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A clever use of the stock disk. Anybody know who Lt. A. Dalgliesh is???

 

General Service Markings

V

Volunteer

Y

Yeomanry

M

Militia

A

Artillery

R

Reserve

Great Britain

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

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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