I've been working on a webpage of Commonwealth/Canadian Military abbreviations and acronyms. Many thanks goes out to various military forums. This is a living document so if there are any corrections or additions to be made, please let me know... Canadian & Commonwealth Military Abbreviations and Acronyms
I've been working on a webpage of Commonwealth/Canadian Military abbreviations and acronyms. Wow, there is a lot of work in there. Abb's are a bane of my life.
Blimey Gaudet, that looks like a heck of a piece of work, and seriously useful too. Well done that man. (If you'd like, feel free to post the list in full here) Cheers, Adam.
Thanks Von Poop... I am actually tracking hits on the website so I am trying to keep them contained. I will also be making updates to the list over the next few weeks. The list continued to grow and I figured I should at least share it.
List of WW2 abbreviations from the National Archives. The following article was originally one of a set of memoranda available only on paper in The National Archives' reading rooms. It may have been compiled many years ago and could be out of date. It was designed to act as a signpost to records of interest on a particular historical subject. Please feel free to add any appropriate information and update the following details. Second World War Diaries Abbreviations - Your Archives Cheers, Adam. As It's a Wiki style open-edit document I've taken the liberty of including it in it's entirety here in case it ever disappears: The format was becoming oversize so I've uploaded the list as a word document View attachment military abbreviations.doc (not currently up to date!) 107 (etc) RAC Regiments, Royal Armoured Corps 10H 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) 11H 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) 12L 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) 13/18H 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) 14/20H 14th/20th King's Hussars 15/19H 15th/19th King's Royal Hussars 16/5L 16th/5th Lancers 17/21L 17th/21st Lancers 1b Pound(s) 2 sub Second Subaltern 22 DGNS 22nd Dragoons 23H 23rd Hussars 24L 24th Lancers 25 DGNS 25th Dragoons 27L 27th Lancers 2IC Second in command 3 DG 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales Dragoon Guards) 3H 3rd King's Own Hussars 4/7 DG 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards 48(etc) R TKS - Battalions, Royal Tank Regiment 48(etc) RECCE REGT Regiments Reconnaissance Corps 4H 4th Queen's Own Hussars 5DG 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards 7H 7th Queen's Own Hussars 8H 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars 9L 9th Queen's Royal Lancers A & SH Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) A per Anti-personnel AA Anti-aircraft or Army Act AA Army Act or anti-aircraft AAC Army Air Corps AAD Advance ammunition dept AAI - Allied Armies Italy. AB Army book ABCA Army Bureau of Currrent Affairs ACK Acknowledge ACC Army Catering Corps accn Accommodation ACG Army Chaplain General ACI Army Council Instruction ack Acknowledge, acknowledged or acknowledgment ACV Armoured command vehicle AD CORPS Army Dental Corps ADC Aide de Campe addrsd Addressed ADGB Air Defence of Great Britain adjt Adjutant adm Administration or administrative ADS Advanced dressing station adv Advance or advanced AEAF Allied Expeditionary Air Force AEC Army Educational Corps AF Army form AFHQ Allied Forces Headquarters AFV Armoured fighting vehicle(s) AG Adjutant General AG Anti-gas AGRA Army Group, Royal Artillery AGRE Army Group, Royal Engineers AHQ Army Headquarters (India) airtps Airborne troops AL sec Air liaison section ALFSEA Allied Land Forces South East Asia ALG Advanced landing ground ALO Air liaison officer amb Ambulance AMGOT Allied Military Government of Occupied Territories amn Ammunition AMQ Assistant Quartermaster General annx Annexure AO Army Order AOC Air Officer commanding AOD Advanced ordnance depot AP Ammunition point or armour piercing AP Armour piercing or ammunition point APIS Army photographic interpretation section APO Army post office approx Approximately