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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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It was subsequently, with all its officers, N.C.O.'s and men, granted the status of a Regular Imperial Regiment and given its name, "48th Highlanders," in the British Army List.

From "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders by Currie, John Allister

We're not so old in the Army List,   But we're not so new in the ring, For we carried our packs with Marshal Saxe   When Louis was our King.

From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various

In the Army List of 1817, and in subsequent Army Lists he is shown with a before his name, as being in possession of the Waterloo Medal.

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

There were few papers there, and but one book, a Spanish Army List in gorgeous green velvet cover with gilt clasps.

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by O'Shea, John Augustus

I have to read the Army List for about ten hours every day, for if I get an officer's initials wrong there's the devil to pay.

From Leaves from a Field Note-Book by Morgan, John Hartman

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