"Military service" shall include military telegraphy and any other employment whatever, in or in connection with any military operation:

"Naval Service:"

"Naval service" shall, as respects a person, include service as a marine, employment as a pilot in piloting or directing the course of a ship of war or other ship when such ship of war or other ship is being used in any military or naval operation, and any employment whatever on board a ship of war, transport, store ship, privateer or ship under letters of marque; and as respects a ship, include any user of a ship as a transport, store ship, privateer or ship under letters of marque:

"United Kingdom:"

"United Kingdom" includes the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, and other adjacent islands:

"British Possessions:"

"British possession" means any territory, colony, or place being part of Her Majesty's dominions, and not part of the United Kingdom, as defined by this Act:

"The Secretary of State:"

"The Secretary of State" shall mean any one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State:

"Governor:"