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Added abbreviations sent by Peter Bailey
*+ - Has attained colloquial knowledge of the Hindoostanee Language
*ADC Aide de Camp
*[[APAC]] Asia, Pacific and Africa Collection (at the British Library)
*BNR - [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]
*BR - [[Burma Railway]]
*C.B. - Companion of the Order of the Bath
*C.C. - Commander-in-Chief
*C.Eng. - Civil Engineer, or Chartered Engineer
*C.P. - [[Central Provinces]]
*E.A.D.C. - Extra Aide-de-Camp
*EBR - [[East Bengal Railway]]
*EIC - [[East India Company]] (abbreviation of HEIC)
*FHL - [[Family History Library]]
*FRC - [[Family Records Centre]] (Islington, London)
*F.R.C.S. - Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
*G.C.B. - Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
*GCM - Good Conduct Medal
*GIPR - [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]
*G.G. - Governor General
*G.O.C.C. - General Orders by Commander-in-Chief
*G.O.G - General Orders by Government
*GRO - [[General Register Office]] (Southport)
*G.S. - Governor of Scinde
*H.A.D.C.- Honorary Aide-de-Camp
*[[HEIC]] - Honourable East India Company
*HEICS - Honourable East India Company's (Civil) Service
*H.M. - His (Her) Majesty
*H.M.S. -His (Her) Majesty’s Ship
*H.M.S. - His (Her) Majesty’s Service
*ICS - Indian Civil Service
*Indian NCO - Indian Non-Commissioned Officer
*IOR - [[India Office Records]]
*K.C.B. - Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
*K.C.H. - Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order
*[[LDS]] - Latter Day Saints
*L.G. - Lieutenant-General
*L.G.N.W.P. - Lieutenant-Governor, North-Western Provinces
*M.G. - Major-General
*M.S. - Military Secretary
*N. - New Furlough Rules
*NAM - [[National Army Museum]]
*N.C. - Native Cavalry
*NCO(s) - Non-Commissioned Officer(s)
*N.I. - Native Infantry
*NMM - [[National Maritime Museum]]
*N.W.P. - [[North Western Provinces]]*O.- Old Furlough Rules*[[OIOC]] - [[Oriental & India Office Collection]] ([[British Library]]) *P. - Passed District Examination in the Persian & Hindoostanee Languages*P.A. - Private Affairs*P.C. - Passed College Examination in the Persian & Hindoostanee Languages*P.C.H. - Passed College Examination in the Hindoostanee Language*P.H. - Passed District Examination in the Hindoostanee Language
*PRO - [[Public Records Office]] (now called TNA, [[The National Archives]])
*P.S. - Private Secretary
*PWD - [[Public Works Department]]
*RHA - [[Royal Horse Artillery]]
*RN - [[Royal Navy]]
*S.C. - Sick Certificate
*SIR - [[South Indian Railway]]
*Surv. - Surveyor
*T.C. - Passed the prescribed Test of qualification in Surveying and Civil Engineering at the Thompson College in Roorkie
*TNA - [[The National Archives]] (formerly PRO, [[Public Records Office]]) at Kew
*VCO(s) - Viceroy's Commissioned Officer(s)
*WAC(I) - [[Womens Auxillary Corp (India)]]
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