Bombardier (rank)

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Bombardier (rank)

Bombardier is a rank used in artillery

Artillery

Artillery is a military Combat Arms which employs any apparatus, machine, an assortment of tools or instruments, a system or systems used as weapons for the discharge of large projectiles in combat as a major contribution of fire power within the overall military capability of an armed force....
units in the armies

Army

An army , in the broadest sense, is the land-based armed forces of a nation. It may also include other branches of the military such as an air force....
of Commonwealth

Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, also known as the Commonwealth or the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organization of fifty-three independent member states....
countries instead of Corporal

Corporal

Corporal is a Military rank in use in some form by most militaries and also by some police forces or other uniformed organizations. It is usually equivalent to Ranks and insignia of NATO....
. Lance-Bombardier is used instead of Lance-Corporal.

Bombardier (Bdr) and Lance-Bombardier (LBdr or L/Bdr) are used by the British Army

British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
in the Royal Artillery

Royal Artillery

The Royal Artillery, is the common name for the Royal Regiment of Artillery, is an Arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it is made up of a number of regiments....
and Royal Horse Artillery

Royal Horse Artillery

The regiments of the Royal Horse Artillery , dating from 1793, are part of the Royal Regiment of Artillery of the British Army. Horses are still in service for ceremonial purposes but were phased out from operational deployment during the 1930s....
. The same applies to the Royal Australian Artillery, the Royal New Zealand Artillery and the South African Army Artillery

South African Army Artillery Formation

The South African Army Artillery Formation is the controlling entity of all South African Army artillery units....
. In the Canadian Forces

Canadian Forces

The Canadian Forces , officially the Canadian Armed Forces , are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces." This singular institution consists of thre...
, the Artillery Branch

Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery

The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery is the artillery personnel branch of the Canadian Forces ....
uses the ranks of Master Bombardier and Bombardier instead of Master Corporal

Master Corporal

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Bombardier is a rank used in artillery

Artillery

Army

An army , in the broadest sense, is the land-based armed forces of a nation. It may also include other branches of the military such as an air force....
of Commonwealth

Commonwealth of Nations

Corporal

British Army

Royal Artillery

Royal Horse Artillery

South African Army Artillery Formation

The South African Army Artillery Formation is the controlling entity of all South African Army artillery units....
. In the Canadian Forces

Canadian Forces

Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery

The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery is the artillery personnel branch of the Canadian Forces ....
uses the ranks of Master Bombardier and Bombardier instead of Master Corporal

Master Corporal

Master Corporal , in the Canadian Forces, is an appointment of the rank of Corporal in the Canadian Forces Land Force Command and Canadian Forces Air Command....
and Corporal.

Originally, the Royal Artillery had Corporals (but not Lance-Corporals) and a Bombardier was junior to a Corporal and wore a single chevron. Unlike a Lance-Corporal, a Bombardier held full non-commissioned rank and not an acting appointment. The rank was equivalent to Second Corporal

Second Corporal

Second Corporal was a rank in the Royal Engineers and Royal Army Ordnance Corps of the British Army. Second Corporals wore one rank Chevron , but unlike Lance-Corporals they held full non-commissioned officer rank....
in the Royal Engineers

Royal Engineers

The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the Structure of the British Army of the British Army....
and Army Ordnance Corps

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

The Royal Army Ordnance Corps was a former corps of the British Army. It dealt only with the supply and maintenance of weaponry, munitions and other military equipment until 1965, when it took over most other supply functions, as well as the provision of staff clerks, from the Royal Army Service Corps....
.

In 1920, Corporals were abolished in the Royal Artillery and Bombardiers became the equivalent and acquired the normal two chevrons.

The rank of Lance Bombardier originated as Acting Bombardier, an appointment similar to Lance-Corporal which was also indicated by a single chevron. The appointment was renamed Lance-Bombardier in February 1918 and became a full rank, as did Lance-Corporal, in 1961.

"Bomb" is widely used as an abbreviated form of address for both full Bombardiers and Lance-Bombardiers. They may also be referred to as a "Full Screw" (Bombardier) or a "Lance Jack" (Lance-Bombardier), in common with Corporals and Lance-Corporals. As with other common military abbreviations, such as "Sarge", these terms are not used on formal occasions.

Bombardier (rank)

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