| Abreviation |
Meaning |
|
| 2i/c |
Second-in-Command |
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| 7 Hamps. |
7th Battalion Hampshire Regiment |
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| A/ |
Acting |
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| A/C |
Air Command |
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| a/Tk. |
Anti-Tank |
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| Adjt. |
Adjutant |
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| Arty |
Artillery |
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| Bde. |
Brigade |
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| B.E.F. |
British Expeditionary Force |
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| B.H.Q. |
Battalion Headquarters |
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| bldgs |
buildings |
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| Boches |
Germans |
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| Br. |
British |
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| Capt. |
Captain |
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| C.C.S. |
Casualty Clearing Station |
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| Chinese Party |
Fire plan activity intended to expose enemy M.G. positions |
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| Civvies or Civs |
Civilians |
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| C.M. |
Court Martial |
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| Cnd |
Canadian |
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| C.O. |
Commanding Officer |
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| Col. |
Colonel |
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| Comd |
Command |
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| Conc. |
Concentration (area) |
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| Coy |
Company |
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| Cpl. |
Corporal |
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| C.S.M. |
Company Sergeant Major |
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| d/d |
day by day |
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| D. of W. |
Duration of Service or Died of Wounds |
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| D.C.L.I. |
Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry |
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| Deproof |
De-waterproof vehicles |
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| Div |
Division |
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| D.P. |
Displaced Person |
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| D.R. |
Despatch Rider |
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| D.S.O. |
Distinguished Service Order |
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| DUKW |
Duplex-Drive Amphibious Truck (commonly know as “Duck”) |
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| E. Yorks R. |
East Yorkshire Regiment |
|
| Embussed |
To put troops on vehicle transport |
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| E.N.S.A. |
Entertainments National Service Association |
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| FUP |
Forming Up Point |
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| Gp. |
Group |
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| H hour |
Scheduled time for start of an operation or action |
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| H.E. |
High Explosive |
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| H.L.I. |
Highland Light Infantry |
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| H.Q. |
Headquarters |
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| hrs. |
hours |
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| “I” |
Intelligence |
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| Inst. |
Instruction |
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| I.O. |
Intelligence Officer |
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| Kangaroos |
Turret-less tank used as a troop carrier |
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| K.I.A. |
Killed in Action |
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| K.O’d. |
Knocked Out |
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| K.O.S.B. |
Kings Own Scottish Borderers |
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| K.R.R. |
Kings Royal Rifles |
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| K.R.R.C. |
Kings Royal Rifles Corps |
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| L.C.A. |
Landing Craft Assault |
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| L of C |
Lines of Communications |
|
| L.C.I. |
Landing Craft Infantry |
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| L. Div. |
Lowland Division |
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| Lewis Gun |
Automatic Machine Gun (American design) |
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| L.I. |
Light Infantry |
|
| LK |
Location (Area) |
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| L.M.G. |
Light Machine Gun |
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| Lt. |
Lieutenant |
|
| Lt.-Col. |
Lieutenant-Colonel |
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| Lt. Inf. |
Light Infantry |
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| Mad Minute |
All artillery, mortars and small arms, fire for 1 minute. |
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| Maj. |
Major |
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| M.C. |
Military Cross |
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| M.G. |
Machine Gun |
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| M.I.D. or mid |
Mentioned-in-Despatches |
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| M.M. |
Military Medal |
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| M.M.G. |
Medium Machine Gun |
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| M.O. |
Medical Officer |
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| M.T. |
Motor Transport |
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| M.T.O. |
Motor Transport Officer |
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| N.E. |
North East |
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| Nebelwerfer |
German multiple rocket launcher (nickname "Moaning Minnie") |
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| N.C.O. |
Non Commissioned Officer (i.e. Sergeant) |
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| O.C. |
Officer Commanding |
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| Offr |
Officer |
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| “O” Group |
Orders Group meeting |
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| Op |
Operation |
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| O.P. (or op) |
Observation Post |
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| O.R’s. (or O.Rs.) |
Other ranks |
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| pdr |
pounder (normally used referring to a 6 Pounder or 25 Pounder Gun) |
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| Petard |
Explosive device used to break down a gate or wall |
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| PIAT |
Projector Infantry Anti-Tank (hand-held anti-tank weapon) |
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| Pl |
Platoon |
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| pls (or Pls) |
Platoons |
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| Pnr |
Pioneer |
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| P.R.I. |
President of the Regiment Institute |
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| P.T.C. |
Primary Training Centre |
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| Q.M. |
Quartermaster |
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| R |
Regiment |
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| “R” or Recce |
Reconnaissance |
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| rd |
Road |
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| rds |
rounds (usually refer to mortar rounds) |
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| R.E. |
Royal Engineers |
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| R.V. |
Rendezvous |
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| P.O.W. |
Prisoner of War |
|
| posns |
positions |
|
| P.W. or P’s.W. |
Prisoner of War |
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| R.A. |
Royal Artillery |
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| R.A.M.C. |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
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| R.A.P. |
Regimental Aid Post (Medical) |
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| R.E. |
Royal Engineers |
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| Ps. W. |
Prisoners of War |
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| Pz |
Panzer |
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| “R” Group |
Reconnaissance Group |
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| RHU |
Regiment Holding Unit |
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| rly junc. |
Railway Junction |
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| R.S.F. |
Royal Scottish Fusiliers |
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| R.S.M. |
Regimental Sergeant Major |
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| S.B.'s |
Stretcher-Bearers |
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| Spandau |
German Machine Gun (MG34 or MG42 machine-gun) |
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| S.E. |
South East |
|
| Sjt. |
Sergeant |
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| slits |
Slit Trenches |
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| S.L. |
Start-Line (starting position for an attack or advance) |
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| Som. L.I. |
Somerset Light Infantry |
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| S.O.S. |
Struck Off Strength |
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| Sp |
Support (usually refers to Support Company) |
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| S.P. |
Self Propelled (gun) |
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| Stonk or Stonking |
Military slang for a concentrated artillery bombardment |
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| S.S. |
Schutzstaffel (Literally Protection Force or Defence Squad) |
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| S. Sas. Regt. |
The South Saskatchewan Regiment |
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| T/ |
Temporary |
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| Tac |
Tactical |
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| T.C. |
Transport Control |
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| T.C.V. |
Troop Carrying Vehicles |
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| TEWT |
Tactical Exercise Without Troops |
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| TK |
Tank or Tanks |
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| T.O.S. |
Taken On Strength |
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| tps (or tp) |
troops (troop) |
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| Tpt or tpt |
Transport |
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| Typhoons |
British single-seat fighter aircraft (Hawker Typhoon) |
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| VE |
Victory in Europe |
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| Wilts |
Wiltshire |
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| W.O. |
Warrant Officer (i.e. Regimental Sergeant Major) |
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| Worc or Worc R. |
Worcestershire Regiment |
|
| WS |
War Substantive rank |
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| X rds |
Cross Roads |
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