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ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THESE VOLUMES
S.S. = | Secret Service. |
S.S.F.A. = | Soldiers' and Sailors' Families Association (British). |
S.S.S.E. = | Société Suisse de Surveillance Économique = Swiss Society for Economic Supervision. |
Staffs. = | Staffordshire. |
Stellv. = | Stellvertreter, stellvertretend = Substitute, acting deputy (German Army). |
Suff. = | Suffolk. |
Sur. = | Surrey. |
Sus. = | Sussex. |
T | |
T. = | Territorial (British Army) |
T. = | Time (fuze). |
T.A. = | Territorial Army (British, since 1919). |
T.B.D. = | Torpedo-boat destroyer. |
T.C. = | Trains de Combat = "Combat trains," "first-line transport" (French). |
T.D. = | Territorial Officers' Decoration (British). |
Tenn. = | Tennessee. |
Tex. = | Texas. |
T.F. = | Territorial Force (British, till 1919). |
T.F.N.S. = | Territorial Force Nursing Society (British). |
T.M. = | Trench Mortar. |
T.M.G. = | Temps Moyen de Greenwich = Greenwich Mean Time (French). |
T.N.T. = | Trinitrotoluene (High Explosive). |
T.P.S. = | Télégraphie par le Sol = Earth telegraphy (Power buzzer, etc.) (French). |
T.S.F. = | Télégraphie sans fil = Wireless telegraphy (French). |
U | |
Ukr. = | Ukraine. |
U.S. = | United States. |
U.S.A. = | United States of America; United States Army. |
U.S.N. = | United States Navy. |
U.S.S. = | United States Ship. |
V | |
Va. = | Virginia. |
V.A.D. = | Voluntary Aid Detachment; nursing service, Territorial Force (British). |
V.C. = | Victoria Cross (British). |
V.D. = | Volunteer Officers' Decoration (British). |
Verst. = | Verstärkt = Reinforced, chiefly of formations temporarily provided with artillery (German). |
viz. = | videlicet = namely. |
Vt. = | Vermont. |
V.T.C. = | Volunteer Training Corps (British). |
W | |
W. = | West. |
W.A.A.C. = | Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (Q.M.A.A.C.) (British). |
W.A.F.F. = | West Africa Frontier Force. |
Wash. = | Washington. |
W.D. = | War Department (British and U.S.A.). |
Westm. = | Westmorland. |
WUts. = | Wiltshire. |
Wis. = | Wisconsin. |
WM. = | Werfmine = Shell of Minenwerfer (German). |
W.O. = | War Office (British Gov't.). |
Worcs. = | Worcestershire. |
W.R.A.C. = | Women's Reserve Ambulance Corps (British). |
W.R.A.F. = | Women's Royal Air Force (British). |
W.R.N.S. = | Women's Royal Naval Service (British). |
W.S.P.U. = | Women's Social and Political Union (British). |
Wumba. = | Waffen- und Munitions-Beschaffungs-Amt = War Office for Munitions (German). |
W.U.S.L. = | Women's United Service League (British). |
W.Va. = | West Virginia. |
W.V.R. = | Women's Volunteer Service. |
Wyo. = | Wyoming. |
Y | |
yd. = | yard or yards. |
Y.M.C.A. = | Young Men's Christian Association. |
Yorks. = | Yorkshire. |
Y.W.C.A. = | Young Women's Christian Association. |