or approximate appx Appendix APS Army Postal Service APTC Army Physical Training Corps ARG Armoured replacement group ARH Ammunition railhead armd Armoured armd C Armoured car ARO Army routine order ARP Air raid precautions or ammunition refilling point ARP Ammunition refilling point or air raid precautions art wks coy Artizan works company arty Artillery arty R Artillery reconnaissance ASD Ammunition sub-depot aslt Assault ASSU Air support signal unit AT Animal transport ATC Air Training Corps ATI Army Training Instruction Atk Anti-tank ATM Army Training Memorandum Atps Army Troops ATS Auxiliary Territorial Service att Attach, attached or attachment Aust Australia or Australian aux Auxiliary or auxiliaries AVRE Assault vehicle, Royal Engineers AWD Advanced workshop detachment B sup airfd Base supply airfield B wksp Base workshop BAD Base ammunition depot BAOR British Army of the Rhine BAYS Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) BBP Bulk breaking point BC Battery commander BD Base depot or bomb disposal BD Bomb disposal or base depot bde Brigade bdr Bombardier bdy Boundary BED HERTS Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment BEF British Expeditionary Force BGS Brigadier General Staff BMA Beach maintenance area BMM British Military Mission bn Battalion BOD Base ordnance depot bomrep Bombing report BORDER Border Regiment BOWO Brigade Ordnance Warrant Officer BQMS Battery quarter-master-serjeant br Bridge or bridging BRA Brigadier Royal Artillery BRAC Brigadier Royal Artillery (Canada) BRECKNOCK Brecknockshire Battalion, South Wales Borderers (TA) Brit British BSD Base supply depot BSM Battery-serjeant-major bty Battery BU Bath unit BUCKS Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckingham BUFFS Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) BW Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) C comd Chief Commander C contr Chief Controller C tps Corps troops CA Civil affairs or coast artillery CA Coast artillery or civil affairs cam Camouflage or camouflaged CAMBS Cambridgeshire Regiment (TA) CAMERONIANS Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) CAMERONS Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders capt Captain cas Casualty (ies) CAS Chief of the Air Staff cav Cavalry CB Confinement to barracks or counter-battery CB Counter-battery or confinement to barracks CBO Counter-battery officer CCHA Corps Commander Heay Artillery CCMA Corps Commander Medium Artillery CCP Casualty collecting post CCRA Corps Commander Royal Artillery CCRE Corps Commander, Royal Engineers CCRS / CCRSigs Corp Commander Royal Signals CCS Casualty clearing station CD Coast defence Cda Canada CDI Command driver increment Cdn Canadian cdo Commando CF Chaplain to the forces cfn Craftsman or craftsmen CGS Chief of the General Staff chem Chemical CHESHIRE Cheshire Regiment CID Committee of Imperial Defence CIGS Chief of the Iperial General Staff C-in-C Commander-in-Chief civ Civil or civilian CL Centre line CMF Central Mediterranean Force CMO Chief Medical Officer CMP Corps of Military Police CO Commanding officer col Colonel COLDM GDS Coldstream Guards Coln Column comd Command, commanded, commandant or commander comn Communication comp Composite con R Contact reconnaissance conc Concentrate, concentrated or concentration constr Construct, constructed or construction Contr Controller COO Chief ordnance officer coord Co-ordinate, co-ordinated, co-ordinating or co-ordination COS Chief of Staff COSSAC Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commander coy Company cpl Corporal CQMS Company quarter-master-serjeant CRA Commander Royal Artillery CRE Commander Royal Engineers CS Close support CSM Company serjeant-major CSO Chief Staff Officer CTC - Combined Training Centre CV Command vehicle CW Chemical warfare cwt Hundredweight(s) DAAG Deputy Assistant Adjutant General DAAQMG Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General DADMS Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services DADOS Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services DADQ Deputy Assistant Director of