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ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THESE VOLUMES
D.C.M. = | Distinguished Conduct Medal (British). | |
Del. = | Delaware. | |
dept. = | department. | |
D.E.S. = | Direction d'Étapes et de Services = Directing staff of a line of communications of an army (French). | |
Dev. = | Devonshire. | |
D.F.C. = | Distinguished Flying Cross (British). | |
D.F.M. = | Distinguished Flying Medal (British). | |
D.G. = | Director-General (e.g. D.G.A.M.S. = Director-General Armv Medical Service). | |
D.G.V.O. = | Director-General of Voluntary Organizations. | |
DI. = | Divsion d'Infanterie = Infantry Division (French). | |
DIC. = | Divsion d'Infanterie Coloniale = Colonial Infantry Division (French). | |
Div. = | Division. | |
Dopp.Z. = | Doppelzünder = Time and percussion fuze (German). | |
D.O.R.A. = | Defence of the Realm Act (British). | |
D.O.R.E. = | District Officer Royal Engineers (British). | |
Dorset. = | Dorsetshire. | |
D.Q.M.G. = | Deputy Quartermaster-General. | |
DR. = | Division de Réserve = Reserve Division (French). | |
D.R.F. = | Depression Rangefinder. | |
D.S.C. = | Distinguished Service Cross (U.S.A. and British). | |
D.S.M. = | Distinguished Service Medal (U.S.A. and British). | |
D.S.O. = | Distinguished Service Order (British). | |
Dur. = | Durham. | |
E | ||
E. = | East. | |
Ed. = | Editor. | |
E.E.F. = | Egyptian Expeditionary Force. | |
e.g. = | exempli gratia = for example (Latin). | |
E.M.F. = | Electro-motive force. | |
E.N.E. = | Éléments non endivisionnées = Troops not included in divisions ("corps troops" or "army troops") (French). | |
Ess. = | Essex. | |
Esth. = | Esthonia. | |
et seq. = | et sequntia = and the following (Latin). | |
F | ||
F.A.N.Y.S. = | First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Service (British). | |
FEKA. = | Fernkampfartillerie = Super-heavy artillery (German). | |
fig. = | figure or figures (illustration). | |
Fla. = | Florida. | |
FLAK. = | Flugabwehrkanone = Anti-aircraft gun (German). | |
F.M. = | Field Marshal; Fusil Mitrailleur = French light machine-gun. | |
F.M.L. = | Field-Marshal-Lieutenant (Austro-Hungarian). | |
f.o.b. = | free on board. | |
Fr.Eq.Afr. = | French Equatorial Africa. | |
F.S.R. = | Field Service Regulations (British). | |
ft. = | foot or feet. | |
ft.2 = | square feet. | |
ft.3 = | cubic feet. | |
fur. = | furlong or furlongs. | |
F.W.D. = | Four-wheel Drive. | |
G | ||
"G" = | General Staff branch of the Staff, and its functions (British). | |
G . = | Gold. | |
Ga. = | Georgia. | |
G.A. = | Groupe d'Armées = Group of Armies (followed by E = Est, N = Nord. etc.) (French). | |
gal. = | gallon or gallons. | |
Gal. = | Galicia. | |
G.A.R. = | Grand Army of the Republic (U.S.A.). | |
G.B.E. = | Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire. | |
G.d.A. = | General der Artillerie | |
G.d.I. = | General der Infanterie | |
G.d.K. = | General der Kavallerie | |
= "full" general (German and Austro-Hungarian). | ||
Gen. = | General. | |
G.H.Q. = | General Headquarters (British and U.S.A.). | |
GI,GII,GIII. = | Maintenance, Intelligence and Operation branches; General Staff (U.S.A.). | |
G.Kdo. = | General-Kommando = Army corps headquarters (German). | |
Glos. = | Gloucestershire. | |
G.M.T. = | Greenwich Mean Time. | |
G.O. = | Generaloberst = General in Command (German). | |
