Acting or temporary Lance Corporal stripe ?

Hi, would an acting or temporary lance corporal during WW2 have worn a stripe ?

Thanks Rob

 

Short answer is yes.
I'm not sure if the term 'Temporary' was applied to Other Ranks who went by the prefixes Acting/Local/Paid/Unpaid where the rank was often undoubtedly temporary.
Officers certainly held Temporary rank. One I just looked at on a Return of Officers is marked Lt, T/Capt (L/Maj).

Tim

 

Thanks Tim.
I m awaiting my grandad's military records. I know and can see he was a lance corporal from photos in the Royal Artillery. When he transferred to the Royal Engineers he went in and left as a sapper. After being in Burma after the war he was detached to IEME in Kirkee, India.
His release papers say he would have been a NCO if there had been an opportunity numbers wise whilst at Kirkee. I have seen a group photo that I'm almost certain is him but he seems to have one stripe. Hence the question, maybe he was a temporary lance corporal in that final posting in India, I guess the military record will tell me, I know he was supervising men as it says that in the release write-up. I will hopefully soon know more. Rob

 

I mean temporary as in acting, apologies

 

Rob, if I may without being rude. one stripe in Royal Artillery is Lance Bombardier, not Lance Corporal - L/Cpl. So when researching your grandfather perhaps use Lance Bombardier or L/Bdr.

Stay safe.

 

Ah yes Les, apologies I had seen that before too. he was certainly a lance bombardier L/Bdr when in the Royal Artillery he was in 227th Heavy AA Driver training focused on the half tracks I believe. I have seen a few photos with his stripe visible. I stand corrected, thank you.
My query around possibly acting/paid/unpaid relates to when he had been transferred into the Royal Engineers later in the war from March 1944. He was a sapper in RE but he was very close to securing NCO it states such in his commanding officer's testimonal in his release book (in India post WW2 in 1946) and the photo I have seen is in the correct location, correct timeframe, looks exactly like him , he is holding his pipe and he has a stripe. He was an older man by then (40) so not easily mistaken.

 

No worries mate. I only just joined this Forum, am enjoying it. All the best.

 

Thanks for your point mate is valid over his role in RA.

 

Temporary rank was an administrative term. For the duration of the promotion it was no different to the substantive equivalent. Rank was worn and exercised 'Put up' until 'Taken down'.