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1/9 Man - 9th Battalion Manchester Regiment 
10 DLI - 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 
11 DLI - 11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 
12 DLI - 12th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 
13 DLI - 13th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 
2 Kens - 2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment 
2 pdr - 2 Pounder (Anti-tank gun or tank main gun) 
2/Lt - Second Lieutenant 
23 Div - 23rd (Northern) Division 
3/9 - Regular Engagement of three years plus nine years Reserve commitment 
358 - Army Book 358 - Enlistment Book 
49 Div - 49th (West Riding) Division 
6 DLI - 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 
6 pdr - 6 Pounder (Anti-tank gun or main tank gun) 
7/5 - Regular Engagement of seven years plus five years Reserve commitment 
70 Bde - 70th Infantry Brigade 
8 DLI - 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry 
9 DLI - 9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 
9/3 - Regular Engagement - nine years plus three Reserve commitment 
A & SH - Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 
AA - Anti-Aircraft 
AAC - Army Air Corps 
AB - Army Book 
ACC - Army Catering Corps 
AEC - Army Education Corps 
AMPC - Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps 
and Bar - Additional award of medal of the same classification. 
APTC - Army Physical Training Corps 
AR - Army Reserve 
Atk - Anti-Tank 
Att'd - Attached 
B - Class of Reservist 
B.E.M. - British Empire Medal 
Bde - Brigade 
Beds & Herts - Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 
BMTH - Records Office, Bournemouth 
Bn - Battalion 
Bom - Bombardier 
Border - Border Regiment 
Boys - 0.55 Boys Anti-tank Rifle 
Brig - Brigadier 
BW - Black Watch 
C.B.E. - Commander of the Order of the British Empire 
C/Sgt - Colour Sergeant 
Cams - Cameronian Highlanders 
Canloan - Officer attached from Canadian Forces 
Capt - Captain 
CH of O - Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa 
Cheshires - Cheshire Regiment 
CMP - Corps of Military Police 
Coy - Company 
Cpl - Corporal 
CQMS - Company Quarter Master Sergeant 
CSM - Company Sergeant Major 
D.C.M. - Distinguished Conduct Medal 
D.S.O. - Distinguished Service Order 
Devons - Devonshire Regiment 
dis - Discharged 
DLI - The Durham Light Infantry 
Dorsets - Dorsetshire Regiment 
DoW - Duke of Wellington's Regiment 
Dragoons - One of the Army's Regiments of Dragoons or Dragoon Guards 
Dvr - Driver 
E. Yorks - East Yorkshire Regiment 
East Kents - East Kent Regiment 
East Lancs - East Lancashire Regiment 
EXE - Infantry Records Office, Exeter 
Fd Regt - Field Regiment of Artillery 
Gdsmn - Guardsman 
Gen - General 
Gloucesters - Gloucestershire Regiment 
Gn Hwds - Green Howards - Yorkshire Regiment 
Gordons - Gordon Highlanders 
GSC - General Service Corps 
GSM - General Service Medal 
HD - Home Defence 
Herefords - Herefordshire Regiment 
HLI - Highland Light Infantry 
HQ - Headquarters 
I.B.D - Infantry Base Depot 
Innis Fus - Inniskilling Fusiliers 
Intel - Intelligence Corps 
ITC - Infantry Training Centre 
KIA - Killed in Action 
King's - King's Own Regiment 
KOSB - King's Own Scottish Borderers 
KOYLI - King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 
KRRC - King's Royal Rifle Corps 
KRs - King's Regulations 
KSLI - King's Shropshire Light Infantry 
L/Bom - Lance Bombardier 
L/Cpl - Lance Corporal 
L/Sgt - Lance Sergeant 
LAD - Light Aid Detachment 
Lancs Fus - Lancashire Fusiliers 
Leics - Leicestershire Regiment 
Lincolns - Lincolnshire Regiment 
LMG - Light Machine Gun 
Lt - Lieutenant 
Lt - Light 
Lt-Col - Lieutenant Colonel 
Lt-Gen - Lieutenant-General 
M.B.E. - Member of the Order of the British Empire 
M.C. - Military Cross 
M.i.D. - Mentioned in Despatches 
M.M - Military Medal 
Maj - Major 
Maj-Gen - Major General 
Med Regt - Medium Regiment of Artillery 
MG - Machine Gun 
Middlesex - Middlesex Regiment 
N Staffs - North Staffordshire Regiment 
NDC - National Defence Corps 
NEW - North West Europe 
Norfolks - Norfolk Regiment 
O.B.E. - Officer of the Order of the British Empire 
O/A - Over age 
OCTU - Officer Cadet Training Unit 
Ox & Bucks - Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 
Para - Parachute Regiment 
Perth - Infantry Records Office, Perth 
PIAT - Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank 
Pl - Platoon 
PS - Permanent Staff 
PT - Physical Training 
Pte - Private 
PTH - Infantry Records Office, Perth 
QM - Quartermaster 
R - Regular Army 
R Sigs - Royal Corps of Signals 
R/E - Re-enlisted 
RA - Royal Artillery 
RAC - Royal Armoured Corps 
RAChD - Royal Army Chaplains Department 
RAMC - Royal Army Medical Corps 
RAOC - Royal Army Ordnance Corps 
RAPC - Royal Army Pay Corps 
RAR - Regular Army Reserve 
RASC - Royal Army Service Corps 
RAVC - Royal Army Veterinary Corps 
RE - Royal Engineers 
Regt - Regiment 
REME - Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 
Rfn - Rifleman 
RIF - Royal Irish Fusiliers 
RNF - Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 
Royal Scots - Royal Scots Fusiliers 
RSF - Royal Scots Fusiliers 
RSM - Regimental Sergeant Major 
RWF - Royal Welch Fusiliers 
S Coy - Support Company (usually heavier weapons Company) 
S H - Scottish Horse 
S H - Seaforth Highlanders 
Sap - Sapper 
Sec - Section 
Sgt - Sergeant 
Sigmn - Signalman 
SLI - Somerset Light Infantry 
SMG - Sub-Machine Gun 
Somerset L I - Somerset Light Infantry 
SSM - Squadron Sergeant Major 
SWB - South Wales Borderers 
T - Territorial Army 
T.D. - Territorial Decoration 
T/ - Temporary Rank 
TA - Territorial Army 
trf - Transferred 
Trg - Training 
Trp - Trooper 
W Riding - West Riding Regiment 
W Yorks - West Yorkshire Regiment 
W/T - Whole time 
West Yorks - West Yorkshire Regiment 
WO I - Warrant Officer Class 1 
WO II - Warrant Officer Class 2 
Worcs - Worcestershire Regiment 
WYR - West Yorkshire Regiment 
YK - Infantry Records Office, York 
York & Lancs - York and Lancaster Regiment 
Z - Class of Reservist

