Useful Abbreviations
A
Acting
Assistant
A.A.
Anti Aircraft
AAC
Army Air Corps
AA COLL
Army Apprentice College
AAHC
Army Auxiliary Horse Company
AA1
Allied Army Italy
A.A.M.C.
Australian Army Medical Corps
AARR
Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment
AAS
Army Apprentices School
AATDC
Army Airborne Transport Development Centre
AATS
Anti Aircraft Training Centre
A.B.
Army Book
Airborne
ABC
Armoured Brigade Company (RASC)
ABOD
Advanced Base Ordnance Depot (India)
ABS
Army Board Secretariat
ABSD
Army Blood Supply Depot (RAMC)
AC
Army Contracts
ACC
Army Catering Corps
Armoured Car Company (RAC)
ACEP
Army Communications Equipment Production
A.C.I.
Army Council Instruction
A.C.D.
Army Chaplain’s Department
ACP
Army Composite Platoon (RASC)
A. CPL OF HORSE Acting Corporal of Horse
A. CYC. CORPS
Army Cyclist Corps
AD
Armoured Division
Air Despatch
Assistant Director
ADC
Aide-de-Camp
A.D.G..M.S.
Assistant Director General of Medical Services
ADMS
Assistant Director Medical Services
ADS
Army Dental Services
ADST
Assistant Director Supply and Transport
ADT
Armoured Division Troops
AE
Army Equipment
AEC
Army Education Corps
Army Educational Company
AEDN
Army Education
AER
Army Emergency Reserve
A.F.
Army Form
AFD
Airborne Forces Depot
AFPD
Army Forms and Publications Depot
AFS
Air Formation Signals
AFV
Armoured Fighting Vehicle
AFW
Army Field Workshops
AG
Adjutant General
A.G.B.
Adjutant Generals Base
AGDU
Army Guard Dog Unit
AGR
Army General Reserve
A.G.R.A.
Army Group Royal Artillery
A. GYM. ST.
AH
A.H.C.
AIG
AIO
AIRLINE COY.
AKC
A/L
A L/CPL.
ALFN
ALS
AMC
AM COL
AMCU
A. MULE DEPOT
A.P.C.
A.P.D.
A.M.C.
A.M.P.C.
A.M.O.
AMS
ANS
A.O.C.
A.O.D.
AORE
AOSR
A.P.C.
A.P.D.
APL
APO
A.P.S.S.
A.P.T.C.
AR
ARMD
ARTY
A.S.C.
ASCB
ASD
A. SGT.
A. & S.H.
AS OF FH
A SURG
AT
ATC
A.T. COY.
A/Tk
ATS
A.V.C.
AVRS
AW
A.W.O.CL.1
Army Gymnastic Staff
Army Health
Army Hospital Corps
Assistant Instructor in Gunnery
Army Intelligence Officer
Airline Company (RE Unit specialising in overhead cables)
Army Kinema Corporation
Air Landing
Acting Lance Corporal
Allied Landing Forces Norway
Army Legal Services
Army Medical Corps
Airdrome Maintenance Company (RE)
Ammunition Column
Anti Malarial Control Unit
Army Mule Depot
Army Pay Corps
Army Pay Department
Army Medical Corps
Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps
Administrative Medical Officer
Army Medical Services
Army Nursing Services
Army Ordnance Corps
Army Ordnance Department
Advanced Ordnance Depot
Army Operational Research Establishment
Army Operational Science and Research
Army Pay Corps
Army Pay Department
Army Pioneers and Labour
Army Post Office
Army Printing and Stationary Services
Army Physical Training Corps
Army Recruiting
Armoured
Artillery
Army Service Corps
Army Selection Centre
Army Sport Control Board
Army Staff Duties
Acting Sergeant
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Army School of Field Hygiene
Army Surgeon
Army Training
Armoured Training Centre
Army Troops Company
Army Troops Company (RE)
Anti Tank
Auxiliary Territorial Service
Army Veterinary Corps
Army Veterinary and Remount Services
Artisan Works (RE)
Acting Warrant Officer Class 1
AWOL
AWRE
AYR, SEO
Absent Without Leave
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment
Ayrshire Yeomanry
BANU
B.A.R.
