Gunner (rank)

Military rank

For other uses, see Gunner.

Comparative military ranks

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field marshal|  Admiral of the fleet|  Marshal of the air force
|  General or
colonel general or
army general|  Admiral|  Air chief marshal
|  Lieutenant general or
army corps general|  Vice admiral|  Air marshal
|  Major general or
divisional general|  Rear admiral or
counter admiral|  Air vice-marshal
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brigadier general|  Commodore or
flotilla admiral|  Air commodore
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|  Colonel|  (Ship-of-the-line)
Captain|  Group captain
|  Lieutenant colonel|  Commander or
frigate captain|  Wing commander
|  Major or
commandant|  Lieutenant
commander or corvette captain|  Squadron leader
Junior officers
|  Captain|  Lieutenant|  Flight lieutenant
|  First lieutenant or
lieutenant|  Lieutenant
junior grade or
sub-lieutenant|  Flying officer
|  Second lieutenant or
junior lieutenant|  Ensign or
midshipman|  Pilot officer
Non-commissioned officers
|  Warrant officer or
sergeant major|  Warrant officer or
chief petty officer|  Warrant officer
|  Sergeant|  Petty officer|  Sergeant
|  Corporal or
bombardier|  Leading seaman|  Corporal
Enlisted ranks
|  Lance corporal or
Lance bombardier or
specialist|  Able seaman|  Leading aircraftman or
Air specialist
|  Private or
gunner or
trooper or
sapper|  Seaman|  Aircraftman or
airman or
aviator

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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)

## Monuments

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There is a bronze statue of a gunner called "The Ammunition Carrier" as part of the Royal Artillery Memorial in Hyde Park Corner, commemorating the Royal Artillery Regiment's service and memorializing its losses in World War I. The other bronze figures are "The Captain" (at the front), "The Driver" (at the left side), and "The Fallen Soldier" (at the rear) and it is topped with an elevated stone howitzer. The statues were done by Charles Sargeant Jagger and the stone monument was designed by Lionel Pearson. The gunner statue, along with the officer, the bombardier and the unknown soldier, are characters in Charlie Fletcher's Stoneheart.[4]

## See also

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* British Army Other Ranks rank insignia
* Comparative military ranks
* Canadian Forces ranks and insignia

## References

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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.
4. ^ Great War London. "Bill Fosten: immortality on Hyde Park Corner". Retrieved 19 August 2012.

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