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The Army List is a list (or more accurately seven series of lists) of serving regular, militia or territorial British Army officers, kept in one form or another, since 1702.

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Manuscript lists of army officers were kept from 1702 to 1752, the first official list being published in 1740.

Regular army

Governors and Staff in North America and the West Indies 1778 and 1784 Military Governors and Staff Officers in British North America and West Indies 1778 and 1784.jpg
Governors and Staff in North America and the West Indies 1778 and 1784

Women

The first woman to appear in a British Army List was Jane Catherine Shaw Stewart when she was appointed to Netley Hospital in May 1863. [1]

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References

  1. Wildman, Stuart (2020-05-14), "Stewart, Jane Catherine Shaw (1821–1905), nurse", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.107344, ISBN   978-0-19-861412-8 , retrieved 2024-01-14

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