B.A.F.S.V.
B.A.O.R.
BAPO
BC
BC
BCD
BCOF
BD
BDC
BDE
BDR
BDS
BDSM
BEDF.R
BEDF. YEO.
B.E.F.
BETFOR
BFAP
B.F.B.S.
B.F.E.S.
B.F.N.
BLA
B/M
BM
BN.
BNAF
BOD
BORD.R.
BPTC
B.Q.M.S.
BRC
B.R.C.S.
BRIG.
BRIG.GEN.
BSD
BSM
BTA
BTTN.
BTU
BTY.
BUCKS. YEO.
B.W.I.R.
BR. W.I.R.
British Army News Unit
British Army of the Rhine (post First World War)
British Armed Forces Special Vouchers
British Army of the Rhine (post Second World War)
British Army Post Office (RE)
Battle Casualty
Battery Commander
Biological and Chemical Defence
British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Japan)
Bomb Disposal
Base Depot
Biological Defence
Bomb Disposal Company
Brigade
Bombardier – Royal Artillery rank of Corporal
Bomb Disposal section (RE)
Bandsman
Bedfordshire Regiment
Bedfordshire Yeomanry
British Expeditionary Force
British Element Trieste Force
British Forces Aden Protectorate
British Forces Broadcasting Service
British Families Education Service
British Forces Network
British Liberation Army
Bugle Major
Brigade Major
Battalion
British North Africa Force
Base Ordnance Depot
Border Regiment
Bulk Petrol Transport Company (RASC)
Battery Quarter Master Sergeant
Base Reinforcement Camp
British Red Cross Society
Brigadier (post 1922?)
Brigadier General (pre 1922?)
Base Supply Depot (RASC)
Battery Sergeant Major
British Troops Austria
Battalion
Blood Transfusion Unit (RAMC)
Battery
Buckinghamshire Yeomanry
British West Indies Regiment
British West Indies Regiment
CA
C.A.M.C.
CAMB.R.
Civil Affairs
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Cambridgeshire Regiment
CAMN. HIGHS
CAPT.
CAS
CAV.
CAV.BDE
CBO
CCF
C.C.G. (B.E.)
C.C.S.
CE
CEPO
CFA
CFN
C.F.W.W.
CG
C.GDS
CGS
C.-in-C.
CHES.R
CHES. YEO.
CHT.
CIC
Cameron Highlanders
Captain
Coastal Artillery School
Cavalry
Cavalry Brigade
Counter Battery Officer
Combined Cadet Force
Control Commission Germany (British Element)
Casualty Clearing Station
Chief Engineer (RE)
Civilian Establishment and Pay Officer
Cavalry Field Ambulance
Craftsman (REME rank of Private)
Council of Voluntary War Workers
Chaplain General
Coldstream Guards
Chief of General Staff
Commander in Chief
Cheshire Regiment
Cheshire Yeomanry
Corps of Horse Transport (prefix used in ASC)
Commander in Chief
Cookery Instruction Centre
Civilian Internment Camp
CL YEO
City of London Yeomanry
C.M.A.
Corps of Military Accountants
CMF
Central Mediterranean Force
CMP
Corps of Military Police
CMS (AD)
Civilian Medical Services (Army Department)
CMT.
Mechanical Transport – Old Army ASC prefix
C.O.
Commanding Officer
COD
Central Ordnance Depot
COY.
Company
C. OF A.S.
Corps of Army Schoolmasters
C. OF HRS
Corps of Hussars
COL.
Colonel
C. OF LOND. YEO. City of London Yeomanry
CO OF LOND. YEO. County of London Yeomanry
C. OF LRS
Corps of Lancers
COMD
Command
Commander
COMDT
Commandant
COMSEC
Command Secretary
CONN. RANG.
Connaught Rangers
Cpl.
Corporal
C.Q.M.S.
