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Abbreviations

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 

A

 

AA

Anti-Aircraft

AAC

Army Air Corps

AAMC

Australian Army Medical Corps

A and SH

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

A&SH

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

AANS

Australian Army Nursing Corps

AAOC

Australian Army Ordnance Corps

AASC

Australian Army Service Corps

ACC

Army Catering Corps

ACE

Allied Command Europe

AD

Air Defence

ADS

Advanced Dressing Station

AFCENT

Allied Forces Central European Theatre

AG

Adjutant General

AGC

Adjutant Generals Corps

AGRA

Army Group Royal Artillery

AHC

Army Hospital Corps

AIF

Australian Imperial Force

ALC

Army Legal Corps

ALFSEA

Allied Land Forces South East Asia

Amb

Ambulance

AMC

Army Medical Corps

AMF

Australian Military Forces

AMG

Allied Military Government

Ammn

Ammunition

ANZAC

Australia and New Zealand Army Corps

AOC

Army Ordnance Corps

APC

Army Postal Corps

APO

Army Post Office

APTC

Army Physical Training Corps

Armd

Armoured

ARRC

Army Rapid Reaction Corps

Art.

Artillery

Arty.

Artillery

ASC

Army Service Corps

A/tk

Anti-Tank

ATS

Auxilliary Territorial Service

Aust.

Australian

Aux.

Auxilliary

AWAS

Australian Women’s Army Service

AWOL

Absent Without Leave

B

 

BAC

British Ammunition Column

Batt.

Battalion

Bde.

Brigade

BEF

British Expeditionary Force

BFPO

British Forces Post Office

BLU

British Liaison Unit

BMATT

British Military Advisory Training Team

BMH

British Military Hospital

Bn.

Battalion

Brit

British

BRSC

British Rear Support Command

BSM

Battalion Sergeant Major

Btln.

Battalion

Bty.

Battery

C

 

Camb.

Cambridgeshire Regiment

CA Mus

Corps of Army Music

Can.

Canadian

CAR

Canadian Airborne Regiment

CofAS

Corps of Army Schoolmasters

Cav.

Cavalry

CinC

Commander in Chief

CCS

Casualty Clearing Station

Cdn.

Canadian

Cdo.

Commando

CEF

Canadian Expeditionary Force

CER

Canadian Engineer Regiment

CF

Canadian Forces

CFB

Canadian Forces Base

CG

Coldstream Guards

CGds

Coldstream Guards

CMGC

Canadian Machine Gun Corps

CMBG

Canadian Mechanised Brigade Group

CMP

Corps of Military Police

CMR

Canadian Mounted Rifles

CO

Commanding Officer

Co.

Company

CofE

Church of England

Col.

Column

Cos.

Companies

Coy.

Company

CQMS

Company Quartermaster Sergeant

CRS

Company Sergeant Major

CRT

Canadian Railway Troops

CS

Close Support

CSP

Convoy Stopping Point

CSS

Combat Support Services

CW

Chemical Warfare

Cyc.

Cyclist

D

 

DADMS

Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services

DADPM

Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal

DADS&T

Deputy Assistant Director of Supply and Transport

DDMS

Deputy Director of Medical Services

DDS&T

Deputy Director of Supply and Transport

Dixies

Mess Tins

DAM

Divisional Ammunition Column

Def.

Defence

Dist.

District

Div.

Division

DND

Department of National Defence

DR

Despatch Rider

E

 

E

East

EME

Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Eng.

Engineers

EOD

Explosive Ordnance Disposal

Essex

Essex Regiment

ESy

East Surrey Regiment

F

 

FA

Field Ambulance

FAP

First Aid Post

FATC

Field Ambulance Training Course

FAU

Field Ambulance Unit

Fd.

Field

FDLs

Forward Defense Lines

FDS

Field Dressing Station

FF

Frontier Force

FGCD

Field General Court Martial

FMC

Force Mobile Command

Foresters

Sherwood Foresters

FMSVF

Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces

FSR

First Surrey Rifles

FSU

Field Surgical Unit

G

 

G

Garrison

Gds.

Guards

GH

General Hospital

GHQ

General Head Quarters

GO

General Order

GQG

Grand Quartier General (GHQ)

GR

Gurkha Rifles

Griff

News

GSC

General Service Corps

H

 

H.

Howlitzer

HAA

Heavy Ant-Aircraft

HB

Heavy Battery

HD

Home Defence

HE

High Explosive / Horizontal Equivalent

HKVDC

Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps

HKSRA

Hong Kong Singapore Royal Artillery

HM

His/Her Majesty’s

HQ

Head Quarters

Hrs.

Hours

HS

Home Service

HSF

Home Service Force

HT

Horse Transport

Hy.

Heavy

I

 

IA

Indian Army

IAC

Indian Army Corps

IAMC

Indian Army Medical Corps

I Arty

Indian Artillery

IASC

Indian Army Service Corps

IGH

Indian General Hospital

IMD

Indian medical Department

Imp.

Imperial

IMS

Indian Medical Service

INA

Indian National Army

Ind.

Indian

Indep.

Independent

Inf.

