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''Arguably'', it simply means, "''temporarily performing the duties of''." | ''Arguably'', it simply means, "''temporarily performing the duties of''." | ||
| − | [[Lance Bombardier]] - Temporarily performing the duties of a [[Bombardier]] on the way to becoming a [[Bombardier]] when one can then instruct another [[L/Bdr]] to, "''temporarily perform the duties of''...." | + | *[[Lance Bombardier]] - Temporarily performing the duties of a [[Bombardier]] on the way to becoming a [[Bombardier]] when one can then instruct another [[L/Bdr]] to, "''temporarily perform the duties of''...." |
See also: [[Corporal]], [[Lance Corporal]], [[Lance Sergeant]] | See also: [[Corporal]], [[Lance Corporal]], [[Lance Sergeant]] | ||
| − | Archaically, a long, pointy stick wielded from the back of a horse - superseded by the bayonet - and a defining attribute of various Christian Saints (St George, St Barbara, and St Michael among others)when represented in art. | + | *Archaically, a long, pointy stick wielded from the back of a horse - superseded by the bayonet - and a defining attribute of various Christian Saints (St George, St Barbara, and St Michael among others)when represented in art. |
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| + | *[[Gay]]-looking nuclear missile system operated by 50 Regiment RA during the 1970s & '80s. Launched from a tracked rubbish skip. | ||
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| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM-52_Lance Lance] | ||
[[Category: Ranks and Appointments]] | [[Category: Ranks and Appointments]] | ||
| + | [[category:Weapons]] | ||
| + | [[category:Royal Artillery]] | ||
| + | [[category:Dictionary]] | ||
Revision as of 12:24, 3 September 2006
Arguably, it simply means, "temporarily performing the duties of."
- Lance Bombardier - Temporarily performing the duties of a Bombardier on the way to becoming a Bombardier when one can then instruct another L/Bdr to, "temporarily perform the duties of...."
See also: Corporal, Lance Corporal, Lance Sergeant
- Archaically, a long, pointy stick wielded from the back of a horse - superseded by the bayonet - and a defining attribute of various Christian Saints (St George, St Barbara, and St Michael among others)when represented in art.
- Gay-looking nuclear missile system operated by 50 Regiment RA during the 1970s & '80s. Launched from a tracked rubbish skip.