Company Quarter Master Sergeant
CR
Coast Regiment (RA)
C.R.E.
Command Royal Engineer
CRU
Civil Resettlement Unit
CSDIC
Combined Services Detail Interrogation Centre
CSDU
Central Salvage Depot Unit
CSEU
Combined Services Entertainment Unit
C. SGT.
Colour Sergeant
C.S.M.
Company Sergeant Major
CSR(A)
Chief Superintendent of Ranges (Army)
CT
CTBA
CTBE
CTC
CW
Clothing and Textiles
Ceased to be Attached
Ceased to be Entitled
Cavalry Tank Corps
Chemical Warfare
D&D
D&T
D.A.C.
DADAW
D.A.D.M.S.
DB
Devon and Dorset Regiment
Development and Training
Divisional Ammunition Column
Deputy Assistant Director Army Welfare
Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services
Depot Battalion (RE)
Depot Brigade (RA)
DC
District Commander
DCC
Defence Communications Centre
D.C.L.I.
Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
D.C.M.
Distinguished Conduct Medal
D.C.M.
District Court Martial
D.C.S.
District Censorship Station
D.D.M.S.
Deputy Director of Medical Services
DE
Duration of Emergency
Director of Establishment
DEMS
Defensive Equipped Merchant Ship
DERR
Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment
DENBIGH, YEO.
Denbighshire Yeomanry
DEVON. R.
Devonshire Regiment
D.G. or D. GDS.
Dragoon Guards
DI
Defence Intelligence
DID
Detail Issue Depot (RASC)
DIV.
Division
D.L.I.
Durham Light Infantry
DM.
Driver Mechanical Transport (ASC prefix) – 3
D.M.G.
Deputy Military Governor
DMR.
Drummer
DMS
Driver Mechanic School
DOC
Docks Operating Company (RE)
D OF E
Duration of Engagement
D OF W
Duration of War
DNS.
Dragoons
D. OF CORN.L.I.
Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
D. OF LANCS. O.Y. Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry
DORSET. R.
Dorset Regiment
DORSET. YEO.
Dorset Yeomanry
DPM
Deputy Provost Marshal
DR
Despatch Rider
DSAF
Depot and School Airborne Forces
DSC
Divisional Supply Column
D.S.O.
Distinguished Service Order
DTR
Driver Training Regiment
DURH L.I.
Durham Light Infantry
DVR.
Driver (rank equating to Private)
DW
Duration of war
E&M COY
EAC
Electrical and Mechanical Company (RE)
Equipment Assembly Company (REME)
ECC
ECT
E.E.F.
E.F.C.
EFI
EME(A)
EMS
ENGR
ENSA
ERE
E.R. OF YORK. Y.
ESBD
ESD
ESE
ESSEX R.
ESSEX YEO.
EST
E. SURR. R.
E. YORK. R.
EX. FCE. CAN.
FA.
F. AMB.
F.A.N.Y.
FARELF
F. COY
FDS
FF REGT
F.G.C.M.
FH
FLD. BKY
FOO
FOU
FPKS
FPS
FSS
FUS
FVPE
FVS
FWN.
G.C.
GC COY
G.C.M.
GCR
GDS.
GDSM
G.GDS
GDS. M.G.R.
GEN
GH
GLAM. YEO
Emergency Cooks Course
Emergency Cookery Training
Egyptian Expeditionary Force
Expeditionary Force Canteen (First World War)
Expeditionary Force Institutes
Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (Army)
Emergency Medical Service
Engineers
Entertainment National Service Association
Extra Regimental Employment
East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry
Electrical Stores Base Depot
Engineer Store Base Depot
Engineer Stores Depot
Engineer Stores Establishment
Essex Regiment
Essex Yeomanry
Establishments
East Surrey Regiment
East Yorkshire Regiment
Expeditionary Force Canteen
Field Ambulance
Field Ambulance
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
Far East Land Force
Fortress Company
Field Dressing Station
Forward Delivery Squadron (RAC)
Frontier Force Regiment (India)
Field General Court Martial
Field Hospital
Field Bakery
Forward Observation Officer
Forward Observer Unit (RA)
Field Park Squadron (RE)
Field Park Squadron (RE)
Field Security Section
Fusilier (Rank equating to Private)
Fighting Vehicle Proving Establishment
Fighting Vehicle Section
Forewoman (QMAAC NCO)
George Cross
General Construction Company (RE)
General Court Martial
Gold Coat Regiment
Guards
General Duties Section
Guardsman (Rank equating to Private)
Grenadier Guards
Guards Machine Gun Regiment
General
General Hospital
Glamorgan Yeomanry
GLOUC. R.
