• It is below the rank of corporal. The presumed origin of the rank of lance corporal derives from an amalgamation of "corporal" from the Italian phrase...
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  • Corporal is the second lowest of the non-commissioned officer ranks in the Australian Army, falling between lance-corporal and sergeant. A corporal is...
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  • Lance Corporal Jack Jones is a fictional Home Guard platoon lance corporal and veteran of the British Empire, first portrayed by Clive Dunn in the BBC...
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    Lance corporal of horse (LCoH) is an appointment unique to the Household Cavalry of the British Army, equivalent to lance sergeant in the Foot Guards...
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    Lance naik (L/Nk) is the equivalent rank to lance corporal in the Indian and Pakistani armies and, before 1947, in the British Indian Army, ranking below...
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    corresponding to master corporal and corporal. Originally, the Royal Artillery had corporals, but not lance corporals. Unlike a lance corporal, a bombardier, who...
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    at that time (the second corporal had been an actual rank, whereas lance-corporal was private acting in the rank of corporal). The pre-war infantry rank...
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    to a junior lance corporal rank, with Obergefreiter as senior lance corporal or rather second corporal in the artillery, and a full corporal rank known...
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    all ranks from corporal (alikersantti, lit. sub-sergeant) to sergeant major (sotilasmestari, lit. soldier master). Ranks of lance corporal (korpraali) and...
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  • Lance daffadar is the equivalent rank to corporal in Pakistan, Indian and British Indian Army cavalry units, ranking between acting lance daffadar and...
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  • and was equivalent in rank and authority to the Army appointment of Lance-Corporal. On 1 January 1919 the rank of Aircraftman replaced the ranks of Private...
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  • (Chinese: 廖梓源; pinyin: Liào Zǐyuán; March 31, 1990 – April 3, 2011) was a Lance Corporal in the United States Marines who committed suicide at Patrol Base Gowragi...
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    figures within the Sangin Valley. On 1 July, Corporal Peter Thorpe, aged 27, of 14 Signal Regiment and Lance Corporal Jabron Hashmi, aged 24, of the Intelligence...
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  • the former equivalent rank of lance corporal, (which still is a rank in use with the Royal Canadian Army Cadets) or "lance jack". This is an informality...
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    today, all corporals are automatically appointed lance sergeant on their promotion, so lance sergeants perform the same duties as corporals in other regiments...
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  • Cavalry from 1878 onwards. The rank below is lance-corporal of horse and that above is staff corporal. A corporal of horse wears three rank chevrons surmounted...
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  • Gyllenhaal as Lance Corporal / Private / Corporal Anthony Swofford Scott MacDonald as Drill Instructor Fitch Peter Sarsgaard as Corporal Alan Troy Jamie...
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    Without hesitation and with complete disregard for his own safety, Lance Corporal Carpenter moved toward the grenade in an attempt to shield his fellow...
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    members, he was cast in a role many years his senior, as the elderly Lance Corporal Jones in the BBC sitcom Dad's Army, which ran for nine series and 80...
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    by a corporal with a lance corporal as second in command. Each section has two fireteams (sometimes three) of four men, one led by the corporal and the...
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  • called "air sergeant" until 1970) Corporal (1912– ) (Air Force equivalent called "air corporal" until 1970) Lance-corporal (1912– ) (Air Force equivalent...
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  • premeditated act of inspirational leadership and the greatest valour". Lance Corporal James Thomas Duane Ashworth, Grenadier Guards, June 2012 (killed in...
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  • having different grades of Corporal instead, such as Corporal of Horse or Staff Corporal. There are no Corporals or Lance Corporals in the Royal Artillery...
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    the conclusion that urgent action was needed. Though he was only a lance corporal, he took control of the situation and led his section down to the group...
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  • Lance Corporal’s point of view." In 2016, Terminal Lance creator Maximilian Uriarte independently released the 290-page graphic novel Terminal Lance:...
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  • the late Major (B) Abd Aziz) Shaheizy Sam as Lance Corporal Ramlee (inspired by Corporal Sabri Adun, Corporal Mohd Sabri Ahmad) Hairul Azreen as Lieutenant...
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  • performed as a series regular in season seven of Strike Back: Revolution as Lance Corporal Manisha Chetri of the British Army. She played rebel Cinta Kaz in the...
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  • being one of the younger cast members, played the oldest guardsman, Lance Corporal Jones) and James Beck (who died suddenly during production of the sixth...
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    Lance Corporal James Thomas Duane Ashworth, VC (26 May 1989 – 13 June 2012) was a British soldier and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC),...
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  • named Chia Chee Yeen (谢志贤 Xiè Zhìxián), a Lance Corporal who was also an armoury storeman. Lance Corporal Chia's motive for the shooting was due to SSGT...
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