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I found this info as an old word document on an ancient cd. I have no recollection of its origin, nor can I vouch for its accuracy. It may be of interested so I'll copy it over a number of pages.

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BRITISH ARMY- Foreign Stations (except India) 03-09-39
I. The Atlantic
A. The Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands Defence Force: Port Stanley
B. Newfoundland
The Newfoundland Militia: St. John's
C. St. Helena
The St. Helena Rifles
D. Bermuda
One Company, 2nd Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light
Detachment, The Royal Engineers
The Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps: Hamilton
The Bermuda Militia
The Bermuda Militia Artillery: Hamilton
The Bermuda Volunteer Engineers - attached to Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps

II. The Caribbean
A. Barbados
The Barbados Volunteer Force
B. Jamaica
Jamaica Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals
44th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
2nd Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery (Cadre): Kingston and Port Royal
2nd Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry (Less one company in Bermuda)
The Kingston Infantry Volunteers: Kingston
The Jamaica Militia Artillery: Defended Port of Kingston and Port Royal
The Jamaica Engineer Corps
C. The Leeward Islands
The Antigua Defence Force: Antigua
The Dominica Defence Force: Dominica
The Montserrat Defence Force: Montserrat
The St. Kitts and Nevis Defence Force: Basseterre
D. Trinidad
The Trinidad Volunteers
The Trinidad Light Horse
The Trinidad Light Infantry
The Trinidad Volunteer Reserve of Europeans
The Trinidad Volunteer Artillery: Port O'Prince
E. The Windward Islands
The Grenada Volunteer Corps: Grenada
The St. Lucia Volunteer Corps: St. Lucia
The St. Vincent Volunteer Corps: St. Vincent

III. British Guiana
The British Guiana Militia
The British Guiana Militia Artillery: Georgetown

IV. British Honduras
The British Honduras Defence Force

V. China
A. Shanghai Area
The Shanghai Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals
Detachment, Royal Engineers
2nd Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment
1st Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders
The Shanghai Volunteer Corps
Shanghai Light Horse 'A' Company (British),
Mih-Ho-Loong Rifles
American Troop Jewish Company
Armoured Car Company Light Automatic (Air Defence) Company
'C' Machine-Gun Company American Company
Shanghai Field Company Portuguese Company
Signal Company American Machine-Gun Company
Japanese Company
Phillipine Company
Interpreter Company (Chinese)
Shanghai Russian Regiment
'C' Battalion, 'B' Company (British) Transport Company
Shanghai Scottish Company 'H' Company
B. Tientsin Area
The Tientsin Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals
1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
'A' Company plus one platoon, 1st Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry - Pekin
Detachment, Royal Engineers
C. Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Signal Company, Royal Corps of Signals
8th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
12th, 20th, 24th, 30th Heavy Batteries, RA;
X Heavy Battery, HKSRA
5th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
7th, 9th Anti-Aircraft Batteries, RA
22nd, 40th Fortress Companies, Royal Engineers
1st Hong Kong Medium Regiment, Hong Kong-Singapore, Royal Artillery
1st, 2nd Mountain Batteries, HKSRA;
3rd, 4th Medium Batteries, HKSRA
The Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps
1st Battery - Cape D'Aguilan
2nd Battery - Bluff Head, Stanley
3rd Battery - Aberdeen Island
4th Battery - Pak Sha Wan
5th (Anti-Aircraft) Battery - Sai Wan Hill
Field Company Engineers - Fanling and Forward Area
Signals - Hong Kong Island
Armoured Car Platoon - Forward Area
No. 1 Company - Kai Tak Airfield
No. 2 (Scottish) Company - Sheko Peninsula
No. 3 (Eurasian) Company - Stonecutter's Island
No. 4 (Chinese) Company - HighWest and Mt. Kellett
No. 5 Company - Mount Davis
No. 6 (Portuguese) Company - North Shin, Naval Yard to Causeway
No. 7 Company - Magasin Gap and Wanchui Gap
The Stanley Platoon - Stanley
Army Service Corps Company - HQ Deepwater Bay
The Hughe's Group (Hughesiliers) - Northern Point
The Hong Kong Brigade
2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots
1st Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment M-G: Nagking Barracks, Sam Shui Pu, Mainland
1st Kumaon Rifles, 19th Hyderabad Regiment: Whitfield Barracks, Hong Kong
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VI. Ceylon
HQ Ceylon Defence Force: Colombo, Ceylon
The Ceylon Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals
6th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery: Colombo and Trincomalee
15th Heavy Battery, RA;
14th Anti-Aircraft Battery, RA
18th Heavy Battery, RA: Diyatalawa
31st Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
The Ceylon Garrison Artillery (Volunteer): Galle, Buck Fort Road, Colombo
1st Heavy, 2nd Heavy, 3rd AA, 4th Heavy Batteries located at Galle Face, Battenburg, Rockhouse
The Ceylon Mounted Rifles: Kandy
The Ceylon Planter's Rifles Corps: Kandy
The Ceylon Light Infantry: Colombo
The Ceylon Cadet Battalion: Colombo
The Ceylon Engineers: Ceylon