Quartering DADST Deputy Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport DAG Deputy Adjutant General DAQMG Deputy Assistant and Quartermaster General DAQMG Deputy Assistant Director of Quartering DCIGS Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff DCLI Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry DDME Deputy Director of Mechanical Engineering DDMI Deputy Director of Military Intelligence DDMO Deputy Director of Military operations DDMS Deputy Director of Medical Services DDMT Deputy Director of Military Training DDST Deputy Director of Supplies and Transport decn Decontamination def Defend, defended, defence or defensive del Deliver, delivered or delivery dep Depot DERBY YEO Derbyshire Yeomanry (TA) derv fuel Diesel engined road vehicle fuel det Detach, detached or detachment DEVON Devonshire Regiment DF Defensive fire or direction finding DF Direction finding or defensive fire DFC Distinguished Flying Cross DID Detail issue depot disP Disposal point dist District div Division or divisional DLI Durham Light Infantry DME Director of Military Engineering DMI Director of Military Intelligence DMO Director of Military Operations DMS Director of Medical Services DMT Director of Military Training DOE - Duration of emergency DORSET Dorsetshire Regiment DP Delivery point DQMG Deputy Quartermaster General DR Despatch rider or motor-cyclist DR Motor-cyclist or despatch rider DRLS Despatch rider letter service DS Dressing station DSM Distinguished Service medal DST Director of Supplies and Transport dvr Driver DWR Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) DZ Dropping zone E LAN R East Lancashire Regiment E RIDING YEO East Riding Yeomanry (TA) E YORKS East Yorkshire Regiment (Duke or York's Own) EA East Africa, East African or enemy aircraft ech Echelon EF Expeditionary force eg For example EME Electrical mechanical engineer emp Employ, employed or employment engr Engineer ENSA Entertainment National Services Association eqpt Equipment ESO Embarkation staff officer ESSEX Essex Regiment est Establish, established or establishment etc And so on or and the rest evac Evacuate, evacuated or evacuation excl Exclude, excluded, excluding or exclusive F sp Flash spotting FBE Folding boat equipment fd bchy Field butchery and cold storage depot fd bky Field bakery fd Field FDL Ford ward defended locality FDS Field dressing station FF Field force or fire fighting FF Fire fighting or field force FF YEO Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (TA) FGCM Field general court-martial fit Flight FMA Forward maintenance area fmn Formation FOO Forward Observation Officer FORESTERS Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire freq Frequency FS Field service or field security FSPB Field service pocket book FSS Fixed signal service FSU Field surgical unit ft Foot or feet FTU Field transfusion unit FUP Forming up place fus Fusilier(s) fwd Forward or forwarded gal Gallon GCM General court-martial gd Guard gdsm Guardsman or guardsmen gdsn Guardsman or guardsmen gen General GHQ General Headquarters GLAS H Glasgow Highlanders (TA) GLIDER P REGT Glider Pilot Regiment GLOSTERS Gloucestershire Regiment gnr Gunner GOC General Officer Commanding GOC-in-C General Officer Commanding-in-Chief GORDONS Gordons Highlanders gp Group GREEN HOWARDS Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales Own GREN GDS Grenadier Guards GREYS Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) grn Garrison GRO General routine order GS General service or general staff GSC General Service Corps GSO General Staff Officer GSO General staff officer (with Arabic or Roman enumeration appended to show grade) GT coy General transport company HAA Heavy Anti-Aircraft HALLAMSHallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment (TA) HAMPS Hampshire Regiment HD Home Defence or horse drawn HD Horse drawn or home defence HE High explosive HEREFORD Herefordshire Regiment (TA) HERTS Hertfordshire Regiment (TA) HF Harrassing fire or high frequency HF High frequency or harrassing fire HG Home Guard HIGHLAND R Highland Regiment