Text Abbreviations
The following is not intended to be a complete listing of ranks, armies, divisions, regiments, brigades, departments, etc., but only those designations appearing in this work.
- acc. accession/according [to]
- actg. acting
- A.P.D. Army Pay Department
- Appr. Apprentice
- Asst. Assistant
- b. buried/burial
- B&S Bourne and Shepherd
- Batt. Battery
- Battn. Battalion
- B.C.S. Bengal Civil Service
- B.D. Bachelor of Divinity
- Bde. Brigade
- bet. between
- Biog. Biography/Biographical
- Bo. F. F. Bombay Frontier Force
- Bo.S.C. Bombay Staff Corps
- B.S.C. Bengal Staff Corps
- C.C. Commander in Chief
- Chr. Christian (as in forenames)
- cit. cited/citation/citations
- Co. Company
- Com. Commissary/Commissariat
- Comm. Communication
- C.S. Civil Service (sometimes preceded or followed by Presidency)
- D. Despatch(es)
- d. died/death
- D.P.W. Works Department of Public Works
- Div. Division
- docs. Documents
- ed. edited/edition
- Ed. Editor
- Est. Establishment
- fol. following
- frontis. frontispiece
- G.O. General Order
- Hon. before rank= Honourary; before Christian name= Honourable
- Hosp. Hospital
- H.M. Her Majesty's
- h.p. half pay
- ident. identical/identity/identification
- ILN Illustrated London News
- IMI Indian Monumental Inscriptions (see in Sources)
- incl. including/included
- Inf. Infantry
- init. initial (as in names)
- IOL&R India Office Library and Records (British Library, India and Oriental Collection)
- k. killed
- KIA killed in action
- l. left
- L.I. Light Infantry
- M.B. Bachelor of Medicine
- M.D. Doctor of Medicine
- M.F.F. Madras Frontier Force
- M.I. Monumental Inscription
- Mil. Military
- misc. Miscellaneous
- Mr. Mister
- M..S.C. Madras Staff Corps
- Mtn. Mountain
- Mtn. Batt. Mountain Battery
- n./ns. note/notes
- NAM National Army Museum (when not followed by neg. no., or acc. no. and album page containing photo, this data was unknown or unavailable)
- neg. negative (photo)
- N.I. Native Infantry
- N.L.I. Native (Light) Infantry (irregular use)
- no./nos. number/numbers
- No. Number (as of Artillery Batt.)
- ORS Orderly Room Sergeant
- p./pp. page/pages
- P.F.F. Punjab Frontier Force/Punjab Field Force
- p./pp. page/pages
- ph. photograph
- pl./pls. plate/plates
- P.M.O. Principal Medical Officer
- pl./pls. plate/plates
- poss. possibly/possible
- priv. private
- prob. probably/probable
- pub./pubs. published/publications
- P.W.0. Prince of Wales's Own (irregular use)
- r. right
- R.A. Royal Artillery
- RC Roman Catholic
- R.E. Royal Engineers
- ref./refs. reference/references
- Regt. Regiment/Regimental
- REI Royal Engineers Institution, Chatham
- rec’d Received
- ret’d Retired
- Rev. Reverend
- R.H.A. Royal Horse Artillery (sometimes R.[H.]A. to indicate an R.A. officer who served during the period in either, or both)
- S.A.F.F. Southern Afghanistan Field Force
- S.F.F. Sind Frontier Force
- Sub Subordinate/Sub Ordinate
- trans. transferred [to or from another Brigade, Regiment, Department]
- uncert. uncertain
- unident. unidentified/unidentifiable
- unrec. unrecorded
- V.C. Victoria Cross
- w. wounds/wounded