VII. Burma
The Rangoon Brigade Area: HQ Rangoon
1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment: Mingladon
1 Company, 1st Battalion, The Goucestershire Regiment: Sale Barracks, Rangoon
Detachments, 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment: Syriam and Dry Tree Point
1st Battalion, The Burma Rifles: Mingaladon
12th Battalion, The Burma Rifles, Burma Territorial Force: Mingaladon
The Rangoon University Training Corps, Burma Territorial Force: Rangoon
The Rangoon Field Brigade, Royal Artillery, Burma Auxiliary Force: Dry Tree Point
The Tenasserim Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force: Moulmein (One Company at Tavoy)
The Rangoon Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force: Rangoon
The Burma Railways Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force: Rangoon
1st, 2nd Rangoon Battalions, Burma Military Police: Rangoon
The Maymyo Infantry Brigade Area: HQ Maymyo
2nd Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry: Maymyo
2nd Battalion, The Burma Rifles: Maymyo
3rd Battalion, The Burma Rifles: Maymyo
4th Battalion, The Burma Rifles: Fort Dufferin, Mandalay
1st Field Company, Burma Sappers and Miners (Forming): Mandalay
2nd Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery: Maymyo
13th Field Company, Madras Sappers and Miners: Mandalay
11th Battalion, The Burma Rifles, Burma Territorial Force: Mandalay
The Upper Burma Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force: Maymyo
The Mandalay Battalion, Burma Military Police: Mandalay
The Southern Shan States Battalion, Burma Frontier Force: Taunggyi
The Northern Shan States Battalion, Burma Frontier Force: Lashio
The Bhamo Battalion, Burma Frontier Force: Bhamo
The Chin Hills Battalion, Burma Frontier Force: Falam
The Myitkyina Battalion, Burma Frontier Force: Myitkyina
The Reserve Battalion, Burma Frontier Force: Pyawbwe

VIII. Malaya Command: HQ Singapore
A. Penang
The Penang Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals
8th Heavy Battery, HKSRA
36th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
5/14th Punjab Regiment
3rd Battalion, The Straits Settlement Volunteer Force (Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Force)
B. Port Dickinson
1st Battalion, The Malay Regiment
C. Taiping
2/17th Dogra Regiment
D. Singapore Fortress
The Malaya Signal Company, Royal Corps of Signals
7th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery: Blakang Mati
11th, 31st Heavy Batteries, RA;
5th, 7th Heavy Batteries, HKSRA
9th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery: Changi
7th, 22nd, 32nd Heavy Batteries, RA
30th, 34th, 35th, 41st Fortress Companies, Royal Engineers
Malaya Anti-Aircraft Brigade
1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Hong Kong-Singapore Royal Artillery
6th, 9th, 10th Anti-Aircraft Batteries, HKSRA
2nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Hong Kong-Singapore Royal Artillery
11th Anti-Aircraft Battery, HKSRA
3rd Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
11th, 21st, 22nd Anti-Aircraft Batteries, RA
The Malaya Infantry Brigade
2nd Battalion, The Loyal Regiment
1st Battalion, The Manchester Regiment M-G
2nd Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders: Changi
12th Indian Infantry Brigade
2nd Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
4/19th Hyderabad Regiment
5/2nd Punjab Regiment
22nd Mountain Regiment, Indian Artillery (4th, 7th, 10th, 21st Mountain Batteries, IA)
15th Field Company, Madras Sappers and Miners
The Straits Settlement Volunteer Force
1st Battalion (Singapore Volunteer Corps)
2nd Battalion (Singapore Volunteer Force)
The Singapore Armoured Car Company
The Singapore Royal Artillery (Volunteers): Pulo Blakan Mati
The Singapore Royal Engineers (Volunteers)
The Singapore Fortress Company, Royal Engineers (Volunteers)
E. Malacca
4th Battalion, The Straits Settlement Volunteer Force (Malacca Volunteers Corps)
F. The Federated Malay States Volunteer Force: HQ Kuala Lumpur
1st Battalion: Ipoh, Perak
2nd Battalion: Kuala Lumpur, Selangor
3rd Battalion: Seremban, Negri Sembilan
4th Battalion: Kuantan, Pahang
The Armoured Car Company: Ipoh
The Light Artillery Battery: Kuala Lumpur
Signal Company: Port Dickinson?
Engineer Section: Port Dickinson?
G. Unfederated States
The Johore Military Forces: Johore Bharu
The Johore Volunteer Infantry
The Johore Volunteer Engineers: Johore Bharu
The Kedah Volunteer Force: Alor Star
The Kelantan Volunteer Force: Kota Bharu
The Perak Rivers Platoon
The Sultan Idris Company