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 pdr - 2 Pounder (Anti-tank gun or tank main gun) <br>
 /Lt - Second Lieutenant <br>
-Div - 23rd (Northern) Division <br>
+Div - 23rd (Northumbrian) Division <br>
 /9 - Regular Engagement of three years plus nine years Reserve commitment <br>
 - Army Book 358 - Enlistment Book <br>

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	[[Normandy 1944]] <br>		[[Normandy 1944]] <br>
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		+	To contact the author by e-mail with any queries, or to send information - [mailto:70brigade@newmp.org.uk click here].

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		+	'''More Information'''
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		+	[[List of Units]] <br>
		+	[[Home Service 1939 - 1940]] <br>
		+	[[British Expeditionary Force April - June 1940]] <br>
		+	[[Defending against Invasion June - October 1940]] <br>
		+	[[Iceland Garrison October 1940 - December 1941]] <br>
		+	[[Home Service and Winter Warfare Training 1942 - 1943]] <br>
		+	[[Pre-Invasion Training 1943 - 1944]] <br>
		+	[[Normandy 1944]] <br>

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70bgadmin at 15:23, 11 April 2012

70bgadmin at 14:49, 18 June 2011

70bgadmin at 12:27, 14 June 2011

70bgadmin: Created page with "1/9 Man - 9th Battalion Manchester Regiment 10 DLI - 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 11 DLI - 11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 12 DLI - 12th Bat..."

70bgadmin: Created page with "1/9 Man - 9th Battalion Manchester Regiment
10 DLI - 10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
11 DLI - 11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
12 DLI - 12th Bat..."