Hi, VDC means Vlounteer Defence Corps PTD means Part Time Duty It was spelled out in some of the other records on the WW2 site Cheere Jim Armstrong [email protected] Reasearching - Armstrong, Burns, Walker, Little (Airdrie Lanarkshire Sc Beck (Queensland & Denmark Dicks, Waller (Queensland & Gloustershire England) Trimble, Kirkland, Black (NSW & Ireland) _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus