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General => Armed Forces => World War One => Topic started by: theevath on Friday 28 March 08 19:33 GMT (UK)
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Can anyone help with deciphering/ the various abbreviations on the Service
Record at http://www.4freeimagehost.com/show.php?i=6dc7ed1345fe.jpg
Blacker, TF served in the Royal Field Artillery in Salonica from 22 Jan 1917
to 5 Jan 1919, but there is obviously a lot more detail of Battalions etc in
there that might be interesting.
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Paul
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which abbreviations don't you understand?
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Particularly, it's the following;
23-1-17 Transferred for BM? Salonica - What's the BM?
27-9-18 It looks like 18/3 Bde. - Which Brigade?
25-1-19 Posted (Supry). - What is Supry?
10-2-19 3e Res Bde - what is 3e?
Paul
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I don't want to steal Harribobs thunder (I'm sure he'll come back later to confirm or shout me down ;D) but I'll say
BMF - British Mediterranean Force
18/3 Bde - 18 Battery, 3rd Brigade, RA (artillery were organised into batteries and brigades rather than say companies and battalions)
Supry - supernumerary
3e - third (though why written with the French abbreviation rather than 3rd I don't know)
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An alternative for the last one may be 3c Reserve Brigade [Deepcut]
The entry above (same line as Supry) appears to have No.4 Depot (Y Scheme) [Woolwich]
Phil
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Many thanks for the help.
It's the first time I've needed to 'translate' any of this type of record.
It just helps build up a picture of where he went and what he did.
Paul