|
Jat |
The Jat Regiment |
| J&K |
The Jammu and Kashmir Regiment |
|
KAR |
The King's African Rifles Regiment |
| KDF |
Kenya Defence Force |
| KDG |
The 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards |
| Kent |
The Kent Regiment |
| Ken |
The Kensington Regiment |
| KGO |
The King George V's Own Regiment |
| King's (Kgs) |
The King's Regiment (Liverpool) (8) |
| King's Own (KO) |
The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (4) |
| KOMR |
The King's Own Malta Regiment |
| KOR of C |
The King’s Own Rifles of Canada Regiment |
| KOSB |
The King's Own Scottish Borderers Regiment (25) |
| KOYLI |
The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Regiment (51) |
| KR |
The Kaffrarian Rifles Regiment (South Africa) |
| KR |
The Kenya Regiment (European Territorial Force) |
| KRRC |
The King's Royal Rifle Corps Regiment (60) |
| KSLI |
The King's Shropshire Light Infantry Regiment (53) |
| Kum |
The Kumaon Rifles Regiment |
|
L&R Scott R |
The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment |
|
L&W |
The Lincoln and Welland Regiment |
|
LAA |
Light Antiaircraft |
| LAD |
Light Aid Detachment |
| Lake Sup R |
The Lake Superior Regiment |
| Lan Yeo |
The Lanarkshire Yeomanry Regiment |
| lb / lbs |
(weight) pounds |
| LBH |
The Lothian and Border Horse Regiment |
| LCOCU |
Landing Craft Obstacle* Clearance Unit (*also seen as Obstruction Clearing) |
| LCV |
Lorry Command Vehicle |
| Leicesters (Leic) |
The Leicestershire Regiment (17) |
| LdSH |
The Lord Strathcona's Horse Regiment (Royal Canadians) |
| LF |
The Lancashire Fusiliers Regiment (20) |
| LG |
The Life Guards Regiment |
| LH |
Light Horse |
| Lincolns (Linc) |
The Lincolnshire Regiment |
| LIR |
The London Irish Rifles Regiment |
| LMG |
Light Machine Gun |
| L.O.C. |
Line-of-Communication |
| Lov |
The Lovat Scouts Regiment |
| Loyals (Loy) |
The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) (47) |
| LRB |
The London Rifle Brigade |
| LSc |
The London Scottish Regiment |
| Lt |
Light |
| lorry |
cargo motor vehicle
(Synonym for truck, generally applied to the larger variety.) |
| Livpl Scot (LvS) |
The Liverpool Scottish Regiment |
| Lorn Scots |
The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) |
| LY |
The Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Albert's Own) Regiment |
|
Mad |
The Madras Regiment |
| Manch (Man) |
The Manchester Regiment (63) |
| ME |
Mechanical Equipment |
| Med |
Medium |
| MEO |
Mechanical Equipment Operating |
| MG |
Machine Gun |
| Midland |
The Midland Regiment (Northumberland and Durham) |
| Mk |
Mark (Model / Version) |
| MLI |
The Mahratta Light Infantry Regiment |
| MMG |
Medium Machine Gun |
| MMR |
The Manitoba Mounted Rifles Regiment |
| MNBDO |
Mobile Naval Base Defense Organization |
| Mon |
The Monmouthshire Regiment |
| MPSC |
Military Provost Staff Corps |
| MT |
Mechanical Transport |
| MTF |
Mauritius Territorial Force |
| Mx (Midx) |
The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) (57) |
| Mx&H |
The Middlesex and Huron Regiment |
|
N Shore R |
The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment |
| N Staffs (NStfs) |
The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) (64) |
| N Yeo (NY) |
The Northhamptonshire Yeomanry Regiment |
| N.B. |
New Brunswick (Canada) |
| NB Rang |
The New Brunswick Rangers Regiment |
| NBR |
The New Brunswick Regiment |
| NCO |
Non-Commissioned Officer (includes all serjeants) |
| Newf |
The Newfoundland Regiment |
| NF |
The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Regiment (5) |
| NFA |
Natal Field Artillery |
| NH |
The Northumberland Hussars Regiment |
| NIH |
The North Irish Horse Regiment |
| NMR |
The Natal Mounted Rifles Regiment |
| NNS Highrs |
The North Nova Scotia Highlanders Regiment |
| Norfolk (Norf) |
The Royal Norfolk Regiment (9) |
| Northamptons (Nthp) |
The Northamptonshire Regiment (48) |
| NR |
Northern Rhodesia |
| NRR |
The Northern Rhodesia Regiment |
| N.S. |
Nova Scotia (Canada) |
| NS Highrs |
The North Nova Scotia Highlanders Regiment |
| NSR |
The Nottinghamshire (Sherwood Rangers) Yeomanry Regiment |
| NSW |
New South Wales (Australian state) |
| NSY |
The North Somerset Yeomanry Regiment |
| NT |
