Military rank in Pakistani, Indian, and British Indian Army cavalry units
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Lance daffadar is the equivalent rank to corporal in Pakistan, Indian and British Indian Army cavalry units, ranking between acting lance daffadar and daffadar. In other units the equivalent is naik. Like a British corporal, a lance daffadar wears two rank chevrons.
Acting lance daffadar is the equivalent rank to lance corporal in Pakistan, Indian and British Indian Army cavalry units, ranking below lance daffadar. In other units the equivalent is lance naik. Like a British lance corporal, he wears a single rank chevron.
daffadar and daffadar. In other units the equivalent is naik. Like a British corporal, a lancedaffadar wears two rank chevrons. Acting lancedaffadar is the...
ranking below naik. In cavalry units the equivalent is acting lancedaffadar. Like British lance corporals, each wears a single rank chevron. "Pakistan Army:...
Army. The rank below is lancedaffadar. The equivalent in infantry and other units is havildar. Like a British sergeant, a daffadar wears three rank chevrons...
Jemadar until 1965. Daffadar, LanceDaffadar and Acting LanceDaffadar - these ranks replace the titles of Havildar, Naik and Lance Naik in cavalry, armored...
company/battalion appointments held by senior Havildars. The ranks of Sowar, Daffadars, and Risaldars are utilized in the armoured corps. List of serving generals...
designation of "sepoy" was retained for Indian soldiers below the rank of lance naik, except in cavalry where the equivalent ranks were sowar or "trooper"...
or Daffadars (Cavalry) equivalents to a Sergeant; Naik or Lance-Daffadar (Cavalry) equivalents to a British Corporal; and Lance-Naik or Acting Lance-Daffadar...
military campaign was during the Chitral Expedition circa 1895–97, as a LanceDaffadar. Subsequently, he served in the Tirah Campaign and operations in the...
family to join the British Indian armed forces. Singh's father was a LanceDaffadar in the Hodson's Horse at the time of his birth, and retired as a full...
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