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| B.M. or M.B. ||Bachelor of Medicine.
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| P.S. ||Private Secretary
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An incomplete list of abbreviations that are found used in sources and records, both published and unpublished.
See seperate listing for '''[[Railway system abbreviations]]'''
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| A.B. or B.A. ||Bachelor of Arts.
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| A.B.A.S. ||Associate of the British Archaaological Archaeological Society.
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| abp/Abp. ||Archbishop.
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| A.C. ||Assistant [[Commissariat|Commissary]].
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|A.C.T.- I.A.V.C. ||Animal Clipping Teams-Indian Army Veterinary Corps
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|A.D.V.S. || Assistant Director Veterinary Service; Advanced Depot Veterinary Stores
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|AFI ||[[Auxiliary Force India]]
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| A.G./Adjt-Gen. ||[[Adjutant General]]
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| A.INST.C.E. ||Associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers
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|AIRO ||[[Army of India Reserve of Officers]]
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| Aldmn. ||Alderman.
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| Artill. ||[[Artillery]]
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|AS ||[[Assistant Surgeon]]
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| A.S.CORPS. ||[[Army Service Corps]]
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| Bart/Bart. ||Baronet
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|Batty. ||[[Battery]]
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| BBCIR ||[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]
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|Bde. || [[Brigade]]
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| B.D. ||Bachelor of Divinity.
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|B.D.V.S. || Base Depot Veterinary Stores, collecting depot for veterinary supplies and equipment
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|Bgde ||[[Brigade]]
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|B.I.A. || British [[Indian Army]], the army in India in the time of the [[British Raj]] (1858–1947)
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| B.M. or M.B. ||Bachelor of Medicine|-|BMOS ||[[Bengal Military Orphan Society]]|-|Bn. ||[[Battalion]]|-|B.N.C. || [[Bengal Cavalry Regiments|Bengal Native Cavalry]]|-|B.N.I. || [[Bengal Infantry Regiments|Bengal Native Infantry]]|-| BNR ||[[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]
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| Bo.C.S. ||[[Bombay Civil Service]]
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|Bom'd'r ||[[Bombardier]]
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|Bo.N.C. || [[Bombay Cavalry Regiments|Bombay Native Cavalry]]
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|Bo.N.I. || [[:Category:Bombay Infantry Regiments|Bombay Native Infantry]]
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|B.O.R.I.A.V.C. || British [[Other ranks|Other Ranks]] (in the) Indian Army Veterinary Corps
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| (c.) ||Conservative.
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|Capt. ||[[Captain]]
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|Cas. ||[[Casualty]]
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|Cash'd ||[[Cashiered]]
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| Cath. ||[[Catholic]]
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| Cav./Cavy. ||[[Cavalry]]
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| C.B. ||Companion of the Order of the Bath
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| C.BC. ||Companion of the Bath.(Order of)[[Commander-in-Chief]]
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| C.C. CC ||[[Commander-in-ChiefCommissioner]]
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| C.C. ||County Councillor.
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| C.Eng. ||[[Civil Engineer]], or Chartered Engineer
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| C.E.V.B. ||[[Carnatic European Veteran Battalion]]
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|CHDAVC || Convalescent Horse Depot Army Veterinary Corps
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| C.I.E. ||Companion of the Order the Indian Empire.
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|Civ Ann ||[[Civil Annuities]]
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| C.J. ||Chief Justice.
|CML.CPS. ||Camel Corps, A.I.F.
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| C.M.P. ||[[Central ProvincesCorps of Military Police]]
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| CCo.S.I. ||Companion of the Order of the Star of India[[Company]]
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|C.V.D. Coll'r || Civil Veterinary Department, in British colonies, established as a research service to investigate indigenous diseases and to search for cures[[Collector]]
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|CWGC || [http://www.cwgc.org Commonwealth War Graves Commission]|-| Capt. ||Captain|-| Cath. ||[[Catholic]]|-| Cav./CavyCol. ||[[Cavalry]]Colonel
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| Col. Sjt. ||Colonel[[Colour serjeant]]
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| Comm. ||Commander
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| Commr. ||Commissioner
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|Commt. ||[[Commissariat]]
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|Comm'y ||[[Commissiary]]
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|Cond. ||[[Conductor]]
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|Cov. ||[[Covenant]]
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|Cov. C.S.||[[Covenanted Civil Servant]]
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| C.P. ||[[Central Provinces]]
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| C.Q.M.S. ||Company Quartermaster Sergeant
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| C.S.I. ||Companion of the Order of the Star of India
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| C.S.M. ||Company Sergeant Major
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|C.V.D. || Civil Veterinary Department, in British colonies, established as a research service to investigate indigenous diseases and to search for cures
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|CWGC || [http://www.cwgc.org Commonwealth War Graves Commission]
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| D./ d. ||Deceased/died.
