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A
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AA
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Anti-Aircraft
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AAC
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Army Air Corps
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AAMC
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Australian Army Medical Corps
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A and SH
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Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
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A&SH
|
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
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AANS
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Australian Army Nursing Corps
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AAOC
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Australian Army Ordnance Corps
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AASC
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Australian Army Service Corps
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ACC
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Army Catering Corps
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ACE
|
Allied Command Europe
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AD
|
Air Defence
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ADS
|
Advanced Dressing Station
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AFCENT
|
Allied Forces Central European Theatre
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AG
|
Adjutant General
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AGC
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Adjutant Generals Corps
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AGRA
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Army Group Royal Artillery
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AHC
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Army Hospital Corps
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AIF
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Australian Imperial Force
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ALC
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Army Legal Corps
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ALFSEA
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Allied Land Forces South East Asia
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Amb
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Ambulance
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AMC
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Army Medical Corps
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AMF
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Australian Military Forces
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AMG
|
Allied Military Government
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Ammn
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Ammunition
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ANZAC
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Australia and New Zealand Army Corps
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AOC
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Army Ordnance Corps
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APC
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Army Postal Corps
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APO
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Army Post Office
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APTC
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Army Physical Training Corps
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Armd
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Armoured
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ARRC
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Army Rapid Reaction Corps
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Art.
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Artillery
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Arty.
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Artillery
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ASC
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Army Service Corps
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A/tk
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Anti-Tank
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ATS
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Auxilliary Territorial Service
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Aust.
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Australian
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Aux.
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Auxilliary
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AWAS
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Australian Women’s Army Service
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AWOL
|
Absent Without Leave
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B
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BAC
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British Ammunition Column
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Batt.
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Battalion
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Bde.
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Brigade
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BEF
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British Expeditionary Force
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BFPO
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British Forces Post Office
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BLU
|
British Liaison Unit
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BMATT
|
British Military Advisory Training Team
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BMH
|
British Military Hospital
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Bn.
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Battalion
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Brit
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British
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BRSC
|
British Rear Support Command
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BSM
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Battalion Sergeant Major
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Btln.
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Battalion
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Bty.
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Battery
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C
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Camb.
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Cambridgeshire Regiment
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CA Mus
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Corps of Army Music
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Can.
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Canadian
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CAR
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Canadian Airborne Regiment
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CofAS
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Corps of Army Schoolmasters
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Cav.
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Cavalry
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CinC
|
Commander in Chief
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CCS
|
Casualty Clearing Station
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Cdn.
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Canadian
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Cdo.
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Commando
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CEF
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Canadian Expeditionary Force
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CER
|
Canadian Engineer Regiment
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CF
|
Canadian Forces
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CFB
|
Canadian Forces Base
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CG
|
Coldstream Guards
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CGds
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Coldstream Guards
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CMGC
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Canadian Machine Gun Corps
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CMBG
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Canadian Mechanised Brigade Group
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CMP
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Corps of Military Police
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CMR
|
Canadian Mounted Rifles
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CO
|
Commanding Officer
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Co.
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Company
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CofE
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Church of England
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Col.
|
Column
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Cos.
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Companies
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Coy.
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Company
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CQMS
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Company Quartermaster Sergeant
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CRS
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Company Sergeant Major
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CRT
|
Canadian Railway Troops
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CS
|
Close Support
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CSP
|
Convoy Stopping Point
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CSS
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Combat Support Services
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CW
|
Chemical Warfare
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Cyc.
|
Cyclist
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D
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DADMS
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Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services
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DADPM
|
Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal
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DADS&T
|
Deputy Assistant Director of Supply and Transport
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DDMS
|
Deputy Director of Medical Services
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DDS&T
|
Deputy Director of Supply and Transport
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Dixies
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Mess Tins
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DAM
|
Divisional Ammunition Column
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Def.
|
Defence
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Dist.
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District
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Div.
