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Abbr
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
A+SH
Army Catering Corps
ACatC
Army Chaplains' Dept. (see also RACD)
ACD
Army Cyclist Corps
ACC
Army in Burma Reserve of Officers
ABRO
Army Medical Service (see also RAMC)
AMS
Army Ordinance Corps (see also RAOC)
AOC
Army Pay Corps (also see Royal Army Pay Corps)
APC
Army Service Corps (also see RASC)
ASC
Army Veterinary Corps (also see RAVC)
AVC
Artists Rifles
RFus
Australian Armed Forces
Aus
Auxiliary Territorial Service
ATS
Bedfordshire Regt
BedsR
Beds and Herts Regiment
B+HR
Berkshire Regt.
BerksR
Black Watch
RHR
Border Regiment
Border
Camel Corps
Camel
Cameron Highlanders
CamHi
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
SR
Canadian Armed Forces
Can
Carabiniers
Car
Cavalry Reserve
CavRes
Cheshire Regt.
ChesR
City of London Regt. (Royal Fusiliers)
RFus
Civilian (includes clergy, fire services and medics)
Civ
Coldstream Guards
ColdG
Colonial units (various)
Col
Connaught Rangers
CR
Cumann na mBan
C na mB
Cyclist Corps
CC
Devonshire Regt.
DevR
Dorsetshire Regt.
DorsR
Dragoons
Dragoons
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
DCLI
Duke of Wellington's Regt.
DWR
Durham Light Infantry
DLI
East Lancashire Regt.
E.Lancs
East Surrey Regt.
E.Surr
East Yorkshire Regt.
E.Yorks
Egyptian Labour Corps
ELC
Essex Regiment
EssR
Fenians
Fenians
Fianna Éireann
FE
Field Ambulance
FldAmb
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
FANY
Fleet Air Arm
FAA
General list
Gen
General Staff
GenStaff
Gloucester Regt.
GloR
Gordon Highlanders
GordH
Grenadier Guards
GG
Hampshire Regt
HamR
Hertfordshire Regiment
HertsR
Hibernian Rifles
HibRif
Highland Light Infantry
HLI
Honourable Artillery Company
HonArtCoy
Household Battalion
HousB
Hussars
Hussars
Imperial Light Horse
ILH
Indian Army Regiments
IndA
Inns of Court Officer Training Corps
ICOTC
Intelligence Corps
IntelC
International Brigade
IB
Invincibles
Inv
Irish Citizen Army
ICA
Irish Defence Forces
IDF
Irish Guards
IG
Irish National (Free State) Army
IN(FS)A
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Irish Republican Brotherhood
IRB
Irish Volunteers
IV
King Edward's Horse
KEH
King's (Liverpool) Regt.
Kings(L)
King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
KORR(L)
King's Own Scottish Borderers
KOSB
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
KOYLI
King's Royal Rifle Corps
KRRC
King's Shropshire Light Infantry
KSLI
Labour Corps
LC
Lancashire Fusiliers
LanFus
Lancashire Regt
LanR
Lancers
Lancers
Leicestershire Regt.
LeicR
Leinster Regt.
LR
Life Guards
LG
Lincolnshire Regt.
LinR
Liverpool Regt.
Kings(L)
London Irish Rifles
LondIR
London Regt. (see Royal Fusiliers)
RFus
Lothians and Border Horse
L+BH
Loyal North Lancashire Regt
LNLR
Machine Gun Corps
MGC
Manchester Regt.
ManR
Mercantile Marine Reserve
MMR
Merchant Navy (British)
MerN(B)
Merchant Navy (Irish)
MerN(I)
Middlesex Regt
MidR
Military Police Corps
MP
Motor Cycle Corps
MCC
Navy, Army and Air Forces Institute
NAAFI
New Zealand Armed Forces
NZ
Nigeria Regt.
Col
Non-Combatant Corps
NCC
Norfolk Regt
NorfR
North Cork Militia
CorkMil
North Irish Horse
NIH
North Lancashire Regt.
LNLR
North Staffordshire Regt.
NStaffs
Northamptonshire Regiment
NorthR
Northumberland Fusiliers
NorthFus
Norwegian Armed Forces
NAF
Not stated
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Not stated
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Notts & Derby Regt. (Sherwood Foresters)
SherF
Officer Training Corps (various)
OTC
Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry
O+BLI
Oxford Light Infantry
OxfLI
Parachute Regiment
Paras
Pioneer Corps
PC
Police
Police
Prince Alfred's Volunteer Guard
PA(V)G
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
QAIMNS
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
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
ResRegCav
Reserve Training Battalion
ResTrBtn
Rifle Brigade
RB
Royal Air Force
RAF
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
RAFVR
Royal Armoured Corps
RAC
Royal Army Chaplains Dept. (see also ACD)
RACD
Royal Army Medical Corps (see also AMS)
RAMC
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
RAOC
Royal Army Pay Corps (also see APC)
RAPC
Royal Army Service Corps (also see ASC)
RASC
Royal Army Veterinary Corps (also see AVC)
RAVC
Royal Artillery (N.B. also see RRA, RFA, RGA and RHA)
RA
Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve
RCNVR
Royal Corps of Signals
RCS
Royal Defence Corps
RDC
Royal Dublin Fusiliers
RDF
Royal East Kent Regimenr
Buffs
Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
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)
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
RMLI
Royal Marines
RM
Royal Military Transport
RMT
Royal Munster Fusiliers
RMF
Royal Naval Air Service
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
Trench Mortar Battery (not really a distinct unit)
TMB
Unidentified
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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 & Lancaster Regt.
Y&LR
Yorkshire Regiment
YorksR
Young Men's Chridtian Association
YMCA