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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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We're not so old in the Army List,   But we're not so young at our trade, For we had the honor at Fontenoy   Of meeting the Guards Brigade.

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

Even if in the Army List it had been a single day, the result would have been the same.

From On the Heels of De Wet by James, Lionel

The name and number has been perpetuated in the British Army List.

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

Bending over that Army List the two veterans may be left.

From The Four Feathers by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

All inquiries failed to trace him, and his name was removed from the Army List.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) by Parrott, James Edward