G.M.
G.M.P.
Gnr.
G.O.C.
G.O.C.-in-C
GORD. HIGHS.
GORDONS
GP
GRKS.
G.R.O.
G.S.
GSC
GSO
GT COY
GTTB
Gloucestershire Regiment
George Medal
Garrison Military Police
Gunner (Rank equating to Private in Royal Artillery)
General Officer Commanding
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief
Gordon Highlanders
Gordon Highlanders
Group
Gurkhas
General Routine Order
General Service
General Service Corps
General Staff Officer
General Transport Company
General Trades Training Battalions (Royal Signals)
HAA
Heavy Anti Aircraft
H.A.C.
Honourable Artillery Company
H.A.C. ART
Honourable Artillery Company Artillery Section – 3
H.A.C. INF.
Honourable Artillery Company Infantry Section – 3
HAMP. R.
Hampshire Regiment
HAMPS. R.
Hampshire Regiment
HAMPS. YEO.
Hampshire Yeomanry
HAT
Home Ambulance Train (RAMC)
HCBTC
Home Counties Brigade Training Centre
HD
Home Defence
HEREFORD R.
Hereford Regiment
HERT. R.
Hertfordshire Regiment
HERTS. R.
Hertfordshire Regiment
HERTS. YEO.
Hertfordshire Yeomanry
HIGHLAND CYC. BTN. Highland Cyclist Battalion
HIGH. L.I.
Highland Light Infantry
H.K.S.R.G.A.
Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Garrison Artillery
H.K.V.D.C.
Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps
H.L.I.
Highland Light Infantry
HOUSEHOLD BN. Household Battalion
HPS
Home Port Security (Intelligence Corps)
HQ SW
Headquarters Static Workshop (REM)
HRS.
Hussars
Heavy Recovery Section (REME)
HRS(MT)
Heavy Report Shop (Motor Transport) (RAOC)
HS
Holding Strength
Hospital Ship
HSF
Home Service Force
HTR
Heavy Training Regiment (RAC)
HUNTS. CYCLIST
BN.
Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion
I
IACC
IAOC
I/C
ICC
IE
Intelligence
Indian Army Corps of Clerks
Indian Army Ordnance Corps
In charge of
Intelligence Corps Centre
Inspectorate of Establishments
IFCU
IG
I. GDS.
IJLB
INF.
INFY.
INT CORPS
IO
IR. GDS.
ITC
IUL
IWP
I.W.T.
Indian Field Censor Unit (Intelligence Corps)
Instructor in Gunnery
Irish Guards
Infantry Junior Leader Battalion
Infantry
Infantry
Intelligence Corps
Intelligence Officer
Irish Guards
Infantry Training Centre
Indian Unattached List (Officers)
Instruments and Weapons Production
Inland Water Transport
KAR
K.E.H.
K.O.S.B.
K.O. SCOT. BORD.
K.O.Y.L.I.
K.R.R.C.
K.R. RF. C.
KSG
K.S.L.I.
King’s African Rifles
King Edward’s Horse
Kings Own Scottish Borderers
Kings Own Scottish Borderers
Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Korea Services Gratuity
Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
L
LAA
LABOUR C.
LAC
LAD
LANARK. YEO.
LAN. FUS.
L.C.
L. CPL.
L/CPL
LCRS
LDAC
LO
LORD
LDY OP
LEIC. R.
LEIC. YEO.
LEINS R.
L.G.
