Lance Sergeant

The rank of Lance Sergeant (abbreviated LSGT or L / Sgt ) is in the armies of the British Commonwealth, a Corporal is equivalent to a Sergeant, or represent him. The rank of Lance Sergeant replaced in Guard regiments to the rank of Corporal. It is the lowest Unteroffizersdienstgrad ( the elite regiments of the Foot Guards and the Honourable Artillery Company). He is above the rank of Lance Corporal and below the rank of Sergeant.

History

The rank comes from the British Army. Queen Victoria wanted to give her body guards / bodyguards little more shine, giving them an additional strip (or uniform angle ) added and so had the Lance Corporals from then on two strips and the corporals ( Lance Sergeants ) three stripes. Lance Sergeant appeared for the first time in the 19th century until the service level was largely abolished in 1946. Only the Foot Guards ( Guards regiments on foot ) and the Honourable Artillery Company ( Honorable Artillery Company ) kept him in until today.

Although Lance Sergeants and Sergeants are reasonably equivalent to, is regarded by the rest of the regular British Army Lance Sergeant as a Corporal. In the elite regiments of the Foot Guards and Honourable Artillery Company members are appointed instead of Lance Corporals to Sergeants. Lance Sergeants perform the same activities as a Corporal in other regular regiments, so have only the name and not the responsibilities, salary and privileges in common with the Sergeant. Some cadets units retained the rank of Lance Corporal Sergeant instead of until the late 1980s. The Household Cavalry Equivalent to Lance Sergeant is the Lance Corporal of Horse.

Insignia

Lance Sergeants have three white and (full) Sergeants three golden downwardly projecting uniform angle as rank insignia.