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Gunner (rank)

Gunner (Gnr) is a rank equivalent to private in the British Army Royal Artillery and the artillery corps of other Commonwealth armies.[1][2] The next highest rank is usually lance-bombardier, although in the Royal Canadian Artillery it is bombardier.[3] Historically, there was an inferior rank, matross.

Grave of Gunner C. J. Norris of the New Zealand Field Artillery, died 1915
Gunner John Phelps Williams, Royal Field Artillery (1916/17)
  1. ^ British army. "Ranks". Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  2. ^ Canadian Forces. "Artillery Soldier - Field". Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  3. ^ Oxford Dictionary. "Bombardier". Archived from the original on 14 January 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2012.