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| D.A.C. ||Deputy Assistant [[Commissariat|Commissary]].
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| D.A.C.G. ||Deputy Assistant [[Commissariat|Commissary]] General.
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| D. A.G. ||Deputy [[Adjutant]]-General
| D.A.A.G. ||Deputy Assistant Adjutant General
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| D.A.CQ.M.G. ||Deputy Assistant [[Commissariat|CommissaryQuartermaster General]] General.
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| D.A.Q.M.G. DAS||Deputy Assistant [[Quartermaster General]]Died At Sea
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| Dau./dau. ||Daughter
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| D.C. ||Deputy [[Commissariat|Commissary]].
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| D.C.L. or LL.D. ||Doctor of Civil Law.
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|Dd. ||Died
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| D.D. ||Doctor of Divinity.
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|D.-G., A.V.D. ||Director-General, Army Veterinary Department
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|Disch'd ||Discharged
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| Dist. ||District.
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| D.L. ||Deputy Lieutenant for the County of.|-|DO ||[[District Officer]]|-|DOD ||Died Of Disease|-|DOI|| Died Of Illness|-|DOW|| Died Of Wounds during the conduct of war
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| Dow. ||Dowager
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| D.Q.M.G. ||Deputy - Quarter - Master- General
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|DR ||[[Descriptive Roll]]
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| D.S.O. ||Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.
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|Dy. Comm'r ||[[Deputy Commissioner]]
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| Engr. ||[[Engineer]]
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|E.R.I. ||Edwardus Rex Imperator - Edward, King and Emperor
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|ES ||[[Effective Supernumerary]]
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|Estab. ||[[Establishment]]
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|E.V.B. || European Veterans Battalion
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|E.V.O. || Executive Veterinary Officer
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|Gaz. ||[[Gazette]]
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| G.C.B. ||Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
| (G.L.) ||Gladstone Liberal.
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| G.O.C.C. ||[[General Orders by [[Commander-in-Chief]]
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| G.O.G ||[[General Orders by Government]]|-| G.O.G.G. ||General Order of Governor-General.
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| Gov. ||Governor.
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|Govt ||[[Government]]
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| Gov-Gen. ||[[Governor-General]]
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|G.R. || Georgius Rex (King George)
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|GRI ||Georgius Rex Imperator - George, King-Emperor
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|Gr. || [[Gunner]]
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| Grdau. ||Granddaughter.
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| G.S. ||Governor of [[Sind|Scinde]]
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|G.S.W.|| Gun Shot Wound
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| Gt. B. ||Great Britain.
| HEIC ||[[Honourable East India Company]]
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| HEICS ||[[Indian Civil Service|Honourable East India Company's (Civil) Service]] or [[Honourable East India Company Ship]]
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| heir pres. ||Heir presumptive.
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|I.A.F.V.H. || Indian Advanced Field Veterinary Hospital
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|I.A.R.O. || Indian Army Reserve of Officers
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|I.A.V.C. || Indian Army [[Veterinary Surgeon|Veterinary]] Corps
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|ICC || Imperial [[Camel Corps]]
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|ICO||[[Indian Commissioned Officer]]s
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|I.C.S.S. || Indian Cattle Stock Section
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| ICS ||[[Indian Civil Service]]
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|IDF||[[Indian Defence Force]]
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|I.F.B. || Indian Field Butchery
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|I.M.L.|| India(n) Miscellaneous List
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|IMS ||[[Indian Medical Service]]
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|I.M.V.H. || Indian Military Veterinary Hospital
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| Insp-Gen. ||Inspector General of…
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|Int. ||[[Intestate]]
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|IOM ||[[Indian Order of Merit]]
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| IOR ||[[India Office Records]]
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|I.O.R.I.A.V.C. || Indian Other Ranks Indian Army Veterinary Corps
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|IPS ||[[Indian Political Service]]
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| Ir. ||[[Ireland|Irish]]
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| I.S.C. ||Indian Staff Corps
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|ISF || [[Indian States Forces]]
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| I.S.L.U. || Indian State Labour Unit
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| I.S.M.D. ||[[Indian Subordinate Medical Department]]
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|ISMS ||[[Indian Subordinate Medical Service]]
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|IST ||[[Imperial Service Troops]]
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|ITA || Indian Tea Association
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|ITF ||[[Indian Territorial Force]]
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|I.V.C.S. || Indian Veterinary Conducting Section
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|I.V.D. ||Indian Veterinary Detachment
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|IVF ||[[Indian Volunteer Force]]
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|I.V.R.H. || Indian Veterinary Reception Hospital
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|L.H. || Light Horse
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|L.I. || Light Infantry
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| LL.M. ||Master of Laws.
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| M.A. ||Master of Arts.
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|MACEDONIAN.MULE.C.|| Macedonian Mule Corps, Indian Army
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| Maj. ||Major.
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| Maj-Gen. ||Major General.
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| Marq. ||Marquess.
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| M.B. ||Bachelor of Medicine.
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| M.C. ||Military Cross
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| M.C.S. ||Madras Civil Service.
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| M.D. ||Doctor of Medicine.
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| Med.Est. ||Medical Establishment
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|M.F.D. || Military Farms Department
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| M.G. ||Major-General
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| M.I. || Monumental Inscription(s)|-|M.I.D. || Mentioned In Despatches|-| Mil. ||militia|-|Mil. Att. || Military Attaché|-| Mil. Sec. ||Military Secretary|-| Mily. ||Military.|-| M.INST.C.E ||Member of Institute of Civil Engineers|-|M.M. ||Military Medal|-|M.N.C. || [[Madras Cavalry Regiments|Madras Native Cavalry]]|-|M.N.I. || [[Madras Native Infantry]]|-|Mob Vet Sec || Mobile Veterinary Section |-|M.P. ||Member of Parliament|-|MR || [[Muster rolls]]|-|M.R. || Mounted Rifles
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| M.PR. ||Member Master of Parliamentthe Bolls.
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| M.R.A.S. ||Master Member of the BollsRoyal Asiatic Society.
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| M.R.AC.SP. Lon. ||Member of the Royal Asiatic Society.College of Physicians, London
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| M.R.C.PV. LonS. ||Member of the Royal College of Physicians, London[[Veterinary Surgeon|Veterinary Surgeons]]
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| M.R.I. ||Member of Royal Institute.
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| M.R.S.P.W.C. ||Member of Royal Society of Painters in WaterColours.
| M.S.C. ||Madras Staff Corps.
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| MajM. U. ||Major.medically unfit
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| Maj-GenMULE CPS. ||Major General.Indian Army [[Mule Corps]]
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| Marq. Muleteer||Marquess.Indian Army term for a member of the [[Mule Corps]]
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| Med.EstMULTR. ||Medical Establishment. Abbreviation for a member of the [[Mule Corps]]
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| MilMUS. D. ||militiaDoctor of Music.
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| MilM. SecV. D. ||Military Secretary.Mobile Veterinary Detachment
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| MilyM. ||Military.|-| MUSV. DH. ||Doctor of Music. Military Veterinary Hospital
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| (N.) ||Nationalist.
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| NAM ||[[National Army Museum]]
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| Natl. ||National.
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| N.B. ||Scotland.