Northern Territory (Australian federal territory) |
| NZ |
New Zealand |
| NZA |
The Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery |
| NZAOC |
New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps |
| NZE |
Royal Corps of New Zealand Engineers |
| NZSC |
New Zealand Staff Corps |
| NZMC |
New Zealand Medical Corps |
| NZVC |
New Zealand Veterinary Corps |
|
OME |
Ordnance, Munitions, and Explosives |
| OME |
Ordnance Mechanical Engineer |
| Ontario |
The Ontario Regiment |
| OP |
Observation Post |
|
Ops |
Operations, Operating |
| OR |
Other Ranks (includes lance-serjeants, all corporals, and soldiers) |
| OVSVA |
Oranje-Vrystaat Veldartillerie |
| Oxf Bucks (OxB) |
The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Regiment (43) |
| OxR |
The Oxford Rifle Regiment |
|
PA&B Vols |
The Prince Albert and Battleford Volunteers Regiment |
|
PAG |
The Prince Alfred's Guard Regiment |
|
PAOCFA |
The Prince Alfred's Own, Cape Field Artillery |
|
Para |
The Parachute Regiment |
| PAVO |
The Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry Regiment (11th Frontier Force) |
| PEI |
Prince Edward Island |
| PEI Highrs |
The Prince Edward Island Highlanders Regiment |
| PEILH |
The Prince Edward Island Light Horse Regiment |
| Perth |
The Perth Regimentr |
| PIAT |
Projector, infantry, anti-tank |
| Pictou Highrs |
The Pictou Highlanders Regiment |
| PLDG |
The Princess Louise’s Dragoon Guards Regiment |
| PL Fus |
The Princess Louise Fusiliers Regiment |
| POW Rang |
The Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough Regiment) |
| PPCLI (Patricias) |
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry |
| PR(PAO) |
The Pretoria Regiment (Princess Alice's Own) |
| Punjab |
The Punjab Regiment |
| PWOR |
The Princess of Wales Own Regiment |
| PWV (SLnc) |
The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (The South Lancashire Regiment) (40) |
|
QAIMNS |
Queen Alexandria's Imperial Military Nursing Service |
| Qld |
Queensland (Australian state) |
| QOCH |
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Regiment |
|
QOR of C (QOR) |
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada Regiment |
| Qr.-Mr. |
Quartermaster |
| Qr.-Mr.-Gen. |
Quartermaster General |
| Queen's (Qns) |
The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (2) |
| QVO |
Queen Victoria's Own [Sappers and Miners] |
| QVR |
The Queen Victorias Rifles Regiment |
| QW |
The Queens Westminster Regiment |
| Qy Rang |
Queen’s York Rangers (1st American Regiment) |
|
R 22e R |
The Royal 22nd Regiment / Royal 22e Régiment |
|
R Berks (Berk) |
The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Priness Charlotte of Wales's) (49) |
| R de Chaud |
Le Régiment de la Chaudière |
| R Ir F (RIF) |
The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) (87) |
| R Sussex (Sussex) |
The Royal Sussex Regiment (35) |
| RA |
Royal Regiment of Artillery |
| RAA |
Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery |
| RAC |
Royal Armoured Corps |
| RAChD |
Royal Army Chaplains Department |
| RAE |
Corps of Royal Australian Engineers |
| RAF |
Royal Air Force |
| RAMC |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| Ran |
The Rangers Regiment |
| RAOC |
Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
| RAPC |
Royal Army Pay Corps |
| RASC |
Royal Army Service Corps |
| RAVC |
Royal Army Veterinary Corps |
| RB |
The Rifle Brigade |
| RCAPC |
Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps |
| RCA |
Royal Canadian Artillery |
| RCASC |
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps |
| RCE |
Royal Canadian Engineers |
| RCHA |
The Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Regiment |
| RCOC |
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps |
| RCC of S |
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals |
| RCD |
The Royal Canadian Dragoons Regiment |
| RCR |
The Royal Canadian Regiment |
| RCS |
Royal Corps of Signals |
| R de Chat |
Le Regiment de Chateuaguay |
| R de Chaud |
Le Regiment de la Chaudiere |
| R de Jol |
Le Regiment de Joliette |
| RDLI |
The Royal Durban Light Infantry Regiment |
| R de Leviss |
Le Regiment de Levis |
| RDLR |
Regiment de la Rey |
| R de Mais |
Le Regiment de Maisonneuve |
| R de Monty |
Le Regiment de Montmagny |
