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Second Corporal was a rank in the Royal Engineers
Royal Engineers

The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and comm






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Second Corporal was a 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....
 of 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....
. Second Corporals wore one rank chevron, but unlike Lance-Corporals they held full non-commissioned officer
Non-commissioned officer

A non-commissioned officer , also known as an NCO or Noncom, is an enlisted rank member of an armed force who has been given authority by a officer ....
 rank. They were thus equivalent to Bombardiers
Bombardier (rank)

Bombardier is a rank used in artillery units in the army of Commonwealth of Nations countries instead of Corporal. Lance-Bombardier is used instead of Lance-Corporal....
 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....
. The rank was abolished in 1920.