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Below is a list of abbreviations and acronyms which you may come across while researching a soldier who served in the Second World War. This list is by no means complete and also includes abbreviations and acronyms found both before and after the war.
- WW2 British Army Casualty Lists
The daily British Army Casualty Lists 1939-1945 are a great...
- WW2 British Army Casualty Lists
Apr 5, 2015 · “Class Z” stood for the Army Reserve: when a soldier was demobilised, he was first transferred to “Class Z”. 4— LIAP means “Leave in Addition to Python”. “LIAP” was an additional scheme for regular soldiers who had served overseas (outside the UK) for >4 years.
- Pre-1920
- 1920-1942
- After 1942
- Officers
- 1920-1942 Regimental Numbers
Prior to 1920 each regiment had its own system of regimental numbers (each regiment starting at 1). If a soldier transferred to another regiment he got a new number.
A replacement system was introduced in 1920, under Army Order 388, and remained in place until 1942, with each regiment allocated its own block of numbers, allowing the family historian to find the regiment their ancestor was in. See the list below for the blocks of numbers.
After 1942 date it becomes a little more difficult to identify a regiment if no personal papers are traceable. One must then look at marriage certificates, the 1939 Register, photos and any birth certificates for clues. Large numbers of men were being conscripted and sent to a central depot where they had their medicals and were allocated a number ...
Officers and all officer-ranked Corps such as the QAIMNS – Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (once they became fully fledged officers and not ‘of officer status’), were numbered differently and are not covered here. The best place for researching an officer is via the Army List, and the London Gazette. The Gazette Onlineis a bit o...
See below each regiment’s allocated block of numbers, as follows: • Royal Army Service Corps 1 - 294000 and 10660001 - 11000000 • The Life Guards 294001 - 304000 • Royal Horse Guards 304001 - 309000 • u0007Cavalry of the Line 309001 - 721000 (Inclusive 558471 to 558761 allocated to the Royal Armoured Corps extraordinary to the block of numbers late...
Sep 6, 2016 · The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, which signaled the return of the U.S. military draft as employed during World War I, was meant to control how many people entered service, so that no more than 900,000 would be in training at any one time.
A service record consisted of a number of different army forms used to record information about a soldier during his military career. The numbers and types of forms in a man’s record vary greatly from soldier to soldier, as does the quality and legibility of the information they contain.
The daily British Army Casualty Lists 1939-1945 are a great resource to use if you are researching a soldier who served in the British Army during the Second World War. The lists contain casualty information for British Army officers, other ranks and nurses who were either killed, died, wounded, reported missing or became prisoners of war.
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