HLI Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) hosp Hospital how Hozitzer HP High power or horse power HP Horse power or high power HQ Headquarter(s) hr Hour HT High tension or horsed transport HT Horsed transport or high tension hy Heavy hyg Hygiene IA Indian Army IA Indian Army IAC Indian Armoured Corps IAMC Indian Army Medical Corps IC In charge or internal combustion IC Internal combustion or in charge of IDC Imperial Defence College ie Namely or that is to say ie That is to say or namely IEF Indian Expeditionary Force IG Irish Guards IMS Indian Medical Service in inch incl Include, included, including or inclusive Ind India or Indian indep Independent inf Infantry infm Inform, informed or information INNISKS Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers INNS OF COURT Inns of Court Regiment instr Instruct, instructed, instruction or instructor INT CORPS Intelligence Corps int Intelligence intercomm Intercommunication IO Intelligence officer IOO Inspecting ordnance officer IS Internal security It Lieutenant or light It Light or lieutenant IWT Inland water transport J comd Junior Commander junc Junction KAR King's African Rifles KDG 1st King's Dragoon Guards KENSINGTONS Kensington Regiment (TA) KINGS King's Regiment (Liverpool) KING'S OWN King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) KOSB King's Own Scottish Borderers KOYLI King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry KRRC King's Royal Rifle Corps KSLI King's Shropshire Light Infantry L bdr Lance-bombardier L cpl Lance corporal L of C Line, or lines of communication L sjt Lance serjeant LAA Light Anti-Aircraft lab Laboratory or labour LAD Light aid detachment Ldg Landing LEICESTERS Leicestershire Regiment LF Lancashire Fusiliers LG Life Guards LINCOLNS Lincolnshire Regiment LIR London Irish Rifles (TA) LIVPL SCOT Liverpool Scottish (TA) LMG Light machine gun LO Liaison officer LOND SCOT London Scottish (TA) lor Lorried or lorryborne lor Lorryborne or lorried LOTHIANS Lothians and Border Yeomanry (TA) LOVATS Lovat Scouts (TA) LOWLAND RLowland Regiment LOYALS Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) LT Line telegraphy or low tension LT Low tension or line telegraphy LZ Landing zone MA Military assistant or Military Attache MAC Motor ambulance convoy mag Magazine or magnetic mag Magnetic or magazine maint Maintain, maintained or maintenance maj Major MANCH Manchester Regiment MC Military Cross MC Motor-cycle or movement control MC Movement control or motor-cycle mech Mechanic, mechanical or mechanized med Medium or medical MEF Middle East Force MELF Middle East Land Forces met Meteorological or meteorology MFO Military forwarding officer MFPS Mobile field photographic section MG Machine gun MGA Major General in charge of Administration MGGS Major General - General Staff MGO Master General of the Ordinance mi2h Miles in two hours mih Miles in the hour mil Military min Minute mk Mark MLBU Mobile laundry and bath unit MMG Medium machine gun MO Medical officer mob Mobile or mobilization MON Monmouthshire Regiment (TA) mot Motor or motorized mov Movement MP Meeting point or military police MP Military police or meeting point mph Miles per hour MPSC Military Provost Staff Corps msg Message MT Mechanical transport mtd Mounted mtn Mountain MTP Military Training Pamphlet MX Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) N STAFFS North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) N YEO Northamptonshire Yeomanry NAAFI Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (sacrilege to leave this out) NCC Non-Combatant Corps NCO Non-commissioned officer NF Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Nfld Newfoundland NIH North Irish Horse NORFOLK Royal Norfolk Regiment NORTHAMPTONS Northamptonshire Regiment NOTTS YEO Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (TA) NZ New Zealand OBD Ordnance Beach detachment OC Officer commanding OCTU Officer Cadet Training Unit offr Officer OIC Officer-in-charge (of) OO Operation order or ordnance officer OP-Ack Observation Post Assistant. OP Observation post op Operate, operated, operation, operational or