CQMS = Company Quarter Master Sergeant
The company quartermaster sergeant (CQMS) in the British Army and Royal Marines is the non-commissioned officer in a company who is in charge of supplies. The CQMS also serves as the deputy to the company sergeant major and is the second most senior NCO in the company.
HA = Harrogate Advertiser
HH = Harrogate Herald
KOYLI = King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
LCpl = Lance corporal is a military rank, used by many armed forces worldwide, and also by some police forces and other uniformed organizations. It is below the rank of corporal and is typically the lowest non-commissioned officer, usually equivalent to the NATO Rank Grade OR-3.
MSM = Meritorious Service Medal
RE = Royal Engineers
RFA. = Royal Field Artillery
WYR = The West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) (14th Foot) was an infantry regiment of the British Army. In 1958 it amalgamated with the East Yorkshire Regiment (15th Foot) to form the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire which was, on 6 June 2006, amalgamated with the Green Howards and the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) to form the Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot).