A clever use of the stock disk.
Anybody know who Lt. A. Dalgliesh is???
V Volunteer Y Yeomanry M Militia A Artillery R Reserve
A.A. Armament Articifers A.O.C. Army Ordnance Corps A.M.D. Army Medical Department (in 1881, they
became the Royal Army Medical Corps) A.C.D. Army Commisariat Department (in 1881,
they became the Royal Army Ordnance Corps) A.S.,A.O.C. Armorer Section, Army Ordnance
Corps A.P.C. Army Pay Corps A.S.C. Army Service Corps (Royal Army Service
Corps) C.D. Cavalry Depot C.G. The Coldstream Guards (prior to 1881,
they were the 2nd Foot Guards) D. Dragoons D.G. Dragoon Guards E.S.R.E. Establishment for Engineer
Service G.D. Guards Depot G.G. Grenadier Guards (prior to 1881, they
were the 1st Foot Guards) H. Hussars H.K.N.I Hong Kong Native Infantry H.K.R. Hong Kong Regiment I.G. Irish Guards L. Lancers L.G. Life Guards L.T.C. Land Transport Corps (in 1881, they
became the Royal Army Service Corps) M.M.P. Military Mounted Police M.F.P. Military Foot Police M.S.C. Medical Staff Corps M.T.,A.S.C. Mechanical Transport Branch of the
Army Service Corps R.A.F. Royal Air Force R.A.M.C. Royal Army Medical Corps R.A.O.C. Royal Army Ordnance Corps R.A.S.C. Royal Army Service Corps R.A.S. Royal Artillery Staff R.E. Royal Engineers R.F.A. Royal Field Artillery R.F.C. Royal Flying Corps (pre
R.A.F.) R.G.A. Royal Garrison Artillery R.H.A. Royal Horse Artillery R.H.G. Royal Horse Guards R.M.A. Royal Military Academy R.M.C. Royal Military College R. MTA. A. Royal Malta Artillery R.N. Royal Navy S.G. Scots Guards, Scots Fusileer Guards
(prior to 1881, they were the 3rd Foot Guards) S.G.R.A. School of Gunnery, Royal
Artillery S.M. School of Musketry S.M.E. School of Military
Engineering S.& M. Sappers and Miners (in 1881, they
became the Royal Engineers) S.S.R.E. Supernumerary Staff, Royal
Engineers W.G. The Welsh Guards W.I. West India Regiment
Stock disc from a Martini-Enfield
Artillery Carbine. "V" is for Volunteers. 2.99 is an issue
date, February, 1899. The unit is the 1st Argyll & Bute
Royal Garrison Artillery. "124" is the weapon's rack
number.
Numbers are often seen in combination with the unit markings, as below, to indicate companies, batteries, troops, etc.
1 F.T.R.E. 1st Field Troop, Royal
Engineers 1 R.A. 1st Battery, Royal
Artillery 1 W.T.R.E. 1st Wireless Company, Royal
Engineers 2 CO.R.A. 2nd Company, Royal
Artillery
Some unit markings are comprised of numbers
and letters separated by a horizontal bar, stamped directly onto the
buttstock wood. Typically, the general unit is stamped on top of the
bar (i.e. R.F.A.), and the specific corps or unit is found below
(i.e. 1.C. AB.). Due to technological constraints, the horizontal bar
will be represented with a "/" character. A.N./R.R.E. Royal Anglesey Royal Reserve
Engineers A.S.C./LOW. MB Lowland Mounted Brigade, Army Service
Corps A.S.C./WX.DL. Wessex Divisional Company, Army
Service Corps A.S.C./S.W. BDE. South-Western Brigade Company, Army
Service Corps H.A./1.C. LD 1st City of London Horse
Artillery R.A.M.C./E.M.B.F.A Eastern Mounted Brigade, Field
Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps R.A.M.C./1st E.A.F.A. 1st East Anglian Field Ambulance,
Royal Army Medical Corps R.A.M.C./1st E.G.H. 1st Eastern General Hospital, Royal
Army Medical Corps R.A.M.C./1st L.G.H. 1st London General Hospital, Royal
Army Medical Corps R.A.M.C./2nd L.S.Co 2nd London Sanitary Company, Royal
Army Medical Corps R.E./E.R.S. Engineer & Railway Staff Corps,
Royal Engineers R.E./C. AB City of Aberdeen (Fortress), Royal
Engineers R.E./LD. BAL. London Balloon Company, Royal
