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| Abbreviation
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Definition 1
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Definition 2 (if applicable)
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| S
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South; Service
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Prefix denoting Supply
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| SA
|
South African
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| SAAF
|
South African Air Force
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| SAA SEC
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Small Arm Ammunition Section
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| SACDC
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South African Coastal Defence Corps
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| SACDLS
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South African Coastal Defence and Light Service
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| SACSC RE
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South African Corps Signal Company Royal Engineers
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| SADSC
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South African Despatch Service Corps
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| SAEC
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South African Engineering Corps
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| SAEC WATER BOR
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South African Engineering Corps Water Borers
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| SAFA
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South African Field Artillery
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| SAFT & PC
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South African Field Telegraph and Postal Corps
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| SAFT & PU
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South African Field Telegraph and Postal Unit
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| SAH
|
South African Horse
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| SAHA
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South African Horse Artillery
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| SAI BGDE
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South African Infantry Brigade
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| SA IRISH R
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South African Irish Regiment
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| SAMC
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South African Medical Corps
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| SAMCC
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South African Motor Cycle Corps
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| SAMDR
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South African Military Despatch Riders
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| SAME
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South African Mounted Engineers
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| SAMNS
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South African Medical Nursing Service
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| SAMP
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South African Military Police
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| SAMR
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South African Mounted Rifles
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| SAMR FAB
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South African Mounted Rifles Field Artillery Brigade
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| SAMR MBFA
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South African Mounted Rifles Mounted Brigade Field Artillery
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| SAMR MED SEC
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South African Mounted Rifles Medical Section
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| SA MTD BDE
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South African Mounted Brigade
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| SANLC
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South African Native Labour Contingent
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| SAOC
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South African Ordnance Corps
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| SAP
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South African Police
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| SAPB
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South African Pioneer Battalion
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| SAPC
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South African Postal Corps
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| SAPR
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South African Pioneer Regiment
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| SAR
|
South African Rifles
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| SARFC
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South African Royal Flying Corps
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| SARG
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South African Railway Gaugers
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| S ARMS SCH
|
Small Arms School
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| SAROC
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South African Railway Operating Company
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| SARODS
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South African Railway Overseas Dominion Section
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| SARS
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South African Railway Service
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| SAS
|
Special Air Service
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| SASC
|
South African Service Corps
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| SASCIB TRAIN
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South African Service Corps Infantry Brigade Train
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| SASCMB TN
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South African Service Corps Mounted Brigade Train
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| SASC T & R
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South African Service Corps Transport and Remounts
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| SASO
|
Senior Air Staff Officer (RAF)
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| SASE
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South African Service Engineers
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| SASRFC
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South African Squadron Royal Flying Corps
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| SASSC
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South African Special Service Corps
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| SA SUP C
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South African Supply Company
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| SATC
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South African Transport Corps
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| SAVC
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South African Veterinary Corps
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| SAVR
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South African Veterans Regiment
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| SAWSC
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South African Water Supply Company
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| SB
|
Siege Battery
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| SBA
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Sick Berth Attendant (RN)
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| SBAC
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Siege Battery Ammunition Column
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| SBS
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Sick Berth Steward (RN)
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Special Boat Section, Special Boat Squadron
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| SC CPS
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Sudanese Camel Corps
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| SCHM
|
Schoolmaster (RN)
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| SCO H
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Scottish Horse
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| SCO RIF
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Scottish Rifles
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| SCPO
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Stoker Chief Petty Officer (RN)
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| SD
|
Special Duties
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| SDIE
|
Subordinate Department Indian Engineers
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| SE
|
South-East
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| SEAC
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South East Asia Command
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| SEA H
|
Seaforth Highlanders
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| SEA HIGHRS
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Seaforth Highlanders
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| SEC
|
Section
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| SECN
|
Section
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| SEN MR
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Senior Master (RN)
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| SFTS
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Service Flying Training School (RAF)
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| SG
|
Scots Guards
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| SG C
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Surgeon Captain
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| S GDS
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Scots Guards
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| SGT
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Sergeant
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| SHAEF
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Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
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| SH CK
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Ships Cook (RN)
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| SH CPL
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Ships Corporal (RN)
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| SHER FOR
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Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
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| SHER RANG
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Sherwood Rangers
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| SH L
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Shipwright Lieutenant (RN)
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| SHPT
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Shipwright (RN)
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| SHROPS LI
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Shropshire Light Infantry
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| SHROPS YEO
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Shropshire Yeomanry
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| SIG
|
Signaller (RN)
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Special Interrogation Group
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| SIG L
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Signal Lieutenant (RN)
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| SIG TRP AIF
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Signal Troop Australian Imperial Force
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| SIKHS FF
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Sikhs Frontier Force (Indian)
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| S IR H
|
South Irish Horse
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| SITREP
|
Situation Reports
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| SKR
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Skipper (RN)
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| SL
|
Sub Lieutenant (RN)
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| S/L
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Squadron Leader (RAF)
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Searchlight
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| S LAN R
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South Lancashire Regiment
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| SLI
|
Somerset Light Infantry
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| S & M
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Sappers and Miners (Indian)
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| S MJR
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Sergeant Major
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| SLMKR
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Sailmaker (RN)
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| SMN
|
Seaman (RN)
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| SMS
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Stokes Mortar Section
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| SOC
|
Struck Off Charge (RAF)
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| SOE
|
Special Operations Executive
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| S OF M
|
School of Musketry
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| SOM LI
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Somerset Light Infantry
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| SOS
|
Struck Off Strength
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| SNCO
|
Senior Non Commissioned Officer
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| SPO
|
Stoker Petty Officer (RN)
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| SPR
|
Sapper
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| SQN LDR
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Squadron Leader
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| SR
|
Special Reserve
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| SRA
|
Senior Reserve Attendant (RN)
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| SRS
|
Special Raiding Squadron
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| SSA
|
Ships Stewards Assistant (RN)
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| SSAFA
|
Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Airmens’ Families Association
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| SSRF
|
Small Scale Raiding Force
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| S STAFF R
|
South Staffordshire Regiment
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| SSVC
|
Straits Settlements Volunteer Force
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| STAFF YEO
|
Staffordshire Yeomanry
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| S & TC
|
Supply and Transport Corps (Indian)
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| S & T COLN
|
Supply and Transport Column
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| STO
|
Stoker (RN)
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| SUBDR
|
Subadar (Indian rank)
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| SUFF R
|
Suffolk Regiment
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| SUFF YEO
|
Suffolk Yeomanry
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| SURG PROB
|
Surgeon Probationer (RN)
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| SURR YEO
|
Surrey Yeomanry
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| SW
|
South-West
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| SWB
|
South Wales Borderers
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Silver War Badge
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| S WALES BORD
|
South Wales Borderers
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| SWH
|
Scottish Women’s Hospitals
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