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1/1 |
e.g. 1/1 Maritime Regt or 1st
Battery
of 1st Regiment |
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1c |
1st class |
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2c |
2nd class |
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3c |
3rd class |
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(A) |
Air Branch (officer) |
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(A) |
Air Frame (rating) |
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AA |
anti-aircraft |
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Act/ |
Acting |
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ADM |
Admiralty (document) |
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AEW |
airborne early warning |
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AFU |
Advanced Flying Unit |
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(AR) |
(Radio rating) |
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A/S |
anti-submarine |
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(AW) |
(Radio rating) |
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Bantie |
South African rating |
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Bhandary |
Royal Indian Navy rating |
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BVLS |
“British Vessels Lost at Sea 1939-1945”, HMSO |
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BYMS |
British Yard Minesweeper (US-built) |
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BPD |
Boom Patrol Detachment |
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(Ch) |
Chatham
(after service number) |
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CO |
commanding officer |
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CWGC |
Commonwealth War
Graves Commission |
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CWO |
Commissioned Warrant Officer |
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(D) |
Dentist |
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DEMS |
Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships |
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DFC |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
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DOI |
died of injuries |
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DOW |
died of wounds |
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DOWS |
died on war service |
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DSC |
Distinguished Service Cross |
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DSM |
Distinguished Service Medal |
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DSO |
Distinguished Service Order |
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Du |
Dutch |
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(E) |
Engineering Branch (officer) |
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(E) |
Engines (Air Mechanic rating) |
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EFTS |
Elementary
Flight
Training School |
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FAA |
Fleet Air Arm |
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FPB |
fast patrol boat |
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FIS |
Flight Instructor School |
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GM |
George Medal |
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Gr |
Greece |
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HBL |
Home Based Ledger, i.e. miscellaneous personnel |
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HKRNVR |
Hong Kong RNVR |
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HMCG |
His Majesty’s Coast Guard |
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HQ |
Headquarters |
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HS |
hospital ship |
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IED |
improvised explosive device |
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ITC |
Infantry Training Command (Royal Marines) |
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jg |
Junior Grade Lieutenant, US Navy |
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Krooman |
African seaman, including South Africa |
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(L) |
Electrical (rating) |
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LA |
Light Assault (Royal Marines) |
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Lascar |
general term for a sailor from the Indian Ocean area, mainly
India, serving on British ship |
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LBE |
landing barge, emergency repair |
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LBO |
landing barge, oiler |
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LBV |
landing barge vehicle |
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LBV(M) |
landing barge vehicle (motorised) i.e. not a dumb barge |
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LBW |
landing barge, water |
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LCA |
landing craft assault |
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LCF |
landing craft flak |
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LCF(L) |
landing craft flak (large) |
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LCG(L) |
landing craft gun (large) |
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LCH |
landing craft headquarters |
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LCI(L) |
landing craft infantry (large) |
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LCI(M) |
landing craft infantry (medium) |
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LCM |
landing craft mechanised |
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LCOCU |
Landing Craft Obstacle Clearance Unit |
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LCP |
landing craft personnel |
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LCP(L) |
landing craft personnel (large) |
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LCP(R) |
landing craft personnel (ramped) |
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LCQ |
landing craft administration |
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LCS(L) |
landing craft support (large) |
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LCS(M) |
landing craft support (medium) |
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LCT |
landing craft tank |
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LCT(A) |
landing craft tank (armoured |
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LCT(R) |
landing craft tank (rocket) |
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LCU |
landing craft, utility |
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LCV |
landing craft vehicle |
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LCVP |
landing craft vehicle/personnel |
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LNO |
Leading Naval Officer |
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LSE(LC) |
landing ship emergency repair (Landing Craft), ex-LST |
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LSL |
landing ship logistics |
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LST |
landing ship tank |
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LST(C) |
landing ship tank (carrier) |
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MA/SB |
motor anti-submarine boat |
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MBE |
Member of the
British Empire |
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MBMU |
Motor Boat Maintenance Unit |
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MC |
Military Cross |
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Met |
Meteorological |
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MFV |
motor fishing vessel |
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MFPV |
motor fishing patrol vessel |
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MGB |
motor gun boat |
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ML |
motor launch |
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MMS |
motor minesweeper |
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MN |
Merchant Navy |
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MNBDO |
Marine Naval Base Defence Organisation |
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MONAB |
Mobile Naval Air Base (base name prefix is “Nab”) |
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MPD |
missing presumed dead |
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MPK |
missing presumed killed |
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MTB |
motor torpedo boat |
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MV |
motor vessel |
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NAP |
Naval Auxiliary Patrol |
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NAPS |
Naval Auxiliary Patrol Service |
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NAS |
Naval Air Station |
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NCSO |
Naval Chief Staff Officer |
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NID |
Naval Intelligence Division |
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No |
Norwegian |
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NDF |
Naval Defence Force |
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NDP |
Naval Dockyard Police |
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NVF |
Naval Volunteer Force |
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NZD |
New Zealand Division (of the Royal Navy, preceeded formation
of RNZN) |
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(O) |
Officer’s Cook or Steward (rating) |
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(O) |
(Aircraft) Ordnance (rating) |
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OFSI |
Operational
Flying
School Instruction |
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O/P |
on passage |
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OTU |
Officer Training Unit |
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(P) |
Pilot |
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Para |
Parachute Regiment, British Army |
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Pens |
Pensioner |
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(Ply) |
Plymouth
(after service number) |
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(Po) |
Polish (after ship) |
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(Po) |
Portsmouth
(after service number) |
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PS |
Patrol Service |
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PWSS |
Port War Signal Station |
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Py/ |
Probationary |
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QARNNSR |
Queen Alexander’s Royal Naval Nursing Service Reserve |
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QGM |
Queen’s Gallantry Medal |
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RA |
Royal Artillery (British Army) |
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RAF |
Royal Air Force |
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RAFR |
Royal Australian Fleet Reserve |
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RAMC |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
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RAN |
Royal Australian Navy |
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RANR |
Royal Australian Naval Reserve |
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RANVR |
Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve |
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RCN |
Royal Canadian Navy |
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RCNC |
Royal Corps of Naval Constructors |
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RCNR |
Royal Canadian Naval Reserve |
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RCNVR |
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve |
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RDF |
radio direction finding/radar operator – not a rating at
this time |
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RE |
Royal Engineers (British Army) |
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Regt |
Regiment |
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