Engineers R.E./N.A.L.T. Co. Northern Air Line Telegraph Company,
Royal Engineers R.E./W.C.T. Co. Western Cable Telegraph Company, Royal
Engineers R.E./W.W.T. Co. Western Wireless Telegraph Company,
Royal Engineers R.E./Wx.DI.TCo. Wessex Divisional Telegraph Company,
Royal Engineers R.E./1. N.M. 1st North Midland Field Company, Royal
Engineers R.F.A./1.C. AB. 1st City of Aberdeen Battery, Royal
Field Artillery R.F.A./BFF. Banffshire Battery, Royal Field
Artillery R.F.A./1.WK. 1st Warwickshire Battery, Royal Field
Artillery R.F.A./2.HLD.A.C. 2nd Highland Ammunition Column, Royal
Field Artillery R.F.A./3. S.M.A.C. 3rd South Midland Ammunition Column,
Royal Field Artillery R.G.A./A.R.G. Argyllshire (Mountain) Battery, Royal
Garrison Artillery R.G.A./N.S. North Scottish Royal Garrison
Artillery Y./1. DVN Royal 1st Devon (Yeomanary
Cavalry) Y./N. DVN Royal North Devon (Yeomanary
Cavalry) Y./LCS. H. Lancashire Hussars (Yeomanary
Cavalry) Y./LNK. Lanarkshire (Yeomanary
Cavalry) Y./L.G. Queen's Own Royal Glascow & Lower
Ward of Lanarkshire (Yeomanary Cavalry) Y./D.L.O. Duke of Lancaster's Own (Yeomanary
Cavalry) Y./NTT Nottinghamshire (Yeomanary
Cavalry) Y./S. NTT. South Nottinghamshire Hussars
(Yeomanary Cavalry) Y./Y.H. Yorkshire Hussars (Yeomanary
Cavalry) Y./Y.D. Yorkshire Dragoons (Yeomanary
Cavalry) M./CMN. A. Carmarthen Artillery, Western
Division, Royal Artillery M./MM. E. Monmouth Engineer Militia M./J.L.I. The Royal Militia of the Island of
Jersey, Light Infantry M./J.M.C. The Royal Militia of the Island of
Jersey, Medical Corps M./R.J.A. The Royal Militia of the Island of
Jersey, Artillery M./R.J.E. The Royal Militia of the Island of
Jersey, Engineers M./R.J. The Royal Militia of the Island of
Jersey, Infantry M./3. R.J. 3rd Regiment Royal Jersey
Militia M./MTA. S.M. The Malta Submarine Miners
Militia M./R. MTA. The Malta Regiment of
Militia M./PLM. S.M. Plymouth Division, Submarine Miners,
Royal Engineers M./R.G.A. Royal Guernsey Artillery M./R.G. Royal Guernsey Infantry M./R.ALD. A. Royal Alderney Artillery M./ST. H.A. The Saint Helena Militia
Artillery M./ST. H.I. The Saint Helena Militia
Infantry M./BER. A. Royal Bermuda Militia
Artillery M./BER. S.M. Royal Bermuda Submarine
Miners M./K.O. MTA The King's Own Malta Regiment of
Militia M./MTA. S.M. The Royal Engineers Militia, Malta
Division MxY Middlesex Yeomanry Cavalry Y/GR. Gloustershire Yeomanry
Cavalry Y/MX. Middlesex Yeomanry Cavalry Y/E.K. East Kent Yeomanry Cavalry Y/SN. NTT. Southern Notts Y/2W.Y. York, 2nd West V./BER. The Bermuda Rifle
Volunteers V./E.R.S. The Engineer & Railway Staff
Corps V./FF. L. Forfar Light Horse
Volunteers V./H.A.C. The Honorable Artillery Company
Volunteers V./M.X.E. Middlesex Engineer
Volunteers V./MY.SM. Mersey Division, Submarine Miners,
Royal Engineers Volunteers V./Q.R.B. The Queen's Rifle Volunteer
Brigade V./1.C.C.2. WK. 1st Cadet Corps attached to the 2nd
Volunteer Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment V./1. C.P. 1st Cinque Port Rifle
Volunteers V./2. S. STF. 2nd Volunteer Battalion, South
Staffordshire Regiment V./2.C.B. W.SR. 2nd Cadet Battalion, The Queen's Royal
West Surrey Regiment V./1. SX.A. 1st Sussex Artillery
Volunteers V./3 MXR 3 3rd Company, 3rd Middlesex Rifle
Volunteers
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Disc from an Artillery Carbine. 5th London Royal Field Artillery. Issue date of December, 1909. This carbine was #182 within that unit. |
Infantry Regiments, Great Britain
A. & S.H. Princess Louise's (Argyll &
