Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In February 1918 the acting bombardier was renamed lance-bombardier, and the full bombardier gained a second chevron in 1920 replacing the rank of corporal in the RA. Second corporals also disappeared at that time (the second corporal had been an actual rank, whereas lance-corporal was private acting in the rank of corporal).
Lance corporal is the lowest of the non-commissioned officer ranks in the Australian Army and New Zealand Army, falling between private and corporal. It is the only appointed rank, and thus demotion is easier than with other ranks. A commanding officer can demote a lance corporal, whereas other ranks require a court martial for demotion. A ...
While in the British Army a lance corporal is the next rank up from a private, unlike in the US Army they are considered junior NCOs, and hold a similar command appointment to a US Army sergeant. Because of this it is not unheard of for lance corporals to be given US Army sergeant rank insignia when serving with US forces.
The rank of lance sergeant, like that of lance corporal, was a temporary rank to which a private or corporal could be appointed in an as needed capacity. The holder of the appointment held the same rank, authority, and responsibility of a regular sergeant (or corporal), but was still only paid as a corporal (or private).
Rank comparison chart of Non-commissioned officer and enlisted ranks for armies/land forces of Anglophone ... Corporal: Lance corporal: ... British Army [34. No insignia.
Enlisted ranks; Corporal or bombardier: Leading seaman: Corporal: Lance corporal or Lance bombardier or Specialist: Able seaman: Leading aircraftman or Air specialist: Private or gunner or trooper or sapper: Seaman: Aircraftman or airman or aviator
In modern times, the rank is still equivalent to a UK lance corporal or a private first class in the U.S. Army (OR-3), while the British and American rank of corporal (OR-4) is equivalent to the Polish rank of starszy kapral (lit. "senior corporal"), which was introduced in 1971.
Rank group Senior NCOs ... British Army [44. No insignia. Warrant officer class 1: Warrant officer class 2: Staff/Colour sergeant: Sergeant: Corporal: Lance corporal: