| PRINCIPAL SOURCES | |
| AIFP | The AIF Project |
| A&RN BMD | Army and Royal Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records |
| ARoSE | Army Registers of Soldiers Effects |
| AWM | Australian War memorial |
| AWM NRD | Australian War Memorial Nominal Roll Database |
| BNL | Belfast News Letter |
| BRCSR | British Red Cross Service Records |
| CEF CWGR | Canadian Expeditionary Force, Commonwealth War Graves Registers |
| CWGC | Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| CWGC CR | CWGC Cemetery Register |
| CWGC CGBR | CWGC Concentration of Graves, Burial Return |
| CWGC GRR | CWGC Graves Registration Report |
| CWGC HIR | CWGC Headstone Inscription Report |
| CWGC MR | CWGC Memorial Register |
| CWGR CoC | Canada War Graves Registers, Circumstances of Casualty |
| FAUPC | Friends Ambulance Unit Personnel Cards |
| FT | Farset Trust |
| Hrld | Lisburn Herald |
| IMR | Ireland's Memorial Record |
| LAC | Library and Archives Canada |
| LG | London Gazette |
| MIC | Medal Index Card |
| NAI | National Archive of Ireland |
| OH | "Our Heroes" (Linenhall Library) |
| PCIRoH | Presbyterian Church in Ireland Roll of Honour |
| PO | P. Orr. "Road to the Somme" |
| PR | Pension Records |
| RN M&AR | Royal Navy Medal and Award Rolls |
| RN RoSS | Royal Navy Registers of Seamens Services |
| RN&RM WGR | Royal Navy and Royal Marine War Graves Roll |
| SDGW | Soldiers Died in the Great War |
| Sams. | Samuels. "With the Ulster Division in France" |
| Stnd | Lisburn Standard |
| SWB | Silver War Badge |
| SR | Service Records |
| TNA | The National Archive |
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| WAR MEMORIALS AND BURIAL GROUNDS | |
| ABG | Aghalee Burial Ground |
| AhPCWM | Annahilt Presbyterian Church |
| APaCWM | Aghalee (Holy Trinity) Parish Church |
| BhPaCWM | Broomhedge (St. Matthews) Parish Church |
| BMC | Ballinderry (Church of Ireland) Middle Church |
| BMHWM | Ballinderry Memorial Hall |
| 1stBmPCWM | First Boardmills Presbyterian Church |
| 2ndBmPCWM | Second Boardmills Presbyterian Church |
| BPaCWM | Ballinderry Parish Church |
| BPC | Ballinderry Presbyterian Church |
| BRAWM | Belfast Royal Academy |
| CWM | Christ Church, Lisburn |
| 1stDaPCWM | First Dromara Presbyterian Church |
| 2ndDaPCRoH | Second Dromara Presbyterian Church |
| DbPaCWM | Drumbo (Holy Trinity) Parish Church, Ballylesson |
| DbPCWM | Drumbo Presbyterian Church |
| DdPCWM | Dundrod Presbyterian Church |
| DmPaCWM | Dunmurry (St. Colmans) Parish Church |
| DmPCWM | Dunmurry Presbyterian Church |
| DgPaCWM | Drumbeg, St. Patrick's, Parish Church |
| DPaCWM | Derriaghy Parish Church |
| EPaCWM | Eglantine Parish Church |
| FSLWM | Friends School, Lisburn |
| GOHWM | Glenavy Orange Hall |
| GPaCWM | Glenavy Parish Church |
| GWM | Glenavy |
| H'bPCWM | Hillsborough Presbyterian Church |
| H'bWM | Hillsborough |
| HPCWM | Hillhall Presbyterian Church |
| HWM | Hilden, Glenmore and Lambeg |
| KMCWM | Kilwarlin Moravian Church |
| LaPaCWM | Lambeg Parish Church |
| LCWM | Lisburn Cathedral |
| LgPCWM | Legacurry Presbyterian Church |
| LKPaCWM | Lower Kilwarlin (St. Jamess) Parish Church |
| LMCWM | Lisburn Methodist Church |
| 1stLPCWM | First Lisburn Presbyterian Church |