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| N.C. ||Native Cavalry
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| NCO(s) ||[[Non-commissioned officer]](s)
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| N.I. ||Native Infantry
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| N.I. NMM ||Native Infantry.[[National Maritime Museum]]
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| N.W.F.P. NOK ||[[North West Frontier Province]]next of kin
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| NAM NR ||[[National Army MuseumNominal roll]]
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| NatlN.W.F.P. ||National.[[North West Frontier Province]]
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| NCO(s) N.W.P.& O. ||Non-Commissioned Officer(s)North West Provinces & Oudh
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| NMM N.Y.D. ||[[National Maritime Museum]]Not Yet Diagnosed (in medical terminology)
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| O.||Old Furlough Rules
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|O.C.T.U. || Officer Cadet Training Unit
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| [[OIOC]]||[[Oriental & India Office Collection]] ([[British Library]])
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|OM || [[Order of Merit]]
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|Orbat || Order of Battle
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|ORs || Other Ranks, all military personnel below commissioned officer’s rank, includes Warrant Officers, NCOs, and Privates
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|OSD || Officer's Service Dress – bronzed badges worn
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| P.A. ||Private Affairs
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|P. BTY. || Indian Army Pack Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
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|P. BTY. F. F.|| Indian Army Pack Battery Frontier Force
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| P.C. ||Passed College Examination in the Persian & Hindoostanee Languages
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| P.C.H. ||Passed College Examination in the Hindoostanee Language
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|P. CPS. || Indian Army Pony Corps
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|Pans. || [[Pension]]
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|Pens'd || [[Pensioned]]
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|Pens'r || [[Pensioner]]
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| P.H. ||Passed District Examination in the Hindoostanee Language
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| preb. ||Prebendary.
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| PRO ||[[Public Records Office]] (now called TNA, [[The National Archives]])
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|P.R.V.F.C.|| Pakistan Remount, Veterinary & Farm Corps
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| P.S. ||Private Secretary
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|Pte || [[Private]]
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|P.V.O. || Principal Veterinary Officer
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| PWD ||[[Public Works Department]]
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| PWI ||[[Permanent Way Inspector]] ([[Railways]])
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|P.W.I. ||Prince of Wales Island - i.e[[Penang]]
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| Q.C. ||Queen's Counsel.
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|Q.M. || [[Quartermaster]]|-|Qmr. || Quartermaster|-| Q.M.G ||Quartermaster-General|-|Q.M.S. || [[Quartermaster Sergeant]], a Staff Sergeant attached to each regiment, providing soldier's quarters, rations, ammunition, other supplies, laying out camp |-|QVC ||style of Royal Crown on badges depicting that worn by Queen Victoria from 1837-1901
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| (R.) ||Radical.
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| r. f. p/ Ret.f.p. ||Retired on full pay.
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| R.A. ||[[Royal Artillery]]|-| R.A. ||Royal Academician
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| Rr.Aa.p. ||Royal Academician.Rupee, Anna, Pice (see [[Money]])
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|R.A.V.C. ||Royal Army Veterinary Corps|-| R.C. ||Roman Catholic.
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| R.D. ||Rural Dean.
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| R.E. ||[[Corps of Royal Engineers.|Royal Engineers]]
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| R.H.ARect. ||Royal Horse Artillery.Rector
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| R.M. Reg't ||Royal Marines.[[Regiment]]
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| RRev.M.A. ||Royal Marines Artillery,Reverend
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| R.NF.A. ||[[Royal Navy.Field Artillery]]
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| R.NG.A.R ||[[Royal Naval Beserve.Garrison Artillery]]
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| RectR.H.A. ||Rector.[[Royal Horse Artillery]]
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| RevR.H.M.S. ||Reverend. [[Duke of York's Military School|Royal Hibernian Military School]]
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| RHA R.I.A.S.C.||[[ Royal Horse Artillery]]Indian Army Service Corps
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| Rif/Rifl. ||Rifle (Regiment/Brigade)
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| RN R.I.M. ||Royal Indian Marine|-|R.L.A. || Relay Dressing Station, for dressing wounds on the way to the rear|-| R.M. ||Royal Marines|-| R.M.A. ||Royal Marines Artillery|-|R.M.A. || Royal Military Academy (Woolwich)|-|RMT. Dept.|| [[Remount Department]]|-| R.N. ||[[Royal Navy]]|-| R.N.R ||Royal Naval Reserve|-|R.P.C. || Remount Purchasing Commission|-|R.Q.M.S. || Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant|-|R.R. || [[Rough Rider]]|-|R.S. || Remount Squadron|-|R.S.M. || Regimental Sergeant Major, the senior most ranking NCO (Warrant Officer) in a regiment, the most powerful man in the battalion after the C.O.|-|R.V.F.C.C. || Remount, Veterinary & Farms Corps Centre, Indian Army|-|R.V.H. || Reserve Veterinary Hospital|-|R.V.O. || Regimental Veterinary Officer
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| S. or s. ||Son.
