Lance Corporal of Horse

Hi everyone,
I am researching a Royal Engineer Sapper, who on his Roll of Honour is described as Lance Corporal of Horse, but accorrding to this website, it is an appointment unique to the Household Cavalry.

Lance-corporal of horse - Wikipedia
Lance corporal of horse (LCoH) is an appointment unique to the Household Cavalry of the British Army, equivalent to lance sergeant in the Foot Guards. It was introduced in 1971. On promotion to corporal, an NCO is automatically appointed lance-corporal of horse, so that the rank structure effectively goes straight from Lance Corporal to lance corporal of horse, and then to Corporal of Horse. However, lance corporals of horse are still addressed as "Corporal"

Alfred A Bond in 1944
World War 2 Allies Collection
Great Britain
First name(s) Alfred A
Country Great Britain
Last name Bond
Birth place London Se, London, England
Original source Army Roll Of Honour 1939-1945
Service number 2000244
Record set World War 2 Allies Collection
Rank Lance-Corporal Of Horse*
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Regiment Royal Engineers
Subcategory Second World War
Year 1944
Collections from Americas, Australasia, Great Britain, Ireland, UK None
Death year 1944

Can anyone explain please,
Regards, Mavis Williams

 

UK Army Roll of Honour has him as a SAPPER .

Initials A A
Full Name BOND, ALFRED AMBROSE
Date Of Birth 1917
Age 27
Birth Place South East London
Nationality British
Resided Place South East London
Date Of Death 6 Jun 1944
Information SON OF MAUD FLORENCE BOND; HUSBAND OF IVY ETHEL BOND, OF DEPTFORD, LONDON.
Rank Name Sapper
Service Number 2000244
Died in Active Service Yes
Service British Army
Regiment Royal Engineers
Battalion 65 Field Coy.
Archive Reference WO 304/18
Place of Death Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45
Conflict Period World War II
Served For United Kingdom

Medal Card too Sapper


Full Name;
Bond, A. M.
Service Number;
2000244
Birth Date;
3 Apr 1917
Award Date;
18 Oct 1949
Type Of Medal ;
1939-45; Africa; Italy; France & Germany; War
Rank;
Sapper
Reference Number;
WO 460/55
Notes
Conflict Period ;
World War II
Served For ;
United Kingdom



Kyle

 

Thank you Kyle, it is a strange one, but it was on Find my Past and Ancestry. I noticed on the Medal Card, his initials are wrong, they have A. M.
I thought that there may have been an exception, others able to use the title.

Thanks again, Kyle, you are always there!
Regards, Mavis

 

Mavis,

Sapper Bond appears in another thread (August 2024) and Kyle in Post 5 lists him. Gus in Post 14 states based on a RE source that:

See: Killed in Action D-Day, buried in Dover?

 

OMG, I should have remembered, although bells were ringing obviously not loud enough!!! Being buried in the UK was the bell!

Thank you so much for reminding me, although I will say I have researched a few more men since then! That's my excuse, if one was needed!

If I live long enough, I will be researching some of those men on Kyle's Post who died on the 6th of June, I am mostly going in alphabetical order and I am on th 'B's' now.

So thanks for you help davidbfpo for reminding me and also for the everyone on this wonderful forum.

I always note when I get help from you all.

Regards, Mavis