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A
A-Tk
A/L or A-L
AA
AAG
ADC
Adj
Adjt
ADMS
ADOS
APM
BC
Bde
BM
Bn
BRASCO
Bty
C
CBE
CF
Comd
Coy
CW
D
DAAG
Det
Div
Div Sigs
DOW
DSO
DZ
EMEO
Fd Amb
Fd Engr
FOO
GHQ
GOC
GSO
HQ
i/c
Ind Coy
KIA
KOSB
LO
Lt
LZ
MBE
MC
MDS
MG
OBE
OC
Para
PIAT
PM
Pn
Pro
QM
QMG
RA
RAC
RAChD
RAOC
RASC
RE
Recce
Regt
REME
SCF
Sec
SHAEF
R/B/S/CSM
Spt
Sqn
Tp |
Second-in-Command
Assistant – as in AA, ADMS, ADOS, APM
Anti-Tank
Air Landing
Assistant Adjutant
Assistant Adjutant General
Aide-de-Camp
Adjutant
Adjutant
Assistant Director of Medical Services
Assistant Director of Ordnance Services
Assistant Provost Marshall
Battery Captain
Brigade
Brigade Major
Battalion
Brigade Royal Army Service Corps Officer
Battery
Command(er/ing) – as in CRA, CRASC, CRE
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Chaplain to the Forces
Command(er/ing)
Company
Clerk of Works
Deputy – as in DAAG, DAQMG, DAA
Deputy Assistant Adjutant General
Detachment/Detached
Division
Divisional Signals
Died of Wounds
Distinguished Service Order
Drop Zone
Electrical and Mechanical Engineer Officer
Field Ambulance
Field Engineer
Forward Observation Officer
General Headquarters
General Officer Commanding
General Staff Officer
Headquarters
In charge/command
Independent Company
Killed in Action
King’s Own Scottish Borders
Liaison Officer
Light/Lieutenant
Landing Zone
Member of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross
Main Dressing Station
Machine gun
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Officer Commanding
Parachute
Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank
Provost Marshall
Platoon
Provost
Quartermaster
Quatermaster General
Royal Artillery
Royal Armoured Corps
Royal Army Chaplains’ Department
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Royal Army Service Corps
Royal Engineers
Reconnaissance
Regiment
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Senior Chaplain to the Forces
Section
Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Force
Regimental/Battery/Squadron/Company Sergeant-Major
Support
Squadron
Troop |