Infantry

Int Corps

Intelligence Corps

IOR

Indian Other Rank

ISF

Indian State Forces

ISS

Indian Staging Section

IST

Imperial Service Troops

ITC

Infantry Training Centre

ITF

Indian Territorial Force

IWT

Inland Water Transport

J

 

JAG

Judge Advocate General

JIFC

Japanese- Indian Fifth Column

JLR

Junior Leaders Regiment

JTF

Joint Task Force

L

 

LAA

Light Anti-Aircraft

LAD

Light Air Defence / Light Aid Detachment

LAM

Light Armoured Motor

LofC

Lines of Communication

LCT

Landing Craft, Tank

LF

Land Forces

LFA

Light Field Ambulance

LFC

Land Force Command

LFCA

Land Force Central Area

LFWA

Land Force theystern Area

LH

Light Horse

LI

Light Infantry

Lrs

Lancers

LST

Landing Ship, Tank

Lt.

Light

M

 

MAC

Motor Ambulance Convoy / Motor Ambulance Company

MAC

Motor Ambulance Section

M/C

Motor Cycle

MDS

Main Dressing Station

Med.

Medium

MFO

Multinational Force and Observers

MFTU

Malaria Forward Treatment Unit

MG

Machine Gun

MGC

Machine Gun Corps

MI

Mounted Infantry

Mil.

Military

MI Room

Medical Inspection Room

MMG

Motor Machine Gun

MO

Medical Officer

Mob.

Mobile

MoD

Ministery of Defence

Mot.

Motor

MP

Militery Police

MR

Mounted Rifles

MS

Master Sergeant / Mile Stone

MSM

Mechanical Sergeant Major

MSO

Mixed Services Organisation

MT

Motor Transport

Mtd.

Mounted

Mtn.

Mountain

MTO

Motor Transport Officer

MU

Medical Unit

MxR

Middlesex Regiment

N

 

N

North

NAAFI

Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes

NCC

Non Combattant Corps

NCO

Non- Commissioned Officer

NF

Northumberland Fusiliers

Norf.

Royal Norfolk Regiment

O

 

OC

Officer Commanding

OCTU

Officer Cadet Training Unit

OD

Officer of the Day

OP

Observation Post

OR

Other Ranks

Ord.

Ordnance

OTC

Officer Training Corps

P

 

Para

Parachute Regiment

PFF

Punjab Frontier Force

PIF

Punjab Irregular Force

Pk.

Park

Pl.

Platoon

PM

Provost Marshal

Pnr.

Pioneer

POW

Prisoner of War

PP

Petrol Point

PR

Public Relations

Pro

Provost

PTC

Primary Training Centre

PX

Post Exchange

R

 

R

Royal

RA

Royal Artillery

RAA

Royal Australian Artillery

RAAF

Royal Australian Air Force

RAAMC

Royal Australian Army Medical Corps

RAC

Royal Armoured Corps

RAChD

Royal Army Chaplin Depatment

RAE

Royal Australian Engineers

RADC

Royal Army Dental Corps

RAEC

Royal Army Educational Corps

RAF

Royal Air Force

RAMC

Royal Army Medical Corps

RAOC

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

RAPC

Royal Army Pay Corps

RAPW

Repatriation of Allied Prisoners of War

RAPWI

Repatriation of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees

RASC

Royal Army Service Corps

RB

Rifle Brigade

RC

Roman Catholic

RCA

Royal Canadian Artillery

RCAC

Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

RCT

Royal Corps of Transport

RE

Corps of Royal Engineers

Recce.

Reconnaissance

Recce

Reconnaissance Corps

Regt.

Regiment

REME

Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

RFA

Royal Field Artillery

RFC

Royal Flying Corps

Rgt.

Regiment

RHKR(V)

Royal Hong Kong Regiment (Volunteers)

RHU

Reserve Holding Unit

RIA

Royal Indian Artillery

RIAMC

Royal Indian Army Medical Corps

Rif.

Rifles

RM

Royal Marines

RMA

Royal Marine Artillery

RMC

Royal Military College

RMO

Regimental Medical Officer

RN

Royal Navy

RO

Routine Order

RSA

Royal School of Artillery

RSM

Regimental Sergeant Major

RSME

Royal School of Military Engineering

RSP

Road Staging Post

S

 

S

South / Scottish

SAS

Special Air Service

SASR

Special Air Service Regiment

SB

Siege Battery

SCHAEF

Special Command Allied Expeditionary Force

Scrounge

Pilfer

SEAC

South East Asia Command

Sec.

Section

SHAEF

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force

SHAPE

Special Headquarters Allied Potheyrs Europe

Sigs.

Signals

S/L

Search Light

Sp

Support

SR

Special Reserve

Sqdn.

Squadron

Sqn.

Squadron

SS

Special Service

SSG

Special Service Group

SSVF

Straits Settlements Volunteer Forces

S&T

Supply and Transport

Suff

Suffolk

Surr

Surrey

T

 

T

Territorial / Territorials

TA

Territorial Army

TCP

Traffic Control Point

TF

Territorial Force

TkC

Tank Corps

TM

Trench Motar

TO

Transport Officer

Tommies

English soldiers

Tp

Troop

TR

Training Reserve

U

 

UFMSVF

Un-Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces

UK

United Kingdom

UKLF

United Kingdom Land Forces

V

 

V

Volunteer / Volunteers

W

 

W

theyst

WD

War Department

they

War Establishment

WO

Warrant Officer

WO

War Office

WRAC

Woman’s Royal Army Corps

 

 

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