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Pioneer Sergeant : ウィキペディア英語版 | Pioneer Sergeant
A Pioneer Sergeant is a position in the British Army and several army units of the Commonwealth. Although a Pioneer Sergeant holds the rank of Sergeant in the army, the Pioneer Sergeant title itself is a regimental appointment rather than an official military rank. Pioneer Sergeants are found only in line infantry regiments and regiments of the Foot Guards, and are normally responsible for carpentry, joinery and related work. ==History and tradition== The tradition of the pioneer sergeant began in the eighteenth century, when each British infantry company had a pioneer who marched at the head of the regiment. The pioneer wore a “stout” apron and carried an axe, ostensibly to clear a path for all who followed.〔Christopher Jobson, ''Looking forward looking back: customs and traditions of the Australian Army'' page 89, (Big Sky Publishing:2009), ISBN 0-9803251-6-1, ISBN 978-0-9803251-6-4〕 The apron served to protect the pioneer sergeant's uniform whilst performing his duties, which included being the unit blacksmith. The beard was allowed in order to protect his face from the heat and the slag of the forge.〔 The axe was also used to kill horses that were wounded in battle. A general order of 1856 allowed for one pioneer per company in each regiment. The tools carried by the pioneers included a sawback sword, pickaxe, billhooks, shovels, and axes.〔(''Pioneer Lance Sergeant Harry Tesh, Coldstream Guards, and his Wife'' by Fred Larimore, with information from Bowling, A.H., The Foot Guards Regiments, 1880 to 1914, London : Almark Publishing Co. Ltd., 1972 and Walton, P.S., Simkin's Soldiers, The British Army in 1890, v.II The Infantry, Chippenham : Picton Publishing Ltd, 1987 )〕 In the modern era, the Pioneer Sergeant carries an axe on parade in lieu of a bayonet and is the only soldier in the army who is allowed to wear a full beard, in deference to the ancient tradition. A Pioneer Sergeant can be identified by an embroidered badge of two crossed axes sewn above the Sergeant's rank chevrons on his sleeve.
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