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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

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

This his final promotion doubtless gave him the honorary rank of Captain, since in the Monthly Army List for 1804 we read: “Adjutant, Thomas Borrow, Capt.”

From Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest by Knapp, William

His name was removed from the Army List.

From Miranda of the Balcony A Story by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodle)

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

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