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    Lance sergeant (LSgt or L/Sgt) is a military appointment in the armies of the Commonwealth and formerly also a rank in the United States Army. Lance-sergeant...
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  • military ranks Lance sergeant Lances fournies Terminal Lance "Why the Third-Lowest US Marine Corps Rank is Actually the Best". 26 August 2022. "Lance Corporal:...
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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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    the lance-sergeant appeared, wearing three chevrons. The infantry rank of colour sergeant was created in 1813 as a reward for senior sergeants with one...
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  • Corporal (redirect from Lance-Duffadar)
    non-commissioned officer ranks in the Australian Army, falling between lance-corporal and sergeant. A corporal is usually appointed as a section commander, and...
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    badge above. In the case of a lance sergeant, strips were white instead of gold as would be worn by a sergeant. A sergeant would also have worn a sash....
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  • First sergeant Second sergeant Third sergeant Flight sergeant Gunnery sergeant Master gunnery sergeant Master sergeant Senior master sergeant Lance sergeant...
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    flank – to the east – was covered by another anti-tank gun commanded by Lance-Sergeant Mansell. In an initial German assault, Baskeyfield and his gun crews...
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    Johnstone Milne and John George Pattison), Sifton was 25 years old, and a Lance Sergeant in the 18th (Western Ontario) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force...
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    Lance Sergeant Thomas Kenny VC (4 April 1882 − 29 November 1948) was a British Army soldier and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest...
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    been wounded during his time in the unit. Mišić promoted Gavrić to Lance Sergeant, and the order was read out to the whole division. After the liberation...
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  • Commonwealth forces. Born in Paulton, Somerset, he was 26 years old, and a lance-sergeant in the 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, British Army during the First...
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    Lance Sergeant John Harold Rhodes VC DCM & Bar (17 May 1891 – 27 November 1917) was a British Army soldier and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross...
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    to British and Commonwealth forces. McNess was 24 years old, and a lance-sergeant in the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards, British Army during the First World...
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  • assault, and bringing in wounded comrades. Having achieved the rank of lance sergeant, he was later reduced to the ranks and when discharged he was a private...
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    vehicles. Each section is commanded by a corporal (lance sergeant in the Foot Guards), with a lance corporal as second-in-command and six riflemen, divided...
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    transferring to the 5th Battalion in August 1915. He was promoted to Lance-Sergeant on 28 February 1917 and was demobilised on 14 January 1919. He returned...
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    T/199968 Sergeant Thomas Robert Allen, Royal Army Service Corps. 1927691 Sergeant Robert William Allsop, Corps of Royal Engineers. 2341306 Lance-Sergeant (acting)...
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    repeatedly drove off enemy counter-attacks. He later achieved the rank of lance-sergeant. His nerves were badly affected by his wartime experiences. He died...
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    Lance Sergeant William Stephen Kenealy VC, (26 December 1886 – 29 June 1915) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious...
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    Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Kensington), in which he was promoted to lance sergeant. More than once he returned to the battlefield when officially too sick...
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    to British and Commonwealth forces. Woodall was 21 years old and a Lance-Sergeant in the 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own), British...
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  • Pilckem Ridge of the Battle of Passchendaele. He was 23 years old, and a Lance-Sergeant in the 1/4th Battalion, The King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment (part...
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    the beret, ranks from Guardsman to Lance Sergeant wear a brass or staybrite cap badge, Sergeants and Colour Sergeants wear a bi-metal cap badge, Warrant...
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    the part-time Montgomeryshire Yeomanry. In 1918 he was serving as a lance-sergeant in the 25th (Montgomery and Welsh Horse Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Welch...
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  • born in Rathdowney, County Laois, Ireland. He was 22 years old, and a lance sergeant in the 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards, British Army during the First World...
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    awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Evans was 27 years old, and a lance sergeant in the 6th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment, British Army, during...
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    corporal (alikersantti, lit. sub-sergeant) to sergeant major (sotilasmestari, lit. soldier master). Ranks of lance corporal (korpraali) and leading seaman...
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    men were killed by gas in April out of 2,000–3,000 French casualties. Lance Sergeant Elmer Cotton described the effects of chlorine gas, It produces a flooding...
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    awarded the medal. Posthumous VCs were announced later, including one for Lance Sergeant John Baskeyfield of the 2nd South Staffordshire Battalion's anti tank...
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