Corporal

Corporal was a military rank for some Earth-based militaries or armed forces. The rank of corporal was above that of Private. (PROSE: Freedom ^[+]Loading...["Freedom (short story)"]) Being low down the military rank structure they were often relatively young compared to other personnel. (PROSE: Illegal Alien ^[+]Loading...["Illegal Alien (novel)"], The Dying Days ^[+]Loading...["The Dying Days (novel)"]) Like other military personnel, they were identified by their uniform; (PROSE: Independence Day ^[+]Loading...["Independence Day (novel)"]) stripes in a corporal's case. (PROSE: Vanderdeken's Children ^[+]Loading...["Vanderdeken's Children (novel)"])

Organisations that had the rank of corporal included UNIT, (TV: The Web of Fear ^[+]Loading...["The Web of Fear (TV story)"] et al.) the British Army (including Orange Patrol), (TV: The War Machines ^[+]Loading...["The War Machines (TV story)"] et al.) and the harvest rangers of Androzani Minor. (TV: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe ^[+]Loading...["The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)"])

Within some Earth-based militaries, other terms were used such as obergerfrieter. (PROSE: Casualties of War ^[+]Loading...["Casualties of War (novel)"]) Lance corporal was another military rank with a similar title. (TV: Under the Lake ^[+]Loading...["Under the Lake (TV story)"])

Paul Reynish was a corporal in the British Army at the time of his planned execution. (HOMEVID: When to Die ^[+]Loading...["When to Die (home video)"])

When he first met the Doctor, John Benton was a Corporal. (TV: The Invasion ^[+]Loading...["The Invasion (TV story)"]) Palmer, (TV: The Three Doctors ^[+]Loading...["The Three Doctors (TV story)"]) Ives, (COMIC: Evening's Empire ^[+]Loading...["Evening's Empire (comic story)"]), Carol Bell (TV: The Mind of Evil ^[+]Loading...["The Mind of Evil (TV story)"] and J Frinkstein were UNIT corporals. (PROSE: Operation London ^[+]Loading...["Operation London (short story)"])

Corporal was the nickname that Luke Smith gave to Lance Metcalf. (TV: Warriors of Kudlak ^[+]Loading...["Warriors of Kudlak (TV story)"])

The Sontarans included corporals. Among them were Clun, (AUDIO: Heroes of Sontar ^[+]Loading...["Heroes of Sontar (audio story)"]) Stakk and Slygg. (COMIC: The Betrothal of Sontar ^[+]Loading...["The Betrothal of Sontar (comic story)"])