IX. Mauritius
The Mauritius Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals
HQ and 25th Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery: Port Louis
43rd Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
The Mauritius Territorial Force: Rodriques

X. The Pacific
A. Fiji
HQ Fiji Defence Force: Suva
1st Battalion, The Fiji Infantry Regiment: Suva (Battalion HQ, 3 Rifle Companies, and 1 MMG Company)
The Fiji Defence Force Signals: Suva
B. Sarawak
The Sarawak Armed Police
The Sarawak Rangers
C. Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony
The Ocean Island Defence Force: Ocean Island
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XI. The Middle East
A. Aden
HQ British Troops Aden
HQ Royal Artillery Aden
The Aden Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals
Detachment, 8th Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery
9th (Minden) Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery
20th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
2/5th Mahratta Light Infantry: Khormaksar
The Aden Protectorate Levies: Khormaksar
Western Aden Protectorate
Government Guards
Tribal Guards
Lahej Trained Forces
Eastern Aden Protectorate
Kathiri Armed Constabulary
Mukalla Regular Army
B. Gibraltar
The Gibraltar Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals
3rd Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery: Gibraltar South
4th, 27th Heavy Batteries, RA; 19th Anti-Aircraft Battery, RA
HQ Royal Engineers
1st, 32nd Fortress Companies, Royal Engineers
2nd Battalion, The King's Regiment
2nd Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry
1st Battalion, The Welsh Guards
The Gibraltar Defence Force
C. Malta
The Malta Signal Company, Royal Corps of Signals
26th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (15th, 40th, 48th, 71st Anti-Tank Batteries, RA) (N.B. 40th/71st linked for a while in August 1939)
4th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery: Tigne
6th, 10th, 23rd Heavy Batteries, RA
7th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
10th, 13th Anti-Aircraft Batteries, RA
5th Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Malta Artillery: Delimara
6th Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Malta Artillery: Mtarfu
7th Searchlight Battery, Royal Malta Artillery: Mtarfu (Formed 5 September 1939)
16th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
24th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers: Tigne (Included a Regular Maltese Section)
1st Battalion, The King's Own Malta Regiment: Lower St. Elmo
The Royal Malta Artillery: HQ Upper St. Elmo
1st Heavy Battery, RMA: Fort Rocco
2nd Heavy Battery, RMA: Fort Tigne
3rd Heavy Battery, RMA: Fort St. Elmo
4th Heavy Battery, Royal Malta Artillery –
Independent
The Malta Brigade
2nd Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment
1st Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment
2nd Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment: Tarxien
2nd Battalion, The Royal Irish Fusiliers

D. Iraq
The Iraq Levies: Habbaniya
One Company, The Iraq Levies: Basra
One Company, The Iraq Levies: Shuaiba
No. 1 Armoured Car Company, Royal Air Force: Habbaniya

E. Cyprus
The Cyprus Detachment, Royal Corps of Signals
'C' Company, 1st Battalion, The Essex Regiment: Nicosia
'D' Company, 1st Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters

