Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
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A+SH |
Army Catering Corps
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ACatC |
Army Chaplains’ Dept. (see also RACD)
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ACD |
Army Cyclist Corps
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ACC |
Army in Burma Reserve of Officers
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ABRO |
Army Medical Service (see also RAMC)
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AMS |
Army Ordinance Corps (see also RAOC)
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AOC |
Army Pay Corps (also see Royal Army Pay Corps)
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APC |
Army Service Corps (also see RASC)
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ASC |
Army Veterinary Corps (also see RAVC)
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AVC |
Artists Rifles
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RFus |
Australian Armed Forces
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Aus |
Auxiliary Territorial Service
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ATS |
Bedfordshire Regt
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BedsR |
Beds and Herts Regiment
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B+HR |
Berkshire Regt.
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BerksR |
Black Watch
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RHR |
Border Regiment
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Border |
Camel Corps
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Camel |
Cameron Highlanders
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CamHi |
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
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SR |
Canadian Armed Forces
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Can |
Carabiniers
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Car |
Cavalry Reserve
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CavRes |
Cheshire Regt.
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ChesR |
City of London Regt. (Royal Fusiliers)
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RFus |
Civilian (includes clergy, fire services and medics)
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Civ |
Civilian (includes clergy, fire services and medics)
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Coldstream Guards
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ColdG |
Colonial units (various)
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Col |
Connaught Rangers
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CR |
Cumann na mBan
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C na mB |
Cyclist Corps
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CC |
Devonshire Regt.
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DevR |
Dorsetshire Regt.
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DorsR |
Dragoons
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Dragoons |
Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
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DCLI |
Duke of Wellington’s Regt.
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DWR |
Durham Light Infantry
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DLI |
East Lancashire Regt.
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E.Lancs |
East Surrey Regt.
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E.Surr |
East Yorkshire Regt.
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E.Yorks |
Egyptian Labour Corps
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ELC |
Essex Regiment
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EssR |
Fenians
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Fenians |
Fianna Éireann
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FE |
Field Ambulance
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FldAmb |
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
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FANY |
Fleet Air Arm
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FAA |
General list
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Gen |
General Staff
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GenStaff |
Gloucester Regt.
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GloR |
Gordon Highlanders
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GordH |
Grenadier Guards
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GG |
Hampshire Regt
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HamR |
Hertfordshire Regiment
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HertsR |
Hibernian Rifles
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HibRif |
Highland Light Infantry
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HLI |
Honourable Artillery Company
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HonArtCoy |
Household Battalion
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HousB |
Hussars
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Hussars |
Imperial Light Horse
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ILH |
Indian Army Regiments
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IndA |
Inns of Court Officer Training Corps
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ICOTC |
Intelligence Corps
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IntelC |
International Brigade
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IB |
Invincibles
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Inv |
Irish Citizen Army
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ICA |
Irish Defence Forces
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IDF |
Irish Guards
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IG |
Irish National (Free State) Army
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IN(FS)A |
Irish Republican Army
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IRA |
Irish Republican Brotherhood
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IRB |
Irish Volunteers
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IV |
King Edward’s Horse
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KEH |
King’s (Liverpool) Regt.
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Kings(L) |
King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
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KORR(L) |
King’s Own Scottish Borderers
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KOSB |
King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
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KOYLI |
King’s Royal Rifle Corps
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KRRC |
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
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KSLI |
Labour Corps
|
LC |
Lancashire Fusiliers
|
LanFus |
Lancashire Regt
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LanR |
Lancers
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Lancers |
Leicestershire Regt.
|
LeicR |
Leinster Regt.
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LR |
Life Guards
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LG |
Lincolnshire Regt.
|
LinR |
Liverpool Regt.
|
Kings(L) |
London Irish Rifles
|
LondIR |
London Regt. (see Royal Fusiliers)
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RFus |
Lothians and Border Horse
|
L+BH |
Loyal North Lancashire Regt
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LNLR |
Machine Gun Corps
|
MGC |
Manchester Regt.
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ManR |
Mercantile Marine Reserve
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MMR |
Merchant Navy (British)
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MerN(B) |
Merchant Navy (Irish)
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MerN(I) |
Middlesex Regt
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MidR |
Military Police Corps
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MP |
Motor Cycle Corps
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MCC |
Navy, Army and Air Forces Institute
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NAAFI |
New Zealand Armed Forces
|
NZ |
Nigeria Regt.
|
Col |
Non-Combatant Corps
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NCC |
Norfolk Regt
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NorfR |
North Cork Militia
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CorkMil |
North Irish Horse
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NIH |
North Lancashire Regt.
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LNLR |
North Staffordshire Regt.