operator OR Other rank(s) ord Ordnance org Organize, organized or organization OXF BUCKS Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry oz Ounce(s) PAD Passive air defence para Parachute or pargraph para Paragraph or parachute- more usually pct -parachutist or parachute Para Paratrooper PARA REGT Parachute Regiment pet Petrol Ph Photograph or photographic ph R Photographic reconnaissance photogrid Gridded vertical air photograph photogrid Photograph, vertical air, gridded photogrod Vertical air photograph, gridded Pk Park pl Platoon PM Provost marshal PMA Personal Military Assistant pmr Paymaster Pnr Corps Pioneer Corps pnr Pioneer PO Post Office POL Petrol, oil and lubricants posn Position POW Prisoner of War PP Petrol point pr Pounder PRH Petrol railhead pro Provost PRP Petrol refilling point pt Point pte Private PW Prisoner(s) of war QAIMNS Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service QM Quarter-master QMG Quartermaster General QMS Quarter-master-serjeant QUEENS Queens Royal Regiment (West S Surrey) R and O Railhead or roadhead, supply officer R and O Roadhead or railhead, supply officer R BERKS Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) R IR F Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) R Sigs Royal Corps of Signals R SUSSEX Royal Sussex Regiment R TKS - Royal Tank Regiment R WILTS YEO Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (TA) RA Royal Regiment of Artillery RAC Royal Armoured Corps RAChD Royal Army Chaplains' Department RADC Royal Army Dental Corps RAMC Royal Army Medical Corps RAOC Royal Army Ordnance Corps RAP Regimental aid post RAPC Royal Army Pay Corps RARO Regular Army Reserve of officers RASC Royal Army Service Corps RAVC Royal Army Veterinary Corps RB Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) rd Road RDI Relief driver increment RE Corps of Royal Engineers rec Recover, recovered or recovery recce Reconnaissance or reconnoitre Ref reference reg Regulate, regulated, regulating or regulation Regiment Regiment) regt Regiment or regimental REME Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers rep Represent, represented or representative res Reserve(s) RF Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) rfn Rifleman or riflemen rft HU Reinforcement holding unit rft Reinforcement rft SU Reinforcement sub-units RGA Royal Garrison of Artillery RGH Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (TA) RH Railhead RHA Royal Horse Artillery RHG Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) RHMA Railhead or roadhead, maintenance area RHMA Roadhead or railhead, maintenance area rly Railway RMA Rear maintenance area RMA Royal Military Accademy RMC Royal Military College (Sandhurst) RN Royal Navy RO Routine order ROO Railhead or roadhead, ordnance officer ROO Roadhead or railhead, ordnance officer ROYALS 1st Royal Dragoons RP Refilling point, regimental police or Rules of Procedure RP Regimental police, refilling point or Rules of Procedure RP Rules of Procedure, refilling point or regimental police rpg(pm) Rounds per gun (per minute) rptd Repeated RQMS Regimental quarter-master-serjeant RS Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) RSD Returned stores depot RSF Royal Scots Fusiliers RSM Regimental serjeant-major RT Radio – telephony RTO - Railway traffic order RTU - Returned to unit RUR - Royal Ulster Rifles RV Rendezvous RW Royal Warrant for Pay and Promotion RWF Royal Welch Fusiliers RWK Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment S comd Senior Commander or Southern Command (more usually SComd) S contr Senior Controller S LAN R South Lancs Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers) S rg Sound ranging S sjt Staff serjeant S STAFFORDS South Staffordshire Regiment S sup O Senior supply officer SA Small arms, South Africa or South African SA South Africa, South African or small arms SAA Small arms ammunition Sab Saboteur sal Salvage or salvaged SAS REGT Special Air Service Regiment SASC Small Arms School Corps SB Stretcher bearer SBG Small box girder SBS Special Boat Section Special Boat Service Special Boat Service SDP Supply