ABBREVIATIONS.
| Comdt. | Commandant. |
| Com-in-Ch | Commander-in-Chief. |
| Comm. | Commander. |
| Comr. | Commissioner. |
| Comy.-Gen | Commissary-General. |
| C.P.R. | Canadian Pacific Railway. |
| cr. | created. |
| C.S. | Civil Service. |
| C.S.C. | Conspicuous Service Cross. |
| C.S.I. | Companion of the Order of the Star of India. |
| C.SS.R. | Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorist Order). |
| C.T.C. | Cyclists' Touring Club. |
| C.V.O. | Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. |
| Cwt. | Hundredweight. |
| C.Y.M.A. | Catholic Young Men's Association. |
| d. | Pence ; died ; daughter. |
| D.A.A.G. | Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant-General. |
| D.A.D.Q. | Deputy Assistant Director of Quartering. |
| D.A.G. | Deputy-Adjutant-General. |
| D.A.Q.M.G. | Deputy-Assistant-Quartermaster-General. |
| D.B.E. | Dame Commander Order of the British Empire. |
| D.C.L. | Doctor of Civil Law. |
| D.D. | Doctor of Divinity. |
| D.D.M.S. | Deputy Director of Medical Supplies. |
| D.D.S. | Doctor of Dental Surgery. |
| Dele. or d. | Cancel. |
| D.Eng. | Doctor of Engineering. |
| Dep. | Deputy. |
| Dept. | Department. |
| D.F.C. | Distinguished Fljing Cross. |
| D.G. | (Dei Gratia), by the grace of God ; Dragoon Guards. |
| D.G.M.W. | Director-General of Military Works. |
| Diplo. | Diplomatic. |
| Ditto or do. | (It.), the same. |
| Div. | Division; Divorced. |
| D.L. | Deputy-Lieutenant. |
| D.Litt. or D.Lit. | Doctor of Literature. |
| D.P.H. | Diploma in Public Health. |
| Dr. | Doctor; Debtor. |
| D.Sc. | Doctor of Science. |
| D.S.O. | Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. |
| d.s.p. | died without issue. |
| D.Theol. | Doctor of Theology. |
| D.V. | (L. Deo volente), God willing. |
| dwt. | pennyweight. |
| Edin. | Edinburgh. |
| Educ. | Educated. |
| e.g. | (L. exempli gratia), for example. |
| E.I.C.S. | East India Company s Service. |
| Eng. | England. |
| eng. | Engineer. |
| F.A. | Football Association. |
| Fahr. | Fahrenheit. |
| F.A.I. | Fellow of Auctioneers' Institute. |
| F.B.A. | Fellow of the British Academy. |
| F.C.A. | Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. |
| F.C.I.S. | Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries. |
| F.C.P. | Fellow College of Preceptors. |
| F.C.S. | Fellow of the Chemical Society. |
| F.E.S. | Fellow of Entomological Society. |
| F.F.A | Fellow of Faculty of Actuaries |
| F.F.P.S. | Fellow of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow). |
| F.G.S. | Fellow of the Geological Society. |
| F.I.A. | Fellow of Institute of Actuaries. |
| F.I.C. | Fellow of Institute of Chemistry. |
| F.I.D. | Fellow of Institute of Directors. |
| F.I.Inst. | Fellow of the Imperial Institute. |
| F.J.I. | Fellow of Institute of Journalists. |
| F.L.S. | Fellow of the Linnean Society. |
| F.M. | Field-Marshal. |
| f.o.b. | Free on board. |
| F.P.S. | Fellow of Philosophical Society; also of Philharmonic Society. |
| F.R.A.I. | Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute. |
| F.R.A.M. | Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music. |
| F.R.A.S. | Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. |
| F.R.B.S. | Fellow of the Royal Botanic Society. |
| F.R.C.O. | Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. |
| F.R.C.P. | Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. |
| F.R.C.P.E. | Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. |
| F.R.C.S. | Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. |
| F.R.C.V.S. | Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. |
| F.R.C.P.S. | Fellow of Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons. |
| F.R.C.S. | Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. |
| F.R.Hist.S. | Fellow of Royal Historical Society. |
| F.R.Hort.S. | Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society. |
| F.R.I.B.A. | Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. |
| F.R.M.S. | Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society. |
| F.R.Met.S. | Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society. |
| F.R.N.S.A. | Fellow Royal School Naval Architecture. |