| LRCCRoH | Lisburn Roman Catholic Church Roll of Honour (Lisburn Standard 22.12.16 p. 6 and 28.12.17 p. 6) |
| LWM | Lisburn |
| MCBWM | Methodist College Belfast |
| MoPaCWM | Moira (St. Johns) Parish Church |
| MoPCWM | Moira Presbyterian Church |
| MPaCWM | Magheragall Parish Church |
| MPCWM | Magheragall Presbyterian Church |
| MWM | Moira |
| MzPCWM | Maze Presbyterian Church |
| PSPCMW | RSPC memorial window |
| RSPCWM | Railway Street, Presbyterian Church |
| SPCWM | Sloan Street, Presbyterian Church |
| StJtBPaCWM | St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Suffolk |
| StJMRoH | St. John's Church of Ireland, Moira |
| StMPaCWM | St. Malachy's Parish Church, Hillsborough |
| QUBWM | Queens University Belfast |
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| REGIMENTS, CORPS etc | |
| ACBde | Armoured Car Brigade |
| ACD | Army Chaplains Department |
| ACC | Army Cyclist Corps |
| AckR | Auckland Regiment |
| AEF | Australian Expeditionary Force |
| AI | Australian Infantry |
| AIF | Australian Imperial Force |
| AR | Alberta Regiment |
| ASH | Argyll and Southern Highlanders |
| BCR | British Columbia Regiment |
| BEF | British Expeditionary Force |
| BR | Border Regiment |
| BW | Black Watch |
| CASC | Canadian Army Service Corps |
| CEF | Canadian Expeditionary Force |
| CFA | Canadian Field Artillery |
| CGG | Canadian Grenadier Guards |
| CH | Cameron Highlanders |
| CI | Canadian Infantry |
| ChR | Cheshire Regiment |
| CMR | Canadian Mounted Rifles |
| COR | Central Ontario Regiment |
| CR | Connaught Rangers |
| CtbR | Canterbury Regiment |
| DCLI | Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry |
| Dep | Depot |
| DLI | Durham Light Infantry |
| ELR | East Lancashire Regiment |
| Ent batt | Entrenching battalion |
| EOR | Eastern Ontario Regiment |
| EYR | East Yorkshire Regiment |
| FA | Field Ambulance |
| FAU | Friends Ambulance Unit |
| GAL | General Army List |
| Gar | Garrison battalion |
| GG | Grenadier Guards |
| GND | Guardia Nacional Dominicana |
| HLI | Highland Light Infantry |
| HR | Hampshire Regiment |
| IG | Irish Guards |
| IY | Imperial Yeomanry |
| KAR | King's African Rifles |
| KEH | King Edwards Horse |
| KLR | King's Liverpool Regiment |
| KOSB | King's Own Scottish Boarderers |
| KRIH | King's Royal Irish Hussars |
| KRRC | King's Royal Rifle Corps |
| KSLI | King's Shropshire Light Infantry |
| LC | Labour Corps |
| LR | Leinster Regiment |
| LRC | Light Railway Company |
| LstR | Leicestershire Regiment |
| MGC | Machine Gun Corps |
| MGC(I) | Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) |
| MGC(T) | Machine Gun Corps (Tanks) |
| MMR | Mercantile Marine Reserve |
| MR | Manchester Regiment |
| MtbaR | Manitoba Regiment |
| MTTD | Motor Transport Training Depot |
| NF | Northumberland Fusiliers |
| NIH | North Irish Horse |
| NLR | North Lancashire Regiment |
| NSR | North Staffordshire Regiment |
| NZEF | New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
| PPCLI | Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry |
| QAIMNS | Queen Alexandrias Imperial Military Nursing Service |
| QR | Quebec Regiment |
| RB | Rifle Brigade |
| RAF | Royal Air Force |
| RAMC | Royal Army Medical Corps |
| RAOC | Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
| RASC | Royal Army Service Corps |