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Division
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DND
|
Department of National Defence
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DR
|
Despatch Rider
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E
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E
|
East
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EME
|
Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
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Eng.
|
Engineers
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EOD
|
Explosive Ordnance Disposal
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Essex
|
Essex Regiment
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ESy
|
East Surrey Regiment
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F
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FA
|
Field Ambulance
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FAP
|
First Aid Post
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FATC
|
Field Ambulance Training Course
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FAU
|
Field Ambulance Unit
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Fd.
|
Field
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FDLs
|
Forward Defense Lines
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FDS
|
Field Dressing Station
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FF
|
Frontier Force
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FGCD
|
Field General Court Martial
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FMC
|
Force Mobile Command
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Foresters
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Sherwood Foresters
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FMSVF
|
Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces
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FSR
|
First Surrey Rifles
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FSU
|
Field Surgical Unit
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G
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G
|
Garrison
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Gds.
|
Guards
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GH
|
General Hospital
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GHQ
|
General Head Quarters
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GO
|
General Order
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GQG
|
Grand Quartier General (GHQ)
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GR
|
Gurkha Rifles
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Griff
|
News
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GSC
|
General Service Corps
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H
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H.
|
Howlitzer
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HAA
|
Heavy Ant-Aircraft
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HB
|
Heavy Battery
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HD
|
Home Defence
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HE
|
High Explosive / Horizontal Equivalent
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HKVDC
|
Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps
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HKSRA
|
Hong Kong Singapore Royal Artillery
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HM
|
His/Her Majesty’s
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HQ
|
Head Quarters
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Hrs.
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Hours
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HS
|
Home Service
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HSF
|
Home Service Force
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HT
|
Horse Transport
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Hy.
|
Heavy
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I
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IA
|
Indian Army
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IAC
|
Indian Army Corps
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IAMC
|
Indian Army Medical Corps
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I Arty
|
Indian Artillery
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IASC
|
Indian Army Service Corps
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IGH
|
Indian General Hospital
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IMD
|
Indian medical Department
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Imp.
|
Imperial
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IMS
|
Indian Medical Service
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INA
|
Indian National Army
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Ind.
|
Indian
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Indep.
|
Independent
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Inf.
|
Infantry
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Int Corps
|
Intelligence Corps
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IOR
|
Indian Other Rank
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ISF
|
Indian State Forces
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ISS
|
Indian Staging Section
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IST
|
Imperial Service Troops
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ITC
|
Infantry Training Centre
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ITF
|
Indian Territorial Force
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IWT
|
Inland Water Transport
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J
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JAG
|
Judge Advocate General
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JIFC
|
Japanese- Indian Fifth Column
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JLR
|
Junior Leaders Regiment
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JTF
|
Joint Task Force
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L
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LAA
|
Light Anti-Aircraft
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LAD
|
Light Air Defence / Light Aid Detachment
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LAM
|
Light Armoured Motor
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LofC
|
Lines of Communication
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LCT
|
Landing Craft, Tank
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LF
|
Land Forces
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LFA
|
Light Field Ambulance
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LFC
|
Land Force Command
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LFCA
|
Land Force Central Area
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LFWA
|
Land Force theystern Area
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LH
|
Light Horse
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LI
|
Light Infantry
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Lrs
|
Lancers
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LST
|
Landing Ship, Tank
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Lt.
|
Light
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M
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MAC
|
Motor Ambulance Convoy / Motor Ambulance Company
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MAC
|
Motor Ambulance Section
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M/C
|
Motor Cycle
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MDS
|
Main Dressing Station
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Med.
|
Medium
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MFO
|
Multinational Force and Observers
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MFTU
|
Malaria Forward Treatment Unit
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MG
|
Machine Gun
|
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MGC
|
Machine Gun Corps
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MI
|
Mounted Infantry
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Mil.
|
Military
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MI Room
|
Medical Inspection Room
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MMG
|
Motor Machine Gun
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MO
|
Medical Officer
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Mob.
|
Mobile
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MoD
|
Ministery of Defence
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Mot.
|
Motor
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MP
|
Militery Police
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MR
|
Mounted Rifles
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MS
|
Master Sergeant / Mile Stone
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MSM
|
Mechanical Sergeant Major
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MSO
|
Mixed Services Organisation
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MT
|
Motor Transport
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Mtd.
|
Mounted
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Mtn.
|
Mountain
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MTO
|
Motor Transport Officer
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MU
|
Medical Unit
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MxR
|
Middlesex Regiment
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N
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N
|
North
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NAAFI
|
Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes
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NCC
|
Non Combattant Corps
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NCO
|
Non- Commissioned Officer
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NF
|
Northumberland Fusiliers
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Norf.
|
Royal Norfolk Regiment
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O
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OC
|
Officer Commanding
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OCTU
|
Officer Cadet Training Unit
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OD
|
Officer of the Day
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OP
|
Observation Post
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OR
|
Other Ranks
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Ord.
|
Ordnance
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OTC
|
Officer Training Corps
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P
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Para
|
Parachute Regiment
|
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PFF
|
Punjab Frontier Force
|
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PIF
|
Punjab Irregular Force
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Pk.