L. GDS.
LIAP
LIEUT.
LINC. R.
LINC. YEO.
L.I.R.
LMB FA
L.N. LAN. R.
L OF C
LONDON. R.
LOTH & BORD. H.
LOVATS SCTS.
Labour
Light Anti Aircraft
Labour Corps
London Assembly Centre
Light Aid Detachment
Lanarkshire Yeomanry
Lanarkshire Fusiliers
Labour Corps
Lance Corporal
Lance Corporal
Lancers
London District Assembly Centre
Liaison Officer
London District Reception Depot (RAC)
Laundry Operator (RAOC)
Leicestershire Regiment
Leicestershire Yeomanry
Leinster Regiment
Life Guards
Life Guards
Leave in additiont o Python
Lieutenant
Lincolnshire Regiment
Lincolnshire Yeomanry
London Irish Rifles
Lowland Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance (RAMC)
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Line of Communication
London Regiment
Lothian and Border Horse
Lovat’s Scouts
L’POOL. R.
LRDG
LRS
L. SGT.
LSL
LT.
LT. COL.
LTM
LTR
LWOP
Liverpool Regiment
Long Range Desert Group
Lancers
Lance Sergeant
Long Service List
Lieutenant
Lieutenant Colonel
Light Trench Mortar
Long Term Reserve
Leave without Pay
MA
Military Adviser
Military Assistant
Military Attache
Motor Ambulance Company (RAMC)
Military Accounts Department
Major
Manchester Regiment
Mercian Brigade
Mobile Bath Unit (Pioneer Corps)
Military Cross
Movement Control
Motor Cycle
Military Collection Unit
Mobile Defence Company
Motor Driver Company (ATS)
Mechanical Equipment Company
Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
Middle East Land Force
Mechanical Equipment Park Company (RE)
Meteorological
Military Engineering Experimental Establishment
Military Foot Police
Machine Gun Corps
Machine Gun Corps
Machine Gun Corps Cavalry
Machine Gun Training Centre
Master General of the Ordnance
Middlesex Regiment
Military Intelligence Research Section
Mobile Laundry Unit (RAOC)
Military Medal
Motor Machine Gun Corps
Motor Machine Gun Service
Military Mounted Police
Medical Officer
Military Operations
Mobilisation
Ministry of Defence
Movement
Manpower
Military Prison and Detention Barracks
Military Provost Detention Barracks
Military Provost Staff Corps
Monmouthshire Regiment
MAC
M.A.D.
MAJ
MANCH. R.
MB
MBU
M.C.
MCU
MDC
MD COY
ME COY
M.E.F.
MELF
MEP
MET
MEXE
M.F.P.
M.G.C.
M.G. CORPS
M.G.C. CAV.
MG TC
MGO
MIDD’X R.
M.I.R.S.
MLU
M.M.
MMGC
M.M.G.S.
M.M.P.
M.O.
MOB
M.O.D.
MOV
MP
MP&DB
MPDB
M.P.S.C.
MONMOUTH R.
MPFC
MPTC
M.R.
MRA
MRE
MRS
MS
MSD
MSG
MT
MT BN.
MTF
MTO
MTS
MTTD
MWEE
M1
M2
Mobile Petrol Filling Company
Mobile Petrol Transport Company
Mounted Rifles
Maritime Royal Artillery
Microbiological Research Establishment
Medical Reception Station
Mechanical Specials – prefix for Old Army ASC numbers
Main Supply Depot (RAOC)
Maintenance Support Group
Mechanical Transport
Motor Training Battalion
Mauritius Territorial Force
Mechanical Transport Officer
Motor Transport Stores
Motor Transport Training Depot
Mechanical Warfare Experimental Establishment
Prefix for New Army ASC Mechanical Transport numbers
Prefix for ASC Electricians numbers
NAAFI
NAO
N.A.T.O.
NCC
N.C.O.
N.CYC. BN.
NDC
NDS
NEI
NIB
NID
NIM
N. IR.H.
NO
NORF. R.
NORF. YEO
NORTH’D. FUS.