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| (S) (s.) ||Socialist|-| S.A.A. || Small Arms Ammunition|-|S. & C. Smith ||British Army abbreviation for [[Shoeing Smith|Shoeing and Carriage Smith]]|-|SC || [[Staff Corps]]
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| S.C. ||Sick Certificate
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| (sicSco.) ||As written.Scotch
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| ScoSerg. , Serj, Serjt, Sergt, ||ScotchSergeant, NCO above the rank of Corporal, may hold specialty positions, as Farrier Sergeant|-|SERN ||serial or service number|-|Sh/Sm || [[Shoeing Smith]], another name for the farrier|-| (sic.) ||As written|-|Sub-Condr || [[Sub-Conductor]]
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| SIR ||[[South Indian Railway]]
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|S.I.W. || Self Inflicted Wound
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|S.M. || Sergeant-Major
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| S & M || Sappers & Miners
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|SO || Standing Order/s (Dress or Clothing)
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|S.O. || Staff Officer
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|S.O.S. || Struck Off Strength
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|Squ'n || [[Squadron]]
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| Supt/ Supt. ||Superintendent.
| Surv. ||Surveyor
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| Survg. ||Surviving|-|S. V.O. || Senior Veterinary Officer|-|S.V.R.O. || Senior Veterinary & Remount Officer
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| T.C. ||Passed the prescribed Test of qualification in Surveying and Civil Engineering at the Thompson College in Roorkie
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| T.L.I ||[[Trichinopoly]] Light Infantry
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| TML ||[[Town Major's List]]
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| TNA ||[[The National Archives]] (formerly PRO, [[Public Records Office]]) at Kew
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|Tp. || [[Troop]]
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|Tpr. || [[Trooper]]
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|Tr. || [[Trooper]]
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| U.K. ||United Kingdom.
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| unemplydU.supernumyL. ||[[Unattached List A]], [[Unattached List B]] or [[Unlimited (service)]]|-| U.S.L. ||Unemployed [[Unattached List|Supernumerary]] (list)
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|VAD ||[[Voluntary Aid Detachment]]|-| V.C. ||[[Victoria Cross]]|-| VCO(s) ||[[Viceroy's Commissioned Officer]](s)|-|V.C.P. || Veterinary Collecting Posts|-|V.D.I.A.V.C. || Veterinary Detachment, Indian Army Veterinary Corps|-|V.E.S. || Veterinary Evacuation Station|-|Vet. || [[Veterinary Surgeon|Veterinarian]]; Veterinary, Veterinaries|-|Vety.|| British abbreviation for [[Veterinary Surgeon|Veterinarian]]; Veterinary, Veterinaries|-|V.H. || Veterinary Hospital|-| Visc. ||Viscount|-|V.M.D. || Veterinary Medical Doctor|-|V.O. || [[Veterinary Surgeon|Veterinary Officer]] or Victorian Order|-|Vol. || Volunteers
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| V.P ||Vice-President.
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| VCO(s) V.R. ||Viceroy's Commissioned Officer(s) Victoria Regina (Refer: [[Indian Ranks]]Queen Victoria)
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| ViscV.R.C.S. ||Viscount.Veterinary & Remount Conducting Section
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| VolV. R.O. ||Veterinary Research Officer|Volunteers-|V.S. || [[Veterinary Surgeon]]
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| WAC(I) ||[[Womens Auxillary Corp (India)]]
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|W.D. || War Department
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|W.I.A. || Wounded In Action
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|W.O. || War Office (WO Series refers to War OFfice records at [[The National Archives|TNA]] or [[Warrant Officer]]
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|Wr. || [[Writer]]
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|W.S.B. || War Service Badge
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