9-987: GNR may refer to: Military and paramilitary [ edit ] Gunner (rank) National Republican Guard (Italy) (Italian: Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana ), active during World War II National Republican Guard (Portugal) (Portuguese: Guarda Nacional Republicana ) Music [ edit ] GNR (band) , a Portuguese rock band Guns N' Roses , an American hard rock band Transport [ edit ] Dr. Arturo Umberto Illia Airport , serving General Roca, Río Negro, Argentina Gambia International Airlines Great North Road (disambiguation) Great Northern Railway (disambiguation) Great Northern Railway of Canada Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Great Northern Railway (Queensland) in Australia Great Northern Railway (U.S.) , now part of
18-717: Is a rank equivalent to private in the British Army Royal Artillery and the artillery corps of other Commonwealth armies. The next highest rank is usually lance-bombardier , although in the Royal Canadian Artillery it is bombardier . Historically, there was an inferior rank, matross . There is a bronze statue of a gunner called "The Ammunition Carrier" as part of the Royal Artillery Memorial in Hyde Park Corner , commemorating
27-547: The British Army and the Prussian Army . Traditionally the bombardier tended the vents at the top of breeches, handled the final assembly of ammunition and placed the ammunition in the muzzles for the gunners to fire. It is today equivalent to the rank of corporal in other branches. The rank of lance bombardier is the artillery counterpart of lance corporal . Bombardier (Bdr) and lance bombardier (LBdr or L/Bdr) are used by
36-724: The British Army in the Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery . The same applies to the Royal Australian Artillery , the Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery , the South African Army Artillery Formation and the Armed Forces of Malta . The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery uses the ranks of master bombardier and bombardier, corresponding to master corporal and corporal. Originally,
45-524: 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
54-626: The BNSF Railway system Green Road railway station , in England Other uses [ edit ] Great North Radio , a radio station in North East England Graphene nanoribbon Great North Run , a half marathon in north-east England Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title GNR . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
63-661: The Royal Artillery had corporals, but not lance corporals. Unlike a lance corporal, a bombardier, who was junior to a corporal, held full non-commissioned rank and not an acting appointment. The rank was equivalent to second corporal in the Royal Engineers and Army Ordnance Corps . In 1920 corporals were abolished in the Royal Artillery; bombardiers became the equivalent and acquired the normal two chevrons. The rank of lance bombardier originated as acting bombardier, an appointment similar to lance corporal and also indicated by
72-471: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GNR&oldid=949595031 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Italian-language text Articles containing Portuguese-language text Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Gunner (rank) Gunner ( Gnr )
81-473: The officer, the bombardier and the unknown soldier, are characters in Charlie Fletcher's Stoneheart . This article on a military rank or appointment is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bombardier (rank) Bombardier ( / ˌ b ɒ m b ə ˈ d ɪər / ) is a military rank that has existed since the 16th century in artillery regiments of various armies, such as in
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