NORTH’D YEO.
NORTH’N R.
NORTH’N. YEO.
N. SOM. YEO.
NSRW
N. STAFF. R.
N.Z.A.M.C.
Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes
Northern Army Group
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
Non Combatant Corps
Non-commissioned officer
Northern Cyclist Battalion
National Defence Company
Northumbria District Signals
Netherlands (Dutch) East Indies
North Irish Brigade
North Irish Depot
North Irish Militia
North Irish Horse
Nursing Orderly
Norfolk Regiment
Norfolk Yeomanry
Northumberland Fusiliers
Northumberland Yeomanry
Northamptonshire Regiment
Northamptonshire Yeomanry
North Somerset Yeomanry
National Service Reserve Wing
North Staffordshire Regiment
New Zealand Army Medical Corps
OAC
O.B.L.I.
O.C.
O.C.A.
O.T.C.
OCTU
OF
OFC
OFP
OIC
OKM
Ordnance Ammunition Company
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Officer Commanding
Old Comrades Association
Officer Training Corps
Officer Cadet Training Unit
Ordnance Factories
Operator Fire Control (RA)
Ordnance Field Park
Officer in Charge
Operator Keyboard and Line (Royal Signals)
OO
OP
OPWC
ORD
OWL
OX. & BUCKS. L.I.
OXF. YEO.
Orderly Officer
Observation Post
overseas Prisoner of War Camp
Ordnance
Operator Wireless and Line
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Oxfordshire Yeomanry
PAIFORCE
PARA REGT
PCC
Persia and Iraq Force
Parachute Regiment
Port Construction Company
Postal and Courier Communications
Pioneer and Civil Labour Unit
Petrol Depot
Proof and Experimental Establishment
Pembrokeshire Yeomanry
Princess Louise’s Kensington Regiment
Pipe Major
Provost Marshal
Paymaster
Practical Map Reading
Permanently Non Effective
Pioneer – WWI RE
Port Operating Company
Prisoner of War
Petrol Park
Parachute Regiment Reserve Battalion
Platoon Sergeant Major
Petrol Stores Platoon
Printing and Stationary Service
Primary Training Corps
Private
Petrol Tin Factory Operating Company (RASC)
Primary Training Wing
Principal Veterinary Officer
PCLU
PD
PEE
PEMBROKE YEO.
PLK
P/M
PM
PMR
PNE
Pnr.
POC
P.O.W.
P PARK
PRRB
PSM
PSP
P. & S.S.
PTC
Pte.
PTFOC
PTW
P.V.O.
Q
Q.A.I.M.N.S.
Q.A.I.M.N.S.(R.)
QARANC
Q.M.
Q.M.A.A.C.
QMG
QMS
Q.O.R. GLASGOW
YEO.
QUEENS S.R.
Quartering
Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service
Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps
Quarter Master
Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Quarter Master General
Quarter Master Sergeant
R
R.A.
RAC
RACHD
RACR
RADC
RAEC
Prefix for Remount Section ASC numbers – 3
Royal Artillery
Royal Armoured Corps
Royal Army Chaplains Department
Royal Armoured Corps Range
Royal Army Dental Corps
Royal Army Education Corps
Queen’s Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry
Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment
R.A.M.C.
RAOC
R.A.P.C.
R.A.S.C.
RATA
RAVC
RBC
R. BERKS. R.
R.C.
Royal Army Medical Corps
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Royal Army Pay Corps
Royal Army Service Corps
Royal Army Temperance Association
Royal Army Veterinary Corps
Reinforcement Base Depot
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Roman Catholic
Reconnaissance Corps
RC COY
Railway Construction Company (RE)
R.C.M.
Regimental Court Martial
RCT
Regimental Corps of Transport
R.D.C.
Royal Defence Corps
RDD
Reception and Discharge Depot
R. DEVON. YEO.
Royal Devon Yeomanry
R.D. FUS.
Royal Dublin Fusiliers
R. DUB. FUS.
Royal Dublin Fusilers
R.E.
