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Corporal was a military rank used by armed forces, most notably the British Royal Navy, Royal Marines, and the East India Trading Company. The rank was usually the lowest ranking non-commissioned officer. In some militaries, the rank of corporal nominally corresponds to commanding a section or squad of soldiers.

History

When the East India Trading Company arrested one of their captains, Jack Sparrow, on the orders of Cutler Beckett, Jack was imprisoned aboard the EITC patrol vessel the Sentinel. Jack was locked in the brig by the EITC marine Corporal Andrews who commented that Jack was the politest prisoner he had ever locked up.^[1] During the War Against Piracy, when Lord Cutler Beckett had the heart of Davy Jones brought aboard the Flying Dutchman, a small squad of EITC marines led by a corporal was assigned to guard the heart in the captain's cabin.^[2][3]

Behind the scenes

Corporals first appear in the 2007 film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.^[2] Although the title was never uttered in the final cut of the film, it was spoken in the film's deleted scene "Swann Song" featured in Blu-ray releases beginning in 2011.^[3]

Appearances

• The Price of Freedom
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (First appearance) (deleted scene)

External links

• Corporal on Wikipedia

Notes and references

1. ↑ The Price of Freedom, Chapter Eighteen: Exodus
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Deleted Scene: "Swann Song"