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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

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