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Includes the ranks of (increasing in seniority) Lance Corporal, Corporal and Sergeant. In the Royal Artillery, prior to 1920<ref> Introduced by AO 142 of 1920. See Muerrisch. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.com/forumsorg/topic/95498-bombardier/?do=findComment&comment=892803 Bombardier] ''Great War Forum'' 1 April 2008. Retrieved 23 December 201715 January 2020. AO=Army Order, see TNA catalogue reference WO 123/62.</ref> [[Bombardier]] was the NCO rank directly below Corporal, with Acting Bombadier the rank below that. After that date a Bombadier is the Artillery equivalent of a Corporal. Acting Bombadier was renamed Lance Bombadier in 1918.

In the Artillery, a private was in earlier days known as a '''[[Matross]]''', and later as a '''Gunner'''. For some periods in the Artillery, the rank of '''Driver''' existed<ref>sylsec [Sylvia] et al. [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=8485 The rank of Driver in the RA] ''Victorian Wars Forum- no longer active'' 7 August 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2016.</ref>and this rank was also found in the [[Royal Army Service Corps|Army Service Corps]], for men in Transport related companies.<ref>Waggoner [Gary]. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/240809-rank-vs-appointment/?do=findComment&comment=2418758 Rank vs Appointment] ''Great War Forum'' 4 July 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2018.</ref> A private in the Cavalry was known as a '''Trooper''' (abbreviation Tpr). In the Engineers the ranks of '''Sapper''', and '''Pioneer''' were equivalent to a private. For Foot Guards (Infantry), ''' Guardsman''', for Fusilier Regiments (Infantry), '''Fusilier''', and for Rifle Regiments (Infantry), '''Rifleman''' were all equivalent to a private. Some of these ranks were only officially introduced in 1923, although they had been in common use prior to that.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120302035120/http://www.rgjmuseum.co.uk/pages_dykt/dykt_0002.asp Did You Know That?] The Royal Green Jackets(Rifles) Museum, an archived webpage.</ref> Additionally there was  Within the rank of private, there were '''appointments''' such as Bugler, Shoeing-smith, Trumpeter<ref> ss002d6252 (Craig).[https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/268260-hussars-rank-spr-or-tpr/?do=findComment&comment=2719542 Hussars - rank = Spr OR Tpr] ''Great War Forum' ' 16 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.</ref> (abbreviation Tptr or Tpr)etc. To interpret the abbreviation Tpr you will need to look at the context, including time period, to distinguish between Trooper and Trumpeter.During the [[First World War]], Trooper was official terminology for Household Cavalry regiments (The Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards), but not for other cavalry regiments.<ref>Davies, Gareth. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/268260-hussars-rank-spr-or-tpr/?do=findComment&comment=2719687 Hussars - rank = Spr OR Tpr] ''Great War Forum'' 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018. </ref>