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NStaffs |
Northamptonshire Regiment
|
NorthR |
Northumberland Fusiliers
|
NorthFus |
Norwegian Armed Forces
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NAF |
Not stated
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[-] |
Not stated
|
[-] |
Notts and Derby Regt. (Sherwood Foresters)
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SherF |
Officer Training Corps (various)
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OTC |
Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry
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O+BLI |
Oxford Light Infantry
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OxfLI |
Parachute Regiment
|
Paras |
Pioneer Corps
|
PC |
Police
|
Police |
Prince Alfred’s Volunteer Guard
|
PA(V)G |
Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service
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QAIMNS |
Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
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QAIMNSRes |
Queen Mary’s Auxiliary Army Corps
|
QMAAC |
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
|
QOCH |
Queen’s Own Westminster Rifles
|
QOWR |
Queen’s Royal Regt. (West Surrey)
|
WSR |
Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt.
|
WSR |
Recruiting staff
|
Recruit |
Red Cross
|
RedCross |
Regiment of Foot
|
Foot(No.) |
Reserve Regiment of Cavalry
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ResRegCav |
Reserve Training Battalion
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ResTrBtn |
Rifle Brigade
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RB |
Royal Air Force
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RAF |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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RAFVR |
Royal Armoured Corps
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RAC |
Royal Army Chaplains Dept. (see also ACD)
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RACD |
Royal Army Medical Corps (see also AMS)
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RAMC |
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
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RAOC |
Royal Army Pay Corps (also see APC)
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RAPC |
Royal Army Service Corps (also see ASC)
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RASC |
Royal Army Veterinary Corps (also see AVC)
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RAVC |
Royal Artillery (N.B. also see RRA, RFA, RGA and RHA)
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RA |
Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve
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RCNVR |
Royal Corps of Signals
|
RCS |
Royal Defence Corps
|
RDC |
Royal Dublin Fusiliers
|
RDF |
Royal East Kent Regimenr
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Buffs |
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
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REME |
Royal Engineers
|
RE |
Royal Engineers Dispatch Corps
|
REDC |
Royal Field Artillery
|
RFA |
Royal Fleet Reserve
|
RFR |
Royal Flying Corps
|
RFC |
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt)
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RFus |
Royal Garrison Artillery
|
RGA |
Royal Highland Regiment (Black Watch)
|
RHR |
Royal Horse Artillery
|
RHA |
Royal Horse Guards
|
RHG |
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
|
RInnF |
Royal Irish Fusiliers
|
RIFus |
Royal Irish Horse
|
RIH |
Royal Irish Lancers
|
RIL |
Royal Irish Regiment
|
RIR |
Royal Irish Rifles
|
RIRif |
Royal Leicestershire Regiment
|
RLeicR |
Royal Marine Artillery
|
RMA |
Royal Marine Light Infantry
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RMLI |
Royal Marines
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RM |
Royal Military Transport
|
RMT |
Royal Munster Fusiliers
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RMF |
Royal Naval Air Service
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RNAS |
Royal Naval Light Infantry
|
RNLI |
Royal Naval Patrol Service
|
RNPS |
Royal Naval Reserve
|
RNR |
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
|
RNVR |
Royal Navy
|
RN |
Royal Navy (auxiliary)
|
RNAux |
Royal Pioneer Corps
|
RPC |
Royal Regiment of Artillery
|
RA |
Royal Scots (Royal Regt.)
|
RScots |
Royal Scots Fusiliers
|
RSF |
Royal Scots Greys
|
RSG |
Royal Sussex Regt.
|
SussR |
Royal Tank Corps
|
RTC |
Royal Tank Regt.
|
RTR |
Royal Ulster Rifles
|
RUlsR |
Royal Warwickshire Regt.
|
RWarR |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
|
RWF |
Royal West Kent Regt
|
RWKR |
Royal West Surrey Regt.
|
RWSR |
Scots Guards
|
SG |
Scottish Horse
|
ScotH |
Scottish Rifles (Cameronians)
|
SR |
Seaforth Highlanders
|
SeaHi |
Secret Service Bureau
|
SSB |
Sherwood Foresters
|
SherF |
Shropshire Light Infantry
|
KSLI |
Somerset Light Infantry
|
SomLI |
South African Armed Forces
|
SA |
South Cork Militia
|
CorkMil |
South Irish Horse
|
SIH |
South Lancashire Regt.
|
SthLancs |
South Staffordshire Regiment
|
SthStaffs |
South Wales Borderers
|
SWB |
Special Air Service Regiment
|
SAS |
Special list
|
Spec |
St. John’s Ambulance Brigade/Association
|
SJAB |
Straits Settlement Volunteers
|
Col |
Suffolk Regiment
|
SuffR |
Sussex Regiment
|
SussR |
Swedish Armed Forces
|
SAF |
Tank Corps
|
TC |
Territorial Force Nursing Service
|
TFNS |
Test Regiment
|
test |
Trench Mortar Battery (not really a distinct unit)
|
TMB |
Unidentified
|
? |
United Irishmen
|
UI |
United States Armed Forces
|
USA |
Voluntary Aid Detachment
|
VAD |
Volunteer Training Corps
|
VTC |
Warwickshire Regt.
|
RWarR |
Welch Regt.
|
WelR |
Welsh Guards
|
WG |
West Riding Regt
|
WRR |
West Yorkshire Regt.
|
W.Yorks |
Whiteboys
|
Whiteboys |
Wiltshire Regt.
|
WilR |
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
|
WAAF |
Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps
|
WAAC |
Women’s Legion
|
WL |
Women’s Royal Air Force
|
WRAF |
Women’s Royal Naval Service
|
WRNS |
Womens Auxiliary Territorial Service
|
ATS |
Worcester Regt.
|
WorR |
Yeomanry units
|
Yeomanry |
Yorkshire and Lancaster Regt.
|
Y&LR |
Yorkshire Regiment
|
YorksR |
Young Men’s Chridtian Association
|
YMCA |