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The British cadet forces reflect the ranks of their parent services, so the Army Cadet Force, the Army section of the Combined Cadet Force (CCF), and the various marine cadet organisations use cadet lance corporal as their lowest NCO rank. In the CCF (RAF), this rank is also used as the lowest NCO rank (it was formerly known as junior corporal ...
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).
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.
Corporal or bombardier: Leading seaman: Corporal: Enlisted ranks; 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
Corporal: Lance corporal: Private: Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted Saint Lucia: No army. ... British Army [36. No insignia. Warrant officer class 1:
The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery uses the ranks of master bombardier and bombardier, corresponding to master corporal and corporal. Originally, the Royal Artillery had corporals, but not lance corporals. Unlike a lance corporal, a bombardier, who was junior to a corporal, held full non-commissioned rank and not an acting appointment.