Category:Gunners (UK): Difference between revisions

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
No edit summary
No edit summary
 
Line 1: Line 1:
'''Gunner''' was a Warrant Officer (later a Commissioned Warrant Officer) rank in the [[Royal Navy]].  Typically, a man would first be named an Acting Gunner for about a year before being confirmed in the rank – a step not always noted in Service Records.
'''Gunner''' was a Warrant Officer (later a Commissioned Warrant Officer) rank in the [[Royal Navy]].  Typically, a man would first be named an Acting Gunner for about a year before being confirmed in the rank – a step not always noted in Service Records.


Gunners with fifteen years seniority would attain the next rank, that of [[Chief Gunner (Royal Navy)|Chief Gunner]].
Gunners with fifteen years seniority would attain the next rank, that of [[Chief Gunner (Royal Navy)|Chief Gunner]], which was later called a "Command Gunner".


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Latest revision as of 21:54, 15 March 2022

Gunner was a Warrant Officer (later a Commissioned Warrant Officer) rank in the Royal Navy. Typically, a man would first be named an Acting Gunner for about a year before being confirmed in the rank – a step not always noted in Service Records.

Gunners with fifteen years seniority would attain the next rank, that of Chief Gunner, which was later called a "Command Gunner".

Footnotes

Bibliography