dropping point SEAC South east Asia Command SEAFORTH Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs The Duke of Albany's) SEALF South East Asia Land Forces sec Second or section sec Section or second SG Scots Guards sgt Sergeant SHAEF Supreme Headquarters - Allied Expeditionary Force SHAPE Supreme Headquarters - Allied Powers Europe SHARPSHOOTERS County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) (TA) shelrep Shelling report sig Signal sigmn Signalman or signalmen sitrep Situation report sjt Serjeant SL Searchlight or start line SL Start line or searchlight SLA Supply loading airfield SLP Supply landing point SMC Sten machine carbine SME School of Military Training SMO Senior medical officer SO Staff officer SOM LI Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) SOS - Signed on strength (always followed by date) SP Self-propelled or starting point SP Starting point or self-propelled sp Support or supported spr Sapper SQMS Staff or squadron quarter-master-serjeant sqn Squadron SRH Supply railhead SRO Supplementary Reserve of Officers SSM Staff or squadron serjeant-major sta Station STAFFS YEO Staffordshire Yeomanry (TA) stereo Stereoscope or stereoscopic stn Station str Seater or strength str Strength or seater strat R Strategical reconnaissance Sub Subaltern SUFFOLKSuffolk Regiment Sup P Supply point sup Supply or supplied SURREYS East Surrey Regiment svy Survey SWB South Wales Borderers swbd Switchboard TA Territorial Army tac R Tactical reconnaissance TANS Territorial Army Nursing Service TC Traffic control tcl Tentacle TCV Troop carrying vehicle tech Technical tele Telephone Tfc Traffic TFD – Transferred tg Telegraph or telegraphic tk Tank TMC Thompson machine carbine tn Transportation TO Transport Officer (only when used with bde, bn, etc) TOS - Taken off strength (as above) TP Traffic post tp Troop tpr Trooper tpt Transport tptd Transported tptr Transporter trg Training TYNE SCOT Tyneside Scottish (TA) UK United Kingdom UM Urgent memorandum US – Unservicable USA United States of America UXB Unexploded bomb(s) VC Victoria Cross VCIGS Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff veh Vehicle vet Veterinary VP Vulnerable point VQMG Vice Quartermaster General VRD Vehicle reserve depot vs Visual signalling vtm Vehicles to the mile W DGNS 2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons) (TA) W YORKS West Yorks Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) WA West Africa or West African WARWICK Royal Warwickshire Regiment WARWICK YEO Warwickshire Yeomanry (TA) WE War establishment wef - With effect from WELCH Welch Regiment WG Welsh Guards wh Wheel or wheeled WILTS Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's) wksp Workshop WL Wagon Line WO War Office WO Warrant Officer WORC R Worcestershire Regiment WP Water Point wpfg Waterproofing wrls Wireless WS War substantive, warlike stores or wireless set WS Warlike stores, war substantive or wireless set WS Wireless set, war substantive or warlike stores WT Weapon training or wireless telegraphy WT Wireless telegraphy or weapon training WWCP Walking wounded collecting post X rds Cross roads Y&L York and Lancaster Regiment yd Yard YORKS H Yorkshire Hussars (TA) YR Yorkshire Regiment)
Thank you Adam for posting material which I will find most useful during my uncoming visit to the UK - printed all 21 pages! Following my speaking engagement at the annual AMPS Conference, in Auburn Indiana it is off to London to stay with my son for about six weeks. His church is near to Westminmster Abbey which is handy for getting to the two war museums - additionally, Kew Gardens is but a hop skip and a jump away. A trip to Northern Ireland for the NIH annual reunion is also on. Cheers, Gerry
Adam & Gerry I was surprised that neither RTU (Return to unit) or US (unserviceable) appeared in the above list . I'm sure there must be many more that we can think of Ron
What is BRAC? As in "Brigadier Curry left the Brigade to go back to the UK , to become BRAC to 1st Canadian Army". page 72 Monty's Marauders by Patrick Delaforce. Is it Brigadier Royal Armoured Corps??