G.O.C. = | General Officer Commanding (British). | |
Gov. = | Governor. | |
G.Q.G. = | Grand Quartier-Général = General Headquarters (French Field Armies). | |
gr. = | gramme or grammes. | |
G.R. = | Gare régulatrice = Regulating station—rail transport (French). | |
G.S. = | General Staff (British and U.S.A.); General Service (British). | |
G.S.G.S. = | Geographical Section General Staff (British). | |
G.S.O. = | Gas-Schutz-Officer = Anti-gas Officer (German). | |
G.S.O.1,2,3 = | General Staff Officer, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade (British). | |
G.V.C. = | Gardes des Voies de Communication = Line-of-Communication defence troops (French). | |
H | ||
H. = | Honvéd (as prefix in Austro-Hungarian designations); "Heure" = Zero hour, hour set for attack (French). | |
H.A. = | Heavy Artillery; less frequently, horse artillery; high-angle (gun). | |
Hants. = | Hampshire. | |
H.E. = | High Explosive. | |
Hereford. = | Herefordshire. | |
Herts. = | Hertfordshire. | |
H.G. = | Heeresgruppe = Group of armies (German). | |
hhd. = | hogshead or hogsheads. | |
H.M.S. = | His Majesty's Ship (British). | |
H.Q. = | Headquarters (British and U.S.A.). | |
H.Qu. = | Hauptquartier = Headquarters (German). | |
H.P. = | Horse-power. | |
H.R. = | Hors rang =Supernumerary (French Army). | |
Hunts. = | Huntingdonshire. | |
H.T. = | Horse Transport. | |
H.V. = | High Velocity (gun). | |
I | ||
I. = | Instantantée = Instantaneous (in French fuze designations); Island. | |
Ia. = | Iowa. | |
i.A. = | im Auftrage = By order, on behalf of (German). | |
I.A. = | Indian Army. | |
ib. or ibid. = | ibidem = in the same place (Latin). | |
I.D. = | Infanterie-Division = Infantry Division (German). | |
i.e. = | id est = that is (Latin). | |
I.H.P. = | Indicated Horse-power. | |
Ill. = | Illinois. | |
I.L.P. = | Independent Labour Party (British). | |
in. = | inch or inches. | |
in.2 = | square inches. | |
in.3 = | cubic inches. | |
Ind. = | Indiana. | |
Inf. = | Infantry. | |
Is. = | Islands. | |
I.W.W. = | Industrial Workers of the World. | |
J | ||
"J" = | "Jour" = "Zero day" fixed for attack (French). | |
J.C.A. = | Jewish Colonization Association. | |
K | ||
K. = | Königlich = Royal, or Kaiserlich = Imperial (German). | |
Kan. = | Kansas. | |
K.B.E. = | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. | |
K.D. = | Kavallerie-Division = Cavalry Division (German). | |
kgm. = | kilogram or kilograms. | |
K.K. = | Kaiserlich-Königlich = Imperial-Royal (Austrian Landwehr). | |
km. = | kilometre or kilometres. | |
K.R. = | King's Regulations (British Army). | |
K.T.D. = | Kavallerie-Truppendivision= Cavalry Division (Austro-Hungarian). | |
K.u.K. = | Kaiserlich und Königlich = Imperial and Royal (Austrian and Hungarian designation of common army). | |
kw. = | kilowatt or kilowatts. | |
Ky. = | Kentucky. | |
L | ||
L. = | Landwehr (German and Austrian). | |
La. = | Louisiana. | |
Latv. = | Latvia. | |
lb. = | pound or pounds. | |
Lancs. = | Lancashire. | |
L.C.C. = | London County Council. | |
Ldst. = | Landsturm (Austro-Hungarian and German). | |
Lith. = | Lithuania. | |
L.M.G. = | Leichtes Maschinengewehr = Light machine-gun (German). | |
L. of C. = | Line of Communications (British). | |
Leics. = | Leicestershire. | |
Lincs. = | Lincolnshire. | |
Lt. = | Lieutenant. | |
Lt.-Comm. = | Lieutenant-Commander. | |
Lt-Gen. = | Lieutenant-General. |