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Army List

British  

noun

  1. an official list of all serving commissioned officers of the army and reserve officers liable for recall

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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According to Hart's "Army List" he joined the 45th Nottinghamshire Regiment of Foot as assistant surgeon on April 15th, 1842.

From Lafcadio Hearn by Kennard, Nina H.

The name does not appear in any Army List at all, for the Hussars to which she belonged are a sea regiment, pure and simple.

From Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories by Dorling, H. Taprell (Henry Taprell)

The Aldershot Army Corps, so complete in the "Army List," consisted, as all the world knew, of three divisions, but of these only two existed, the other being found to be on paper.

From The Invasion by Le Queux, William

For, except for the lawyers and merchants, the names of all are set forth in either of the two great books of India, the Civil Service or the Army List.

From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon

His last appearance in the Army List is in 1841, in which issue he is shown on page 340 as a surgeon on half-pay.

From A Week at Waterloo in 1815 Lady De Lancey's Narrative: Being an Account of How She Nursed Her Husband, Colonel Sir William Howe De Lancey, Quartermaster-General of the Army, Mortally Wounded in the Great Battle by Lancey, Magdalene de

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