Adam Some more for you, all from my Army Records: SOS Signed on strength (always followed by date) TOS Taken off strength (as above) WEF With effect from DOE Duration of emergency TFD Transferred Ron
A few more to add to the list: ABCA Army Bureau of Currrent Affairs ACG Army Chaplain General ADC Aide de Camp ADGB Air Defence of Great Britain AEAF Allied Expeditionary Air Force AFHQ Allied Forces Headquarters AG Adjutant General AHQ Army Headquarters (India) ALFSEA Allied Land Forces South East Asia AMGOT Allied Military Government of Occupied Territories AMQ Assistant Quartermaster General ATC Air Training Corps BAOR British Army of the Rhine BEF British Expeditionary Force BGS Brigadier General Staff BMM British Military Mission BRA Brigadier Royal Artillery BRAC Brigadier Royal Artillery (Canada) CAS Chief of the Air Staff CCRA Commander, Corps of Royal Artillery CCRE Commander, Corps of Royal Engineers CCRSigs Commander, Corps of Royal Signals CGS Chief of the General Staff CID Committee of Imperial Defence CIGS Chief of the Imperial General Staff C-in-C Commander-in-Chief CMF Central Mediterranean Force CMO Chief Medical Officer COS Chief of Staff COSSAC Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commander CRA Commander Royal Artillery CRE Commander Royal Engineers CSO Chief Staff Officer DAAQMG Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General DAAG Deputy Assistant Adjutant General DAQMG Deputy Assistant and Quartermaster General DADMS Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services DADOS Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services DADQ Deputy Assistant Director of Quartering DADST Deputy Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport DAG Deputy Adjutant General DAQMG Deputy Assistant Director of Quartering DCIGS Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff DDME Deputy Director of Mechanical Engineering DDMI Deputy Director of Military Intelligence DDMO Deputy Director of Military operations DDMS Deputy Director of Medical Services DDMT Deputy Director of Military Training DDST Deputy Director of Supplies and Transport DFC Distinguished Flying Cross DME Director of Military Engineering DMI Director of Military Intelligence DMO Director of Military Operations DMS Director of Medical Services DMT Director of Military Training DQMG Deputy Quartermaster General DSM Distinguished Service medal DST Director of Supplies and Transport ENSA Entertainment National Services Association GOC General Officer Commanding GOC-in-C General Officer Commanding-in-Chief GSO General Staff Officer IA Indian Army IAC Indian Armoured Corps IAMC Indian Army Medical Corps IDC Imperial Defence College IEF Indian Expeditionary Force IMS Indian Medical Service KAR King's African Rifles MC Military Cross MEF Middle East Force MELF Middle East Land Forces MGA Major General in charge of Administration MGGS Major General - General Staff MGO Master General of the Ordinance NAAFI Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (sacrilege to leave this out ) OCTU Officer Cadet Training Unit [OIC should be corrected to O i/c Officer in Charge] PMA Personal Military Assistant POW Prisoner of War QMG Quartermaster General RADC Royal Army Dental Corps RARO Regular Army Reserve of officers RGA Royal Garrison of Artillery RMA Royal Military Accademy RMC Royal Military College (Sandhurst) RN Royal Navy SEAC South East Asia Command SEALF South East Asia Land Forces SHAEF Supreme Headquarters - Allied Expeditionary Force SHAPE Supreme Headquarters - Allied Powers Europe SME School of Military Engineering SRO Supplementary Reserve of Officers VC Victoria Cross VCIGS Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff VQMG Vice Quartermaster General WO War Office Peter G
Thanks Peter, that explains it! BRAC Brigadier Royal Artillery (Canada) Currie was killed in 1944. He was a Gunner. CWGC :: Casualty Details Name:CURRIE, JOHN CECIL Rank:Brigadier Regiment/Service:Royal Artillery Unit Text:Commands and Staff, H.Q. 4th Armd. Bde. Date of Death:26/06/1944 Awards D S O and 2 Bars, M C He came back to Command 4 th Armd Bde in Normandy until his death.
Adam and Co Will you be making this thread high profile? I believe there will be many people accessing these Abbreviations in the future. A great inclusion to the forum site. Regards Tom
It's pinned already, but you may well have a good point there Tom. I'll add a link to the front page that brings people straight here & hopefully it will continue to expand. Edit: - Job done, link to here added to front page (left hand box - 'Military abbreviations)
Some more along the modern lines Armed Forces, Military Abbreviations, Codewords, abbreviations a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h,
Adam Entries seen on the June '44 war diary against the name of an individual in my Dad's unit. To X(II) List - (Admission to Hospital) From X(II) List - (Discharge from Hospital) Robert
Can anyone please tell me what H2 would mean in regards to East yorkshire Yeomanry during the battle of normandy. My grandfather was a despatch rider with ERY (diary posted in Unit Docs). Could it possibly be brigade HQ or similar ? mentioned a couple of time in his diary and has me perplexed. Steve