| RAVC | Royal Army Veterinary Corps |
| RBR | Royal Berkshire Regiment |
| RDF | Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
| RE | Royal Engineers |
| RF | Royal Fusiliers |
| RFA | Royal Field Artillery |
| RFC | Royal Flying Corps |
| RGA | Royal Garrison Artillery |
| RHG | Royal Horse Guards |
| RInF | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
| RIR | Royal Irish Rifles |
| RIrF | Royal Irish Fusiliers |
| RIrR | Royal Irish Regiment |
| RLR | King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment |
| RM | Royal Marine |
| RMLI | Royal Marine Light Infantry |
| RMF | Royal Munster Fusiliers |
| RN | Royal Navy |
| RNAS | Royal Naval Air Service |
| RN Div. | Royal Naval Division |
| RS | Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) |
| RSF | Royal Scots Fusiliers |
| RSR | Royal Sussex Regiment |
| RUR | Royal Ulster Rifles |
| RWKR | Royal West Kent Regiment |
| SAEF | South African Expeditionary Force |
| SAMC | South African Medical Corps |
| SasR | Saskatchewan Regiment |
| SeH | Seaforth Highlanders |
| SG | Scots Guards |
| SH | Scottish Highlanders |
| SIH | South Irish Horse |
| SLR | South Lancashire Regiment |
| SR | Scottish Rifles |
| TC | Tunnelling Company |
| TMB | Trench Mortar Battery |
| USMC | United States Marine Corps |
| VAD | Voluntary Aid Detachment |
| WO | War Office |
| WOR | Western Ontario Regiment |
| WR | Wellington Regiment |
| YLR | York and Lancaster Regiment |
| YR | Yorkshire Regiment |
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| RANK | |
| Acm | Aircraftman |
| AS | Able Seaman |
| Bom | Bombardier |
| Bug | Bugler |
| Chp | Chaplain |
| Civ | Civilian |
| Cpl | Corporal |
| Cpt | Captain |
| CSM | Company sergeant major |
| Dvr | Driver |
| Fm | Fireman |
| Gds | Guardsman |
| Gnr | Gunner |
| Lcc | Leading carpenters Crew |
| Lcpl | Lance corporal |
| Lsgt | Lance sergeant |
| Lt | Lieutenant |
| 2Lt | Second Lieutenant |
| LtCol | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Maj | Major |
| OS | Ordinary Seaman |
| PO | Petty Officer |
| Pvt | Private |
| QMS | Quarter master sergeant |
| (rank) | acting ... |
| Rm | Rifleman |
| Sap | Sapper |
| Sgn | Signaller |
| Sgt | Sergeant |
| SN | Staff Nurse |
| Stk | Stoker |
| Str | Sister |
| Tpr | Tropper |
| Wtr | Waiter |
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| UNITS | |
| Bde | Brigade |
| Bn | Battalion |
| Bty | Battery |
| CCS | Casualty Clearing Station |
| Coy. | Company |
| IB | Infantry Brigade |
| SH | Stationary Hospital |
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| MEDALS | |
| BWM & VM | British War Medal and Victory Medal |
| DCM | Distinguished Conduct Medal |
| DSO | Distinguished Service Order |
| LoH | Legion of Honour |
| MC | Military Cross |
| MM | Military Medal |
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| MISCELLANEOUS | |
| AF | Army Form |
| DoW | Died of wounds (or duration of the war) |
| FF | France and Flanders |
| FHS | Family Headstone |
| FSL | Friends School, Lisburn |
| KIA | Killed in action |
| MIA | Missing in action |
| nok | next of kin |
| OS | over seas |
| OSFSL | Old Scholar, Friends School, Lisburn. |
| PoW | Prisoner of war |
| UPS | Ulster Provincial School, subsequently Friends School, Lisburn |
