ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THESE VOLUMES
A | |
A.A. = | Anti-Aircraft; Army Act (British); Automobile Association. |
A.A.G. = | Assistant Adjutant General |
A.B.C. = | Argentina, Brazil, Chile. |
Abt. = | Abteilung = Detachment, sub-unit (German Army). |
ac. = | acre or acres |
A.C. = | Artillerie de Campagne, Artillerie de Corps = Field artillery, Corps artillery—followed by numeral (French). |
A.C.I. = | Army Council Instruction (British). |
A.C. of S. = | Assistant Chief-of-Staff (U.S.A.). |
A.D. = | Anno Domini = In the year of our Lord (Latin); Artillerie divisionnaire = Divisional artillery (followed by numeral) (French). |
Adml. = | Admiral. |
A.E.F. = | American Expeditionary Force. |
A.F. = | Air Force (British). |
A.F.C. = | Air Force Cross (British). |
A.F.E.F. = | Anglo-French Expeditionary Force. |
A.F.M. = | Air Force Medal (British). |
A.F. of L. = | American Federation of Labour. |
A.G. = | Adjutant-General. |
A.I.D. = | Aircraft Inspection Department (British). |
A.I.F. = | Australian Imperial Force. |
A.L. = | Artillerie Lourde = Heavy artillery (French). |
Ala. = | Alabama. |
A.L.A.M. = | Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers. |
A.L.G.P. = | Artillerie Lourde à grande puissance = Super-heavy artillery (French). |
Als.-Lor. = | Alsace-Lorraine. |
A.L.V.F. = | Artillerie Lourde à voie ferrée = Heavy railway artillery (French). |
A.M.S. = | Army Medical Service. |
ANZAC. = | Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. |
A.O.C. = | Army Ordnance Corps (since 1918 R.A.O.C.) |
A.O.K. = | Armee-Oberkommando = Supreme Army Command (Austro-Hungarian); Headquarters of an army, with numeral, e.g. A.O.K. 2 (German). |
A.P.C. = | Army Pay Corps; since 1918 R.A.P.C. (British). |
A.P.D. = | Army Pay Department (British). |
Ariz. = | Arizona. |
Ark. = | Arkansas. |
A.S.C. = | Army Service Corps; since 1918 R.A.S.C. (British). |
A.S.E. = | Amalgamated Society of Engineers. |
A.T. = | Artillerie de tranchée = Trench artillery (French). |
A.V.C. = | Army Veterinary Corps; since 1918 R.A.V.C. (British). |
A.V.S. = | Army Veterinary Service. |
Az. | Aufschlagzünder = Percussion fuze (German). |
B | |
b. = | born. |
Balk. Penin. | Balkan Peninsula. |
bar. = | barrel or barrels. |
Batt. = | Battery; battalion. |
Bav. = | Bavarian |
B.C. = | Before Christ. |
Bde. = | Brigade. |
Beds. = | Bedfordshire. |
B.E.F. = | British Expeditionary Force (in particular in France and Belgium). |
Berks. = | Berkshire. |
B.G. = | Brigadier-General, General Staff appointment (British). |
B.H.P. = | Brake Horse-power. |
B.L. = | Breech-loading (artillery; as distinct from Q.F.). |
B.M. = | Brigade-Major (British). |
B.M.A. = | British Medical Association. |
Bn. = | Battalion. |
Brig.-Gen. = | Brigadier-General. |
Bucks. = | Buckinghamshire. |
bus. = | bushel or bushels. |
Bz. = | Brennzünder = Time fuze (German). |
C | |
c. = | circa = round about (Latin). |
C.A. = | Corps d'Armée = Army Corps (French). |
C.A.C. = | Corps d'Armée Coloniale = Colonial Army Corps (French). |
Cal. = | California. |
Cambs. = | Cambridgeshire. |
Capt. = | Captain. |
C.Asia = | Central Asia. |
Cav. = | Cavalry. |
C.B.E. = | Commander of the Order of the British Empire. |
C.C. = | Corps de Cavalerie = Cavalry Corps (French). |
CE. = | Contre-Espionnage = Anti-spy service (French). |
C.E. = | Tetronitromethylaniline (Tetryl) (Chemical Explosive). |
C.F. = | Chaplain to the Forces (British). |
cf. = | confer = compare (Latin). |
C.G.S. = | Chief of the General Staff (British). |
C.H. = | Companian of Honour. |
Ches. = | Cheshire. |
C.G.T. = | Confédération Générale du Travail = General Federation of Labour (French). |
C.-in-C. = | Commander-in-Chief (British). |
C.I.D. = | Criminal Investigation Department (British). |
C.I.G.S. = | Chief of the Imperial General Staff (British). |
C.M. = | Court-martial. |
C.M.B. = | Central Midwives Board. |
C.N. = | Comité Nationale de Secours et d'Alimentation = National Committee for Relief and Feeding (Belgium). |
co. = | county. |
Co. = | Company. |
C.O. = | Commanding Officer (British). |
C. of S. | Chief of Staff (U.S.A.). |
Col. = | Colonel. |
Colo. = | Colorado. |
Comm. = | Commander. |
Conn. = | Connecticut. |
Corn. = | Cornwall. |
C.O.S. = | Charity Organization Society (British). |
C.P. = | Centre-pivot (artillery). |
C.R.A. = | Commanding Royal Artillery, i.e. commanding a formation or station (British). |
C.R.A. | Commission régulatrice automobile = Motor regulation staff (French). |
C.R.B. = | Commission for Relief in Belgium. |
C.R.E. = | Commanding Royal Engineers, i.e. commanding a formation (British). |
C.r.h. C.r.o. = |
Calibres-radius of head or ogive (artillery). |
cub. ft. = | cubic feet. |
Cumb. = | Cumberland. |
C.W.S. = | Coöperative Wholesale Society. |
cwt. = | hundredweight. |
D | |
d. = | died; also penny or pence. |
D. = | Director (e.g. D.M.O. = Director of Military Operations); as prefix of office-abbreviations = Deputy- (e.g. D.D.M.I. = Deputy Director of Miltacy Intelligence). |
D.A. = | Détachement d'Armée = Army group (French); Direct Action (fuze); Direction de l’Arrière = Directorate of the Rear Zone (French). Equivalent to British L. of C. and American S.O.S. |
D.A.Q.M.G. = | Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General. |
D.B.E. = | Dame of the Order of the British Empire. |
D.C. = | Division de Cavalerie = Cavalry Division (French); District of Columbia. |
D.C.A. = | Défenses Contre Avions (or Aéronefs) = Anti-Aircraft Defence (French). |