | 1900 May | T/Cadet |
| Caulfeild HF | 1900 May | T/Cadet |
| Robertson CA | 1900 May | T/Cadet |
| Kirkwood JHM | 1900 May | DI.1 |
| Wilkin CE | 1900 Jun | T/Cadet |
| Dean GPT | 1900 Jul | T/Cadet |
| Murphy JL | 1900 Sep | T/Cadet |
| Champ-de-Crespigny | 1900 Oct | DI.1 |
| Church EFR | 1901 Mar | T/Cadet |
| Wardrop AT | 1901 Mar | T/Cadet |
| Blair A | 1901 Apr | T/Cadet |
| Sheriff MGS | 1901 Aug | T/Cadet |
| Stanley TA | 1901 Aug | T/Cadet |
| Stoddart SA | 1902 Jan | T/Cadet |
| Covell H | 1902 Mar | T/Cadet |
| Bone AF | 1902 May | T/Cadet |
| De Haviland P | 1902 Jun | DI.1 |
| Ross EF | 1902 Aug | T/Cadet |
| Furber HAdeF | 1903 Mar | T/Cadet |
| Wickham RS | 1903 Apr | T/Cadet |
| Leir WH | 1903 Sep | T/Cadet |
| Curling CN | 1904 Mar | T/Cadet |
| Craven FW | 1904 Sep | DI.3 |
| Glasson CJH | 1905 May | T/Cadet |
| Conrad P | 1906 Feb | T/Cadet |
| Clark AGL | 1906 Aug | Permanent RIC |
| Whur E | 1906 Dec | DI.3 |
| Knight RL | 1908 Mar | T/Cadet |
| Sanders H | 1908 Jul | T/Cadet |
| Ferguson RH | 1909 Feb | T/Cadet |
| Whitty PJ | 1909 Feb | T/Cadet |
| Webb HJ | 1909 Mar | T/Cadet |
| Meredith DW | 1909 Apr | S/Leader |
| Hollingsworth FW | 1909 Nov | T/Cadet |
| Cooper SLP | 1910 Mar | T/Cadet |
| MacIlwaine CW | 1910 Apr | S/Leader |
| Muras GH | 1910 Jun | T/Cadet |
| Maynard WE | 1910 Aug | DI.3 in USC |
| Austin GR | 1911 Jan | DI2 |
| Knight MW | 1911 Apr | T/Cadet |
| Wigan YRD | 1911 Oct | Permanent RIC |
| Graves FN | 1912 Feb | T/Cadet |
| MacKinnon JA | 1912 Feb | DI.1 |
| Swain CPD | 1912 Feb | T/Cadet |
| Warnes GG | 1912 Feb | T/Cadet |
| Fitzgerald GV | 1912 Jul | T/Cadet |
| Slade FH | 1913 Jan | T/Cadet |
| Merrett HGD | 1913 Mar | T/Cadet |
| Millett HW | 1913 Apr | T/Cadet |
| Pinegar G | 1913 Aug | DI.3 |
| Hope GB | 1913 Sep | DI.3 |
| Sayle ARW | 1913 Oct | T/Cadet |
| Sullivan EJ | 1913 Nov | S/Leader |