Lance sergeant
The rank of Lance Sergeant (short: LSgt or L / Sgt) is a corporal in the armies of the British Commonwealth , who is to be equated with a sergeant or represents him. The rank of Lance Sergeant replaces the rank of Corporal in guards regiments. It is the lowest rank of NCO (the elite regiments of the Foot Guards and the Honorable Artillery Company ). He is above Lance Corporal and below Sergeant.
history
The rank comes from the British Army. Queen Victoria wanted to give her bodyguards / bodyguards a little more shine by adding an additional stripe (or uniform angle) so that the Lance Corporals had two stripes and the Corporals (Lance Sergeants) three stripes. Lance sergeants first appeared in the 19th century until the rank was largely abolished in 1946. Only the Foot Guards (guard regiments on foot) and the Honorable Artillery Company (honorary artillery company) kept it to this day.
Although Lance Sergeants and Sergeants are somewhat equated, the rest of the British regular Army consider the Lance Sergeant to be a corporal. In the elite regiments of the Foot Guards and Honorable Artillery Company, members are appointed lance sergeants instead of corporals. Lance sergeants perform the same duties as a corporal in other regular regiments, so they only have the name in common with the sergeant and not the areas of responsibility, salaries and privileges. Some cadet units retained the rank of Lance Sergeant instead of Corporal until the late 1980s. The Household Cavalry equivalent of the Lance Sergeant is the Lance Corporal of Horse .
Rank badge
Lance sergeants have three white and (full) sergeants three gold downward facing uniform angles as rank insignia.
Web links
- Lance Sergeant on Arrsepedia (English)
- Irish Guards Lance Sergeant dress uniform (photo)
