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After reviewing the Abbreviations page, I found it to be lacking. Below are some additions that I recommend adding.
P. & S.: Abbreviation referring to the Memorial Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny) and Scroll, which were
issued to the next of kin as a commemoration of the soldier's sacrifice in the service of the King in WW1.3
P. BTY. F. F. Indian Army Pack Battery Frontier Force P. BTY. Indian Army Pack Battery Royal Garrison Artillery P. CPS. Indian Army Pony Corps P.R.V.F.C. Pakistan Remount, Veterinary & Farm Corps P.V.O. Principal Veterinary Officer Q.M. Quartermaster Qmr. Quartermaster Q.M.G. Quartermaster General Q.M.S. Quartermaster Sergeant, a NCO attached to each regiment, with duties of providing quarters for the soldiers, laying out the camp, and providing rations, ammunition, and other supplies for the regiment, holds the rank of Staff Sergeant QVC style on badges of the Royal Crown as worn by Queen Victoria from 1837-1901 R.A.V.C. Royal Army Veterinary Corps R.H.M.S. Royal Hibernian Military School R.I.A.S.C. Royal Indian Army Service Corps R.L.A. Relay Dressing Station, for dressing wounds on the way to the rear R.M.A. Royal Military Academy (Woolwich) RMT. Dept. Remount Department R.P.C. Remount Purchasing Commission R.Q.M.S. Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, senior ranking NCO (Warrant Officer) in a regiment with Quartermaster responsibilities 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 S. & C. Smith British Army abbreviation for Shoeing and Carriage Smith Serg. Sergeant, a NCO above the rank of Corporal, may hold specialty positions, as Farrier Sergeant Sergt. Sergeant Serj. Sergeant Serjt. Sergeant SERN serial or service number Sjt. Sergeant Sh/Sm Shoeing Smith, another name for the farrier S.I.W. Self Inflicted Wound Sillidar Cavalry a system in the British-Indian Army where the trooper owns his horse, arms, tent, baggage pony, and equipment, except his carbine which is supplied by the Government, and he received a higher rate of pay than the non-sillidar personnel S.M. Sergeant-Major SO Standing Order/s (Dress or Clothing) S.O. Staff Officer S.O.S. Struck Off Strength S.V.O. Senior Veterinary Officer S.V.R.O. Senior Veterinary & Remount Officer Syce A noun (Hindi sais, from the Arabic sa’is) that first appeared in usage in 1653, meaning a groom or attendant of horses, especially in India; a non-combatant member of an Indian regiment that functioned as a groom, whose duty was to groom the horses of the Officers and non-commissioned officers and of the men on duty and those who were sick in the hospital. Tpr. Trooper V.C. the Victoria Cross 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. Veterinarian; Veterinary, Veterinaries Vety. British abbreviation for Veterinarian; Veterinary, Veterinaries V.H. Veterinary Hospital V.M.D. Veterinary Medical Doctor V.O. Veterinary Officer; Victorian Order Vol. Volunteer V.R. Victoria Regina (Queen Victoria) V.R.C.S. Veterinary & Remount Conducting Section V.R.O. Veterinary Research Officer V.S. Veterinary Surgeon W.D. War Department W.I.A. Wounded In Action W.O. War Office; Warrant Officer WO 329 Series reference for the World War One original formal Medal Rolls, to which the Medal Cards (held in WO 372) are the index WO 372 Series reference for the World War One Medal Cards Index W.S.B. War Service Badge