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ABBREVIATIONS, ETC.

G.C.B.	. . .	Denotes the officer to be a		Knight Grand Cross of the most Honourable Order of the Bath.
K.C.B.	. . .	"	"	Knight Commander of the most Honourable Order of the Bath.
C.B.	. . .	"	"	Companion of the most Honourable Order of the Bath.
G.C.M.G.	. . .	"	"	Knight Grand Cross of the most distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George.
K.C.M.G.	. . .	"	"	Knight Commander of the most distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George.
G.C.H.	. .	"	"	Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order.
K.C.H.	. . .	"	"	Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order.
K.H.	. . .	"	"	Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order.
Fst.-Cl. Vol	. . .	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ First and Second Class Volunteer.
Sec-Cl. Vol	. . .
A.B.	. . .	Able Seaman.
Ordinary	. . .	Ordinary Seaman.
L.M.	. . .	Landman.
F.P.	. . .	Full pay, or time actually served.
H.P.	. . .	Half pay, or time unemployed.
R. M.	. . .	Royal Marines.
Captain	. . .	Denotes that the Officer has accepted the Retirement.

$*_{*}*$ The signification of the other abbreviations used at the head of a memoir will be found in general detailed in the body of the memoir itself.

The ratings of A.B., Ordinary, L.M., Captain’s Servant, Lieutenant's Servant, &c., were often during the war nominally given to young gentlemen on entering the service, owing to there not being at the time vacancies for them among the Volunteers and Midshipmen.

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The Full-pay and Half-pay are computed up to the year 1847.