|
Park
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Pl.
|
Platoon
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PM
|
Provost Marshal
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Pnr.
|
Pioneer
|
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POW
|
Prisoner of War
|
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PP
|
Petrol Point
|
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PR
|
Public Relations
|
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Pro
|
Provost
|
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PTC
|
Primary Training Centre
|
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PX
|
Post Exchange
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R
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R
|
Royal
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RA
|
Royal Artillery
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RAA
|
Royal Australian Artillery
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RAAF
|
Royal Australian Air Force
|
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RAAMC
|
Royal Australian Army Medical Corps
|
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RAC
|
Royal Armoured Corps
|
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RAChD
|
Royal Army Chaplin Depatment
|
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RAE
|
Royal Australian Engineers
|
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RADC
|
Royal Army Dental Corps
|
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RAEC
|
Royal Army Educational Corps
|
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RAF
|
Royal Air Force
|
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RAMC
|
Royal Army Medical Corps
|
|
RAOC
|
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
|
|
RAPC
|
Royal Army Pay Corps
|
|
RAPW
|
Repatriation of Allied Prisoners of War
|
|
RAPWI
|
Repatriation of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees
|
|
RASC
|
Royal Army Service Corps
|
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RB
|
Rifle Brigade
|
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RC
|
Roman Catholic
|
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RCA
|
Royal Canadian Artillery
|
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RCAC
|
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
|
|
RCT
|
Royal Corps of Transport
|
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RE
|
Corps of Royal Engineers
|
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Recce.
|
Reconnaissance
|
|
Recce
|
Reconnaissance Corps
|
|
Regt.
|
Regiment
|
|
REME
|
Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
|
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RFA
|
Royal Field Artillery
|
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RFC
|
Royal Flying Corps
|
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Rgt.
|
Regiment
|
|
RHKR(V)
|
Royal Hong Kong Regiment (Volunteers)
|
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RHU
|
Reserve Holding Unit
|
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RIA
|
Royal Indian Artillery
|
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RIAMC
|
Royal Indian Army Medical Corps
|
|
Rif.
|
Rifles
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RM
|
Royal Marines
|
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RMA
|
Royal Marine Artillery
|
|
RMC
|
Royal Military College
|
|
RMO
|
Regimental Medical Officer
|
|
RN
|
Royal Navy
|
|
RO
|
Routine Order
|
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RSA
|
Royal School of Artillery
|
|
RSM
|
Regimental Sergeant Major
|
|
RSME
|
Royal School of Military Engineering
|
|
RSP
|
Road Staging Post
|
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S
|
|
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S
|
South / Scottish
|
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SAS
|
Special Air Service
|
|
SASR
|
Special Air Service Regiment
|
|
SB
|
Siege Battery
|
|
SCHAEF
|
Special Command Allied Expeditionary Force
|
|
Scrounge
|
Pilfer
|
|
SEAC
|
South East Asia Command
|
|
Sec.
|
Section
|
|
SHAEF
|
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
|
|
SHAPE
|
Special Headquarters Allied Potheyrs Europe
|
|
Sigs.
|
Signals
|
|
S/L
|
Search Light
|
|
Sp
|
Support
|
|
SR
|
Special Reserve
|
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Sqdn.
|
Squadron
|
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Sqn.
|
Squadron
|
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SS
|
Special Service
|
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SSG
|
Special Service Group
|
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SSVF
|
Straits Settlements Volunteer Forces
|
|
S&T
|
Supply and Transport
|
|
Suff
|
Suffolk
|
|
Surr
|
Surrey
|
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T
|
|
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T
|
Territorial / Territorials
|
|
TA
|
Territorial Army
|
|
TCP
|
Traffic Control Point
|
|
TF
|
Territorial Force
|
|
TkC
|
Tank Corps
|
|
TM
|
Trench Motar
|
|
TO
|
Transport Officer
|
|
Tommies
|
English soldiers
|
|
Tp
|
Troop
|
|
TR
|
Training Reserve
|
|
U
|
|
|
UFMSVF
|
Un-Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces
|
|
UK
|
United Kingdom
|
|
UKLF
|
United Kingdom Land Forces
|
|
V
|
|
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V
|
Volunteer / Volunteers
|
|
W
|
|
|
W
|
theyst
|
|
WD
|
War Department
|
|
they
|
War Establishment
|
|
WO
|
Warrant Officer
|
|
WO
|
War Office
|
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WRAC
|
Woman’s Royal Army Corps
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