Royal Engineers
R.E. KENT YEO.
Royal East Kent Yeomanry
REGT.
Regiment
REME
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
R.F.A.
Royal Field Artillery
R.F.C.
Royal Flying Corps
RFN
Rifleman (Rank equating to Private)
R. FUS.
Royal Fusiliers
R.G.A.
Royal Garrison Artillery
RGBW
Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
RGH
Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
R. GUERNSEY L.I. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry
R.H.A.
Royal Horse Artillery
RHE
Return to Home Establishment
RHF
Royal Highland Fusiliers
R.H.GDS.
Royal Horse Guards
R.H.G.
Royal Horse Guards
R. HIGHRS.
Royal Highlanders (Black Watch)
RHU
Reinforcement Holding Unit
RIF
Royal Irish Fusiliers
RIF. BRIG
Rifle Brigade
R.INNIS. FUS.
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
R.IR.FUS.
Royal Irish Fusiliers
R.IR.REG.
Royal Irish Regiment
R.IR.RIF.
Royal Irish Rifles
R.LANC.R.
Royal Lancaster Regiment
RMAS
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
RMC
Royal Military College
R.M.O.
Regimental Medical Officer
RMP
Royal Military Police
R.MUNS.FUS.
Royal Munster Fusiliers
RMW
Railway Mobile Workshop
R.N. DEVON YEO. Royal North Devon Yeomanry
RO
Recruiting Officer
Retired Officer
ROC
Railway Operating Company
ROD
Railway Operating Division (RE)
ROF
RPC
RQMS
RRF
R.R. OF CAV
RSAF
RSC
R. SCOTS
R. SIGNALS
R SIGS
R.S. FUS.
R.SC. FUS.
R.S.M.
RSR
R. SUSS. R.
R.T.O.
RTR
R.U.R.
R.W. FUS
R.W. KENT R.
R. WAR. R.
Royal Ordnance Factory
Royal Pioneer Corps
Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Royal Regiment of Cavalry
Royal Small Arms Factory
Recruit Selection Centre
Royal Scots
Royal Signals
Royal Signals
Royal Scots Fusiliers
Royal Scots Fusiliers
Regimental Sergeant Major
Raiding Support Regiment
Royal Sussex Regiment
Railway Transporter Office (Officer?)
Royal Tank Regiment
Royal Ulster Rifles
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Royal West Kent Regiment
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
S.
SAAA
SARB
S. ARMS SCH.
SAS
SASC
SA SCHOOL
SCD
SCU
SDF
SEAC
SEALF
SEATO
SEL
S. GDS
SGE
SGT
SH
SHAEF
SHAPE
SHER. RANG.
SHROPS. L.I.
SHROPS. YEO.
SI(A)
SIB
SIG
S. IR. H.
SIS
SL
S. LAN. R.
S.L.I.
SLT
SM
Prefix to ASC numbers denoting Supply
School of Anti Aircraft Artillery
Siege Artillery Reserve Brigade
Small Arms School
Special Air Service or Small Arms School
Small Arms School Corps
Small Arms School
Stores and Clothing Department
Special Communications Unit (Royal Signals)
Sudan Defence Force
South East Asia Command
South East Asia Land Force
South East Asia Treaty Organisation
School of Electric Lighting
Scots Guards
Siege
Sergeant
Seaforth Highlanders
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Sherwood Rangers
Shropshire Light Infantry
Shropshire Yeomanry
Services Intelligence (Army)
Special Investigations Branch
Signalman (Rank equating to Private in Royal Signals)
South Irish Horse
Security Identification Section
Searchlight
South Lancashire Regiment
Somerset Light Infantry
Searchlight Training
Sergeant Major
SMIG
SME
SNLR
SOE
SofA
SOS
S. OF M.
SOM. L.I.
S.MJR.
Spr.
SCO. H.
SCO. RIF.
SEA. HIGHRS.
S.O.S.
S.R.
SRD
SSB
ST
S. STAFF. R.
STAFF. YEO
STC
SU
SUFF. R.
