Staff corporal (SCpl or S/Cpl) is the equivalent rank to
staff sergeant in the
Household Cavalry
The Household Cavalry (HCav) is made up of the two most senior regiments of the British Army, the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons). These regiments are divided between the Household Cavalry Regiment sta ...
, ranking between
corporal of horse and
warrant officer class 2
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. They may hold an appointment such as
squadron quartermaster corporal
Company quartermaster sergeant is a military rank or appointment.
Canada
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. A staff corporal wears four point-up rank
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s on his cuff, surmounted by a crown. Staff corporals are in fact addressed as "Corporal-Major" by superiors and usually as "Sir" by subordinates, a holdover from the fact that the rank was originally called
troop corporal-major.
Military ranks of the British Army
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