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Encyclopedia > Junior Corporal

Junior Corporal is a rank in the Combined Cadet Force. It does not exist in the real RAF and is used purely for equality with the Army. The badge for this rank is one downward pointing cheveron.


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Encyclopedia: Lance-Corporal (1534 words)
Corporal is a military rank (equivalent to NATO Rank Code OR-4) in use by several militaries of the world.
The origin of the rank of Lance Corporal derives from an amalgamation of corporal with the now-archaic lancepesade, formerly an NCO of the lowest rank.
Another possible origin of Lance Corporal, although far less established and somewhat lost in history, is that the term may have originated in the Middle Ages as a title for corporals who had lost their horses on a battlefield and would join an infantry company for the duration of the conflict.
lance corporal - definition of lance corporal in Encyclopedia (343 words)
The badge of rank is a single chevron worn on both sleeves (although Lance Corporals in the Foot Guards wear two chevrons and in the Household Cavalry two chevrons under a crown).
Until 1961, Lance Corporal was only an acting rank, given to privates who were acting NCOs, and could be taken away by the soldier's commanding officer (whereas a full corporal could only be demoted by court martial).
In the infantry, a Lance Corporal usually serves as second-in-command of a section and commander of its delta fire team.
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