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Army List

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noun

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

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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

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.

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

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

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

On the other hand, this aristocracy is military in character, and it is instructive to compare the Army List with the Year Book of the nobility.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)