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From: William Thorne <>
Subject: RE: INDIA-D Digest V98 #78
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 22:34:08 -0800


Ray

On Monday, 23 March, 1998 15:52, Ray Osborn [SMTP:]
wrote:
> >Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 09:40:12 +1000
> >Thanks to Sylvia, I now have a bit more information on my
> >g.g.g.grandfather, Daniel Vincent SHORTLAND. According to Thackers 1884
> >List of residents:
> >SHORTLAND D V Major, BA, batty, 1st M bde, Nasserabad.
> >Could someone please explain these abbreviations please?
> >Thanks Sharryn
> >
>
> Sorry, I don't know where Nasserabd is but probably something like:-
>
> SHORTLAND D V, Major, British Artillery, battery, 1st battalion Madras
> brigade?
>
> Maybe someone else can do better?
>
I think that is an excellent deduction with which I agree almost. '1st M
bde' is probably 1st Madras Brigade - not 1st battalion Madras Brigade. At
that time there were usually four battalion to a brigade in the British
Army and they were known by there names or Regimant numbers, not 1st, 2nd
etc. Usually Artillery was a Brigade Artillery not a battalion Artillery,
as that would have meant mixing arms and the British Army had a great
reluctance to doing that, even in WWII !

Otherwise an excellent deduction.

William

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