Brontekst bekijken van Corporal of the field

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'''Corporal of the field''' is a former military rank.

The rank is mentioned in [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Love's Labour's Lost]]'' and [[Ben Jonson]]'s ''[[The New Inn]]''. The rank was formerly of an officer in one source equivalent to a "captain of horse"<ref>p. 240 Longman, T. ''The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added Notes, Volume 5 William Shakespeare'' T. Longman, 1793</ref> or a [[brigade major]]<ref>p. 190 Yule, Henry ''Fortification for Officers of the Army and Students of Military History (Google eBook)1851</ref> or [[aide-de-camp]]<ref>p.581 Shakespeare, William ''The Stratford Shakspere: The Tempest. Two Gentlemen of Verona. The Merry Wives of Windsor. Measure for Measure. Comedy of Errors. Much Ado About Nothing. Love's Labour's Lost'' (Google eBook)C:Griffin & co., 1867</ref>

A corporal of the field served as an aide to a [[staff officer]] or [[sergeant major]].<ref>p.74 Estes, Kenneth W. & Heinl, Robert Debs ''Handbook for Marine NCOs'' Naval Institute Press, 1996</ref>

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