Lieutenant-fireworker
Lieutenant-fireworker was an officer rank in the British Royal Artillery, ranking below second lieutenant.
After the first lieutenant and second lieutenant, the junior lieutenants of a company of artillery were designated "lieutenants and fireworkers", the conjunction soon being dropped.[1]
The rank was abolished in the Royal Artillery in 1771 and in the Royal Irish Artillery in 1774.[2]
References
- Francis Duncan, History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, volume I. London, 1879 (third edition)
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