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The ''Army List'' is a list (or more accurately seven series of lists) of serving regular,
militia A militia () is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional soldiers, citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of r ...
or territorial
British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...
officers, kept in one form or another, since 1702. Manuscript lists of army officers were kept from 1702 to 1752, the first official list being published in 1740.


Regular army

* Annual Army Lists, 1754–1879 (WO 65) * Quarterly Army Lists (First Series), 1879–1922 * Half-Yearly Army Lists, 1923 – February 1950 (from 1947, annual, despite the name) * Modern Army Lists, 1951–ongoing ** Part 1; serving officers. ** Part 2; retired officers, as of 2011 four-yearly ** Part 3; the Gradation List, a short biography of officers, a restricted publication not generally available.


Other lists

* Monthly Army Lists, 1798 – June 1940. Officers of colonial, militia and territorial units are included. * Quarterly Army Lists (Second Series), July 1940 – December 1950. These superseded the Monthly Army Lists, and, for the remainder of
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
were not published but produced as confidential documents, monthly or bi-monthly until December 1943 and quarterly until April 1947, then three times a year, April, August and December. *
Home Guard Home guard is a title given to various military organizations at various times, with the implication of an emergency or reserve force raised for local defense. The term "home guard" was first officially used in the American Civil War, starting wi ...
List, 1939–1945 * Militia Lists: various militia lists pertaining to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are extant. * ''
Hart's Army List Lieutenant-General Henry George Hart (1808–1878) was a British Army officer who was best known as the author, editor, and proprietor of '' Hart's Army List'', an unofficial publication recording army service. Early life Born on 7 September ...
'', an unofficial list, produced between 1839 and 1915, containing details of war service which the official lists started covering only in 1881.


See also

* '' Crockford's Clerical Directory'' *
Navy List A Navy Directory, formerly the Navy List or Naval Register is an official list of naval officers, their ranks and seniority, the ships which they command or to which they are appointed, etc., that is published by the government or naval author ...


References

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Further reading and bibliography

* ''The army lists of the
Roundheads Roundheads were the supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War (1642–1651). Also known as Parliamentarians, they fought against King Charles I of England and his supporters, known as the Cavaliers or Royalists, who ...
and
Cavaliers The term Cavalier () was first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier royalist supporters of King Charles I and his son Charles II of England during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 – ). It ...
: containing the names of the officers in the Royal and Parliamentary armies of 1642'', Edward Peacock (ed.) (1874) * ''English army lists and commission registers, 1661–1714'',
Charles Dalton Charles Dalton (June 9, 1850 – December 9, 1933) was a Canadian businessman, politician and philanthropist on Prince Edward Island. Biography Charles Dalton was born at Tignish, Prince Edward Island, the son of Patrick Dalton and Margaret Mc ...
(ed.) (1892–1904) *
Henry George Hart Lieutenant-General Henry George Hart (1808–1878) was a British Army officer who was best known as the author, editor, and proprietor of ''Hart's Army List'', an unofficial publication recording army service. Early life Born on 7 September 18 ...
, ''Hart's army list: the new army list exhibiting the rank, standing, and various services of every officer in the Army on full pay'' (1839–) * William Spencer, ''Army service records of the First World War'' (seventh edition, 2006)


External links


The 1740 Army List
at
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War Office: Printed Annual Army Lists 1754–1879 (WO 65)
€”download for free * Digitised copies of 'Quarterly army lists' fro
1913 to 1919
and fro
1940 to 1946
at
National Library of Scotland The National Library of Scotland (NLS) ( gd, Leabharlann Nàiseanta na h-Alba, sco, Naitional Leebrar o Scotland) is the legal deposit library of Scotland and is one of the country's National Collections. As one of the largest libraries in the ...
* Digitised copies of 'Half-yearly army lists' fro
1938 to 1941
at National Library of Scotland

( National Archives' Research Guide)
Hart's Army List
at the
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