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| B.M. or M.B. ||Bachelor of Medicine.
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| D.A.C.G. ||Deputy Assistant [[Commissariat|Commissary]] General.
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| N.I. ||Native Infantry.
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An incomplete list of abbreviations that are found used in sources and records, both published and unpublished.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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| 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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|Bde. || [[Brigade]]
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| B.D. ||Bachelor of Divinity.
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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
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|BMOS ||[[Bengal Military Orphan Society]]
|B.N.C. || [[Bengal Cavalry Regiments|Bengal Native Cavalry]]
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|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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|Bom'd'r Bo.N.I. ||[[Bombardier: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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|CML.CPS. ||Camel Corps, A.I.F.
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| C.M.P ||[[Corps of Military Police]]
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|Co. ||[[Company]]
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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
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| D.A.A.G. ||Deputy Assistant Adjutant General
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| D.A.Q.M.G. ||Deputy Assistant [[Quartermaster General]]
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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
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|DO ||[[District Officer]]
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|DOD ||Died Of Disease
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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]]
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| 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]]
| 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.G. ||Major-General
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| M.I. || Monumental Inscription(s)
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|M.I.D. || Mentioned In Despatches
| Mily. ||Military.
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| M.INST.C.E ||Member of Institute of Civil Engineers
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| M.M. ||Military Medal
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|M.N.C. || [[Madras Cavalry Regiments|Madras Native Cavalry]]
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|M.N.I. || [[Madras Native Infantry]]
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|Mob Vet Sec || Mobile Veterinary Section
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| M.P. ||Member of Parliament
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|MR || [[Muster rolls]]
|M.R. || Mounted Rifles
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| M.R. ||Master of the Bolls.
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| M.R.A.S. ||Member of Royal Asiatic Society.
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| M.R.C.P. Lon. ||Member of the Royal College of Physicians, London
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|M.R.C.V.S. || Member of the Royal College of [[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.
| N.C. ||Native Cavalry
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| NCO(s) ||[[Non-Commissioned Officercommissioned officer]](s)
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| N.I. ||Native Infantry
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| NMM ||[[National Maritime Museum]]
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|NOK ||next of kin
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|NR || [[Nominal roll]]
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| N.W.F.P. ||[[North West Frontier Province]]
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|N.W.P.& O. || North West Provinces & Oudh
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|N.Y.D. || Not Yet Diagnosed (in medical terminology)
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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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|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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| 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]]
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|Qmr. || Quartermaster
| Q.M.G ||Quartermaster-General
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|Q.M.S. || [[Quartermaster Sergeant]], a Staff Sergeant attached to each regiment, providing soldier's quarters, rations, ammunition, other supplies, laying out camp
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|QVC ||style of Royal Crown on badges depicting that worn by Queen Victoria from 1837-1901
| R.E. ||[[Corps of Royal Engineers|Royal Engineers]]
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| Rect. ||Rector
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|Reg't || [[Regiment]]|-| Rev. ||Reverend|-|R.F.A.|| [[Royal Field Artillery]]|-|R.G.A. || [[Royal Garrison Artillery]]
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| R.H.A. ||[[Royal Horse Artillery]]
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| Rif/Rifl. ||Rifle (Regiment/Brigade)
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| R.I.M. ||Royal Indian Marine
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|R.L.A. || Relay Dressing Station, for dressing wounds on the way to the rear
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|R.Q.M.S. || Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant
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|R.R. || [[Rough Rider]]
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|R.S. || Remount Squadron
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|S. & C. Smith ||British Army abbreviation for [[Shoeing Smith|Shoeing and Carriage Smith]]
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|SC || [[Staff Corps]]
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| S.C. ||Sick Certificate
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| (sic.) ||As written
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|Sub-Condr || [[Sub-Conductor]]
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| SIR ||[[South Indian Railway]]
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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.S. || Struck Off Strength
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|Squ'n || [[Squadron]]
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| Supt/ Supt. ||Superintendent.
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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]]
| TNA ||[[The National Archives]] (formerly PRO, [[Public Records Office]]) at Kew
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|Tp. || [[Troop]]|-|Tpr. || [[Trooper]]|-|Tr. || [[Trooper]]
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| U.K. ||United Kingdom|-| U.L. ||[[Unattached List A]], [[Unattached List B]] or [[Unlimited (service)]]
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| unemplydU.supernumyS. L. ||Unemployed [[Unattached List|Supernumerary]] (list)
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|VAD ||[[Voluntary Aid Detachment]]
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| V.C. ||[[Victoria Cross]]
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| VCO(s) ||[[Viceroy's Commissioned Officer]](s) (Refer: [[Indian Ranks]])
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|V.C.P. || Veterinary Collecting Posts
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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