Sutherland Highlanders) 91st Foot A. & S.H. Princess Louise's (Argyll &
Sutherland Highlanders, 2nd Battalion) 93rd Foot BD. The Bedfordshire Regiment 16th Foot BR. The Border Regiment 34th Foot BR. The Border Regiment (2nd
Battalion) 54th Foot BRK. Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal
Berkshire Regiment) 49th Foot BRK. Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal
Berkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion) 66th Foot CAM. The Queen's Own Cameron
Highlanders 79th Foot CH. The Cheshire Regiment 22nd Foot CLL. The Duke of Cornwall's Light
Infantry 32nd Foot CLL. The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
(2nd Battalion) 46th Foot CT. The Connaught Rangers 88th Foot CT. The Connaught Rangers (2nd
Battalion) 94th Foot D.F. The Royal Dublin Fusileers (The Royal
Madras Fusileers) 102nd Foot D.F. The Royal Dublin Fusileers (The Royal
Bombay Fusileers) 103rd Foot D.M. The Durham Light Infantry 68th Foot D.M. The Durham Light Infantry (2nd
Battalion, Bombay Light Infantry) 106th Foot DT. The Dorsetshire Regiment 39th Foot DT. The Dorsetshire Regiment (2nd
Battalion) 54th Foot DVN. The Devonshire Regiment 11th Foot DY. The Sherwood Foresters (Nottingham
& Derbyshire Regiment) 45th Foot DY. The Sherwood Foresters (Nottingham
& Derbyshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion) 95th Foot E.K. The Buffs (East Kent
Regiment) 3rd Foot E.L. The East Lancashire
Regiment 30th Foot E.L. The East Lancashire Regiment (2nd
Battalion) 59th Foot E. SR. The East Surrey Regiment 31st Foot E. SR. The East Surrey Regiment (2nd
Battalion) 70th Foot EX. The Essex Regiment 44th Foot EX. The Essex Regiment (2nd
Battalion) 56th Foot E.Y. The East Yorkshire Regiment 15th Foot GOR. The Gordon Highlanders 75th Foot GOR. The Gordon Highlanders (2nd
Battalion) 92nd Foot GR. The Gloustershire Regiment 28th Foot GR. The Gloustershire Regiment (2nd
Battalion) 61st Foot H.L.I. The Highland Light Infantry 71st Foot H.L.I. The Highland Light Infantry (2nd
Battalion) 74th Foot HTS. The Hapshire Regiment 37th Foot HTS. The Hapshire Regiment (2nd
Battalion) 67th Foot I.F. Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish
Fusileers) 87th Foot IN. F. The Royal Inskilling
Fusileers 27th Foot IN. F. The Royal Inskilling Fusileers (2nd
Battalion, Madras Infantry) 108th Foot K.R.R. The King's Royal Rifle
Corps 60th Foot K.O.S.B. The King's Own Scottish
Borderers 25th Foot LAN. The King's Own (Royal Lancaster
Regiment) 4th Foot LEIC. The Leicestershire Regiment 17th Foot LEIN. The Prince of Wales' Leinster Regiment
(Royal Canadians) 100th Foot LEIN. The Prince of Wales' Leinster Regiment
(Royal Canadians, 2nd Battalion, Bombay Infantry) 109th Foot L.F. The Lancashier Fusileers 20th Foot LIN. The Lincolnshire Regiment 10th Foot LI. The King's (Liverpool
Regiment) 8th Foot MAN. The Manchester Regiment 63rd Foot MAN. The Manchester Regiment (2nd
Battalion) 96th Foot M.F. The Royal Munster Fusileers (Royal
Bengal Fusileers) 101st Foot M.F. The Royal Munster Fusileers (Royal
Bengal Fusileers, 2nd Battalion) 104th Foot MX. The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex
Regiment) 57th Foot MX. The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex
Regiment, 2nd Battalion) 77th Foot N.F. The Northumberland
Fusileers 5th Foot N.K. The Norfolk Regiment 9th Foot N.L. The Loyal North Lancashire
Regiment 47th Foot N.L. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
(2nd Battalion) 81st Foot NN. The Northamptonshire
Regiment 48th Foot NN. The Northamptonshire Regiment (2nd
Battalion) 58th Foot N.STF. The Prince of Wales' (North
Staffordshire Regiment) 64th Foot N.STF. The Prince of Wales' (North
Staffordshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion) 98th Foot OX. The Oxforshire Light
Infantry 43rd Foot OX. The Oxforshire Light Infantry (2nd
Battalion) 52nd Foot R.B. The Rifle Brigade (The Prince
Consort's Own, 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th
Battalions) ... R.F. The Royal Fusileers (City of London
Regiment) 7th Foot R.I. The Royal Irish Regiment 18th Foot R.I.F. Princess Victoria's (The Royal Irish
Fusileers) 87th Foot R.I.F. Princess Victoria's (The Royal Irish
Fusileers, 2nd Battalion) 89th Foot R.I.R. The Royal Irish Rifles (1st Battalion
Royal Ulster Rifles) 83rd Foot R.I.R. The Royal Irish Rifles (2nd Battalion
Royal Ulster Rifles) 86th Foot R.H. The Black Watch (Royal
Highlanders) 42nd Foot R.H. The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders 2nd
Battalion) 73rd Foot R.S. The Royal Scots (Lothian
Regiment) 1st Foot SEA. Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire
Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) 72nd Foot SEA. Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire
Buffs, The Duke of Albany's, 2nd Battalion) 78th Foot S.F. The Royal Scots Fusileers 21st Foot SH. The King's Shropshire Light
Infantry 53rd Foot SH. The King's Shropshire Light Infantry
(2nd Battalion) 85th Foot SK. The Suffolk Regiment 12th Foot S.L. The Prince of Wales' Volunteers (South
Lancashire Regiment) 40th Foot S.L. The Prince of Wales' Volunteers (South
Lancashire Regiment, 2nd Battalion) 82nd Foot S.R. The Cameronians (Scottish
Rifles) 26th Foot S.R. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles, 2nd
Battalion) 90th Foot S. STF. The South Staffordshire
Regiment 38th Foot S. STF. The South Staffordshire Regiment (2nd
Battalion) 80th Foot ST. Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light
Infantry) 13th Foot S.W.B. The South Wales Borderers 24th Foot SX. The Royal Sussex Regiment 35th Foot SX. The Royal Sussex Regiment (2nd
Battalion, Bengal Infantry) 107th Foot WEL. The Welsh Regiment 41st Foot WEL. The Welsh Regiment (2nd
Battalion) 69th Foot W.F. The Royal Welsh Fusileers 23rd Foot WK. The Royal Warwickshire
Regiment 6th Foot W. KT. The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent
Regiment) 50th Foot W. KT. The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent
Regiment, 2nd Battalion) 97th Foot W.R. The Worcestershire Regiment 29th Foot W.R. The Worcestershire Regiment (2nd
Battalion) 36th Foot W. RID. The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding
Regiment) 33rd Foot W. RID. The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding
Regiment, 2nd Battalion) 76th Foot W. SR. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey
Regiment) 2nd Foot WTS. The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire
Regiment) 62nd Foot WTS. The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire
Regiment, 2nd Battalion) 99th Foot W.Y. The Prince of Wales' Own (West
Yorkshire Regiment) 14th Foot Y. & L. The York & Lancaster
Regiment 65th Foot Y. & L. The York & Lancaster Regiment (2nd
Battalion) 84th Foot YK. Alexandra, Princess of Wales' Own
(Yorkshire Regiment) 19th Foot Y.L.I. The King's Own (Yorkshire Light
Infantry) 51st Foot Y.L.I. The King's Own (Yorkshire Light
Infantry, 2nd Battalion) 105th Foot "2 1894" is the issue date to the unit, February (2nd
month), of 1894. The "V.1.AB.A" is the unit, it means 1st
Aberdeen Artillery Volunteers.
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