F. The Sudan
1st Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment: Wadi Halfa (Arrived there 3/9/39 by boat from Egypt)
1st Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment M-G: Khartoum North
2nd Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment: Khartoum South
The Sudan Detachment, Royal Artillery: Port Sudan
The Sudan Defence Force: HQ Khartoum
HQ Khartoum Northern Area:
The Shendi Horse: HQ Shendi,
Northern Province Southern Area: HQ Torit
The Equatorial Corps: HQ Torit, Equatorial Province
Central Area: HQ El Obeid
The Camel Corps: HQ El Obeid, Kardofan Province
Eastern Area: HQ Gederaf
The Eastern Arab Corps: HQ Gederaf, Kassala Province (Detachment at Kassala)
Western Area: HQ El Fasher
The Western Arab Corps: HQ El Fasher, Darfur Province

XII. British Troops in Egypt
A. Alexandria
3rd Battalion, The Coldstream Guards
1st Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Marines
B. Moascar
The Canal Brigade
1st Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment
1st Battalion, The Essex Regiment (One Company at Port Said and 'C' Company at Cyprus)
C. Cairo
The Egyptian Command Signals, Royal Corps of Signals
HQ 7th Infantry Division (Enroute to Mersa Matruh)
18th Brigade and Cairo Area: HQ Abassia Barracks, Cairo
1st Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Machine Gun (Leaving for Mersa Matruh)
1st Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment Detachment: El Nil Barracks, Cairo
D. The Delta
The Delta Area Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals
42nd, 54th Fortress Companies, Royal Engineers
45th Fortress Company, Regiment - ex Haifa, Palestine
19th Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery: Port Said and Suez
7th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
25th/26th, 27th/28th Medium Batteries
4th Royal Horse Artillery (Reformed on 3 September 1939) C, G, F Batteries, RHA (Less one Battery with Armoured Division (Egypt))
11th Indian Infantry Brigade: HQ Fayid
2nd Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
1/6th Rajputana Rifles
4/7th Rajput Regiment
4th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery: HQ Mena
4th, 7th, 14th, 66th Field Batteries, RA
18th Field Company, Bombay Sappers and Miners
E. Mersa Matruh
2nd Field Company, Royal Engineers
31st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
105th/119th, 116th/118th Field Batteries, RA
1st Battalion, The Buffs
2nd Battalion, The Scots Guards
1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment: El Daba (Egyptian LOC)
The Armoured Division (Egypt) - Gerwala
1st Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps: Near Wadi el Nagamish
The Armoured Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals
3rd Royal Horse Artillery (D/J, M/P Batteries) RHA
Battery, 4th Royal Horse Artillery
Light Armoured Brigade (Egypt) - Gerwala
7th Hussars
8th Hussars
11th Hussars
Heavy Armoured Brigade (Egypt) - Gerwala
1st Royal Tank Regiment
6th Royal Tank Regiment

XIII. British Troops Palestine and Transjordan
A. Jerusalem
The Palestine Command Signals, Royal Corps of Signals
2nd Battalion, The Black Watch: Jerusalem (Detachments at Ramallah and Enab)
2nd Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry
2nd Battalion, The King's Own Royal Regiment: Hebron One Company: Dier Shalar
One Company: Allar
No. 2 Wireless Company, Royal Corps of Signals
No. 2 Armoured Car Company, Royal Air Force: Jenin
B. Lydda Area
56th Field Company, Royal Engineers
Detachment, 8th Railway Company, Royal Engineers
1st Royal Dragoons: Gedera (Including 1 Squadron of 5th Dragoon Guards)
The Royal Scots Greys: Rehovath
Squadron, 4th/7th Dragoon Guards: Sarafand
2nd Battalion, The West Yorkshire Regiment: Sarafand 'D' Company: Tel Aviv
One Company each at Lydda, Bir Salim and Jaffa
C. The Defended Port of Haifa
17th Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery
D. 8th Infantry Division
12th Field Company, Royal Engineers
Detachment, 'A'/'E' Battery, 1st Royal Horse Artillery
Detachment, 'B'/'O' Battery, 1st Royal Horse Artillery
14th Infantry Brigade: HQ Nablus, Central Palestine
2nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade: Nablus Fort
1st Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders: Jenin
2nd Battalion, The Queen's Regiment: Tulkarm
16th Infantry Brigade: HQ North Palestine
1st Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment: Nazareth-Tiberias
1st Battalion, The Welch Regiment: Safad
2nd Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment: Acre
1st Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters: Haifa
E. Transjordan
The Transjordan Frontier Force: HQ Zarga
The Arab Legion: HQ Amman
The Desert Mechanized Force
The Desert Patrol: Syria-Palestine Border
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XIV. The Royal West Africa Frontier Force
A. Nigeria
RHQ, The Nigeria Regiment: Kaduna
1st Battalion, The Nigeria Regiment: Kaduna
2nd Battalion, The Nigeria Regiment: Kano
3rd Battalion, The Nigeria Regiment (Less One Company): Enugu
4th Battalion, The Nigeria Regiment: Ibadan One Company: Lagos
5th Battalion, The Nigeria Regiment: Zaria Detachments: Maiguguri and Sokolo
1st Nigeria Light Artillery Battery: Zaria
Signals Company: Zaria
The Lagos Defence Force (European Reserve Force): Lagos
The Engineer Cadre (European Reserve Force): Lagos
B. The Cameroons
'B' Company, 3rd Battalion, The Nigeria Regiment: Victoria
C. The Gold Coast
RHQ, The Gold Coast Regiment: HQ Kumasi
1st Battalion, The Gold Coast Regiment: Kumasi
2nd Battalion, The Gold Coast Regiment: Tamale
1 Section, Light Artillery: Accra
Signal Section: Kumasi
3rd Battalion, The Gold Coast Regiment (Gold Coast Territorial Force): Winneba
The Gold Coast Regiment (Supplementary Reserve)
The Gold Coast Defence Force (European Reserve Force)
D. Sierra Leone
The Sierra Leone Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals
39th Fortress Company, Royal Engineers
The Sierra Leone Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery: Freetown
The Sierra Leone Battalion: Wilberforce, Freetown
E. The Gambia
The Gambia Company: Cape St. Mary