SUFF. YEO
SURR. YEO
SVC
SVY
SW
SWB
S WALES BORD
S.W.H.
T.
T.A.
T.A.N.S.
T.A.V.R.
TB
TCC
T COY
TE
T.F.
T.F.N.S.
TM
TN
T.O.S.
TP CG COY
TPR
TRG
T.S.
TSM
Sergeant Major Instructor in Gunnery
School of Mechanical Engineers
Services No Longer Required
Special Operations Executive
School of Artillery
Struck of Strength
Static Officers Shop
School of Musketry
Somerset Light Infantry
Sergeant Major
Sapper (Rank equating to Private in Royal Engineers)
Scottish Horse
Scottish Rifles (Cameronians)
Seaforth Highlanders
Struck of Strength
Special Reserve
Supplementary Reserve
Supply Reserve Depot
Special Services Brigade
Supply and Transport (RASC)
South Staffordshire Regiment
Staffordshire Yeomanry
Survey Training Centre
Salvage Unit
Suffolk Regiment
Suffolk Yeomanry
Surrey Yeomanry
Shanghai Volunteer Corps
Survey
Static Workshop (REME)
Silver War Badge
South Wales Borderers
Scottish Women’s Hospitals
Prefix for ASC numbers denoting New Army Horse Transport
Territorial Army
Territorial Army Nursing Service
Territorial Army Volunteer Reserve
Training Battalion
Tank Brigade
Telegraph Battalion
Traffic Control Company
Tunnelling Company
Training Establishment
Territorial Force
Territorial Force Nursing Service
Trench Mortar
Transportation
Taken on Strength
Troop Carrying Company (RASC)
Trooper
Training
Prefix for ASC numbers denoting Old Army Specials (pre
1915)?
Troop Sergeant Major
T.S.R.
T4
Prefix for ASC numbers denoting Special Reserve Horse Transport
Prefix for ASC numbers denoting Auxiliary Horse Transport (331
Coy?)
V.A.D.
V.C.
VCP
V.D.
VP
VPP
VRD
Voluntary Aid Detachment
Victoria Cross
Vehicle Collection Point
Venereal Disease
Vulnerable Points (CMP)
Volunerable Points Provost (CMP)
Vehicle Reserve Depot
W.
Prefix sometimes used in ASC, RA and RE numbers to denote
Welshman
W.O. CL. 1
WORC. R.
WORC. YEO
WRAC
W. RID. R.
W/S
W. SOM. YEO.
WT COY
W. YORK. R.
War Substantive
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
War Establishment
With Effect From
Welsh Horse
Welsh Hospital Corps
Welsh Regiment
West African Regiment
Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry
Welsh Guards
Waggoner – ASC – 3
Women’s Hospital Corps
Wireless Intelligence
Wiltshire Regiment
Wiltshire Yeomanry
West India Regiment
West Kent Yeomanry
Worker (grade equating to Private in QMAAC) – 3
War Office
Warrant Officer
Warrant Officer Class 1 – check numerals
Worcestershire Regiment
Worcestershire Yeomanry
Women’s Royal Army Corps
West Riding Regiment
War Substantive
West Somerset Yeomanry
Water Tank Company (RASC)
West Yorkshire Regiment
YEO.
Y & L.R.
Y.D.
Y.H.
YORK. DNS.
YORK. HRS.
YORK & LANC. R.
YORK. R.
YORKS. L.I.
Y.S.
Yeomanry
York and Lancaster Regiment
Yorkshire Dragoons
Yorkshire Hussars
Yorkshire Dragoons
Yorkshire Hussars
York and Lancaster Regiment
Yorkshire Regiment
Yorkshire Light Infantry
Young Soldier
WAAC
WE
WEF
WELSH H.
WELSH H.C.
WELSH R.
W. AFR. R.
WEST & CUMB. Y.
W. GDS
WGNR.
W.H.C.
WI
WILTS. R.
WILTS. YEO.
W.I.R.
W. KENT YEO
WKR
W.O.
ZION MULE C.
Zion Mule Corps