Rank and Responsibility

►Table of Ranks & Responsibilities ►Table of Ranks & Appointments ►Staff Officers ►Rank & Appt Abbreviations

Ranks ►Generals ►►General ►►Lieutenant General ►►Major General ►►Brigadier General ►Officers ►►Brigadier (1928-1968) ►►Col.-Commandant (1922-1928) ►►Colonel ►►Lieutenant Colonel ►►Major ►►Captain ►►Lieutenant ►►2nd Lieutenant ►►Officer Cadet ►Warrant Officers ►►Chief Warrant Officer (1968-) ►►W.O. Class I (1915-1968) ►►Master Warrant Officer (1968-) ►►W.O. Class II (1915-1968) ►►Warrant Officer (1968-) ►►W.O. Class III (1939-1945) ►Non-Commissioned Officers ►►Staff Sergeant (1900-1968) ►►Sergeant ►►Lance Sergeant (1900-1968) ►►Master Corporal (1968-2000+) ►►Corporal ►►Lance Corporal  (1900-1968) ►Non-Commissioned Mbrs (Men) ►►Private

Appointments ►Conductor ►Master Gunner ►Platoon Sergeant Major

Honorary Ranks ►Colonel-in-Chief ►Colonel of the Regiment ►Honorary Colonel ►Colonel Commandant

Lance Corporal

Lance Corporal was an appointment granted to soldiers holding the rank of Private in the Canadian Army, until the abolition of the appointment following Unification in 1968. The insignia of a Lance Corporal was a 1-bar chevron worn point down.

Responsibilities

In an Infantry Section, a private soldier acting as second-in-command of the section was usually appointed Lance Corporal in order to have authority over the other privates in the section. The lance corporal was considered a junior Non-Commissioned Officer.

Abbreviation

The proper abbreviation for Lance Corporal was L/Cpl.

Nickname

Soldiers holding the appointment of Lance Corporal were widely referred to as "Lance Jacks", with "Lance Jack" being the singular.