active service

noun

active service

noun

1

Government, Military, Politics, War UK Full-time occupation in the military.

She was built by William Denny & Bros. Ltd., and launched in 1939, but went immediately on active service as a trooper [troopship].1947 January and February, “Notes and News: New Southern Channel Steamer”, in Railway Magazine, page 49:

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