Fa La is Farm labourer. You could be in the militia and be a labourer at the same time. (As anyone in the T.A. knows) Harry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonie Fretwell" <[email protected]> To: "'Nancy Frey'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 3:10 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] Query on Militia > Thanks for your response. However the abbreviations are shown for both the > father and the son, so I think it is a military term. > > > Leonie Fretwell > [email protected] > Burra, South Australia >