Fair enough. In my hypothesis the GG differentiated between paid and unpaid LCpl status simply BECAUSE THEY COULD.
I certainly concede that "Acting Corporal" existed in the Foot Guards, but, as it does not figure in CWGC records of the dead, it appears to have been ephemeral, perhaps a war-time descriptor of a LCpl filling a Cpl position on a full-time basis, awaiting substantive promotion. I believe acting status in general had to be held for 30 days before rank pay followed.
Fascinating discussion, the Forum at its best.
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