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Lance Corporal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (602 words) |
 | Lance Corporal (LCpl or L/Cpl) is a military rank used by some elements of the British, Commonwealth, and U.S. armed forces. |
| 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. |
| Bombardier (rank) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (260 words) |
| Bombardier (Bdr) and Lance Bombardier (LBdr or L/Bdr) are British Army ranks used in the Royal Artillery instead of (respectively) Corporal and Lance Corporal. |
| In 1920, Corporals were abolished in the Royal Artillery and Bombardiers became the equivalent and acquired the normal two chevrons. |
| The appointment was renamed Lance Bombardier in February 1918 and became a full rank, as did Lance Corporal, in 1961. |
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