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'''Gunner''' was a Warrant Officer (later a Commissioned Warrant Officer) rank in the [[Royal Navy]].  Typically, a man would first be named an Acting Gunner for about a year before being confirmed in the rank – a step not always noted in Service Records.
 
'''Gunner''' was a Warrant Officer (later a Commissioned Warrant Officer) rank in the [[Royal Navy]].  Typically, a man would first be named an Acting Gunner for about a year before being confirmed in the rank – a step not always noted in Service Records.
  
Gunners with fifteen years seniority would attain the next rank, that of [[Chief Gunner (Royal Navy)|Chief Gunner]].
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Gunners with fifteen years seniority would attain the next rank, that of [[Chief Gunner (Royal Navy)|Chief Gunner]], which was later called a "Command Gunner".
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Latest revision as of 17:54, 15 March 2022

Gunner was a Warrant Officer (later a Commissioned Warrant Officer) rank in the Royal Navy. Typically, a man would first be named an Acting Gunner for about a year before being confirmed in the rank – a step not always noted in Service Records.

Gunners with fifteen years seniority would attain the next rank, that of Chief Gunner, which was later called a "Command Gunner".

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