XV. East Africa Force
A. British Somaliland
HQ and HQ Company, The Somaliland Camel Corps: Laferug
'A' (Camel) Company: Hargeisa
'B' (Nyasa Infantry) Company: Tug Argen
'C' Company: Burao
'D' Company: Tug Argen (Less 2 Platoons at Sheik)
B. Kenya
The Northern Brigade: HQ Nairobi
The Coast Defence Rifle Company, King's African Rifles: Mombasa (Defended Port of Kilindini)
3rd Battalion, The King's African Rifles: Nairobi
4th Battalion, The King's African Rifles: Mombasa
'A' Company: Turkana
5th Battalion, The King's African Rifles: Nanyuki
1st Battalion, The Kenya Regiment (European Territorial Force): Nairobi
No. 1 Company: Nairobi
No. 2 Company: Nakura
No. 3 Company: Eldoret
The Coast Defence Battery, The Kenya Regiment (ETF): Mombasa
22nd Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery: Left Quetta, India on 1 September 1939 and arrived in East Africa on 11 September 1939
The Kenya Defence Force
C. Tanganyika Territory
The Southern Brigade: HQ Dar es Salaam
1st Battalion, The King's African Rifles: Moshi
HQ, 'A' Company, 2nd Battalion, The King's African Rifles: Iringa
'B' Company, 2nd Battalion, The King's African Rifles: Mbeya
6th Battalion, The King's African Rifles: Dar el Salaam
'B' Company, 6th Battalion, The King's African Rifles: Tanga Province
'D' Company, 6th Battalion, The King's African Rifles: Iringa
D. Uganda
7th Battalion, The King's African Rifles (Uganda Territorial Force): Bombas
E. Nyasaland
'C' Company, 2nd Battalion, The King's African Rifles: Zomba
The Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve (European)
F. Northern Rhodesia
1st Battalion, The Northern Rhodesia Regiment: Bwana Mkubwa
G. Southern Rhodesia
No.1 Group, The Rhodesia Regiment: HQ Salisbury
One Company Recruits
One Company Leader Training
One Company Specialists (HQ Company)
One Light Artillery Battery (3.7cm Howitzers)
One Detached Company: Umtali
No.2 Group, The Rhodesia Regiment: HQ Salisbury
One Company Recruits
One Company Leader Training
One Company Specialists (HQ Company)
One Reconnaissance Company
One Detached Company: Gwelo
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Just read this - very interesting.

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Stephen,
That's a wonderful post. Really informative and I have learnt several new bits of information from your post. Thank you for taking the time to post it.
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Absolutely fantastic info which I will refer to many times! I find it incredible to see the breadth of empire and stations at the time.

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Excellent indeed. Also gives a good idea of just how many badges there are to collect!

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