| R de Q |
Le Regiment de Quebec |
| R de StH |
Le Regiment de St. Hyacinthe |
| R du Sag |
Le Regiment de Saquenay |
| RDW |
Regiment De Wet |
| RE |
Corps of Royal Engineers |
| Recce |
Reconnaissance |
| Regina Rif |
The Regina Rifle Regiment |
| Res |
Reserve |
| Rev. |
Reverend |
| REME |
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
| RF |
The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)(7) |
| RGRif |
The Royal Garwal Rifle Regiment |
| RGH |
The Royal Gloucestershire Hussars |
| Rgt |
Regiment |
| RHA |
Royal Horse Artillery |
| RHC |
The Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment of Canada |
| RHG |
Royal Horse Guards Regiment (The Blues) |
| RHLI |
The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) |
| RIASC |
Royal Indian Army Service Corps |
| RLI |
The Rand Light Infantry Regiment |
| RLW |
Regiment Louw Wepner |
| RM |
Royal Marines |
| RMR |
The Royal Montreal Regiment |
| RMA |
Royal Malta Artillery |
| RM Rang |
The Rocky Mountain Rangers Regiment |
| RN |
Royal Navy |
| RNC |
The Royal Natal Carabineer Regiment |
| RNZA |
Royal New Zealand Artillery |
| Royals |
1st The Royal Dragoon Regiment |
| RPS |
Regiment President Steyn |
| RR |
The Rhodesia Regiment |
| RReg (Raj Reg) |
The Rajput Regiment |
| R Reg C |
The Royal Regiment of Canada |
| RRif (Raj Rif) |
The Rajput Rifle Regiment |
| RRR |
The Royal Regina Rifle Regiment |
| RS |
The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)(1) |
| RSF |
The Royal Scots Fusilier Regiment (21) |
| RSWD |
Regiment Suid Westelike Distrikte |
| RTR |
Royal Tank Regiment, RAC |
| RUR |
The Royal Ulster Rifle Regiment (83) |
| RWF |
The Royal Welch Fusilier Regiment (23) |
| R Wpg Rif |
The Royal Winnipeg Rifles Regiment |
| RWP |
Regiment Westelike Provincie |
| RWK |
The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment (50) |
| RWR |
The Royal Winnipeg Rifles |
| RWY |
The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) |
|
S Staffs (SStfs) |
The South Staffordshire Regiment (38) |
| S & M |
Sappers and Miners |
| SA |
Supplementary Reserve (former Militia) |
| SA |
South Australia (Australian state) |
| S Alta R |
The South Alberta Regiment |
| SAS |
South African Artillery |
| Sask LI |
The Saskatoon Light Infantry regiment |
| SAEC |
South African Engineer Corps |
| SAPGA |
South African Permanent Garrison Artillery |
| SBG |
Small Box Girder (bridge) |
| Scottish |
The Scottish Horse Regiment |
| SDF |
Sudan Defense Force |
| SD&G |
The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlander Regiment |
| Seaforths (Sea) |
The Seaforth Highlander Regiment (Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's) (72) |
| Seaforth of C |
The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Regiment |
| SFC |
The Scots Fusilier Regiment of Canada Regiment |
| SG |
Scots Guards (The Scots Regiment of Foot Guards) |
| SherR |
The Sherbrooke Regiment |
| Shrop Yeo |
The Shropshire Yeomanry Regiment |
| Sikh |
The Sikh Regiment |
| SLancs (PWV) |
The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers) (40) |
| S/L |
Searchlight |
| SOE |
Special Operations Executive |
| Som LI (Somt) |
The Somerset Light Infantry Regiment (Prince Albert's) (13) |
| SP |
self-propelled |
| S Sask R |
The South Saskatchewan Regiment |
| SSB |
Special Service Battalion |
| SS Brigade |
Special Service Brigade |
| SSR |
The Shan States Regiment |
| SSteM&S |
The Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury Regiment |
| SSVF |
Straits Settlements Volunteer Force |
| StJohn Fus |
The Saint John Fusiliers Regiment |
| Suffolk (Suf) |
The Suffolk Regiment (12) |
| Surreys (Sury) |
The East Surrey Regiment (31) |
| SWB |
The South Wales Borderers Regiment (24) |
| SY |
The Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queens Own Royal Regiment) |
|
TA |
Territorial Army (Reserves) |
| Tas |
Tasmania (Australian state) |
| TCP |
carrier, tracked, charging, personnel; known as the Slave Battery Carrier
Responsible for batteries and electrical systems. |
| TCV |
Troop Carring Vehicle.
(modified 3-ton truck with canvas sides and bench seating, carrying 30 men) |
| TEV |
Terminal Equipment Vehicle. Contained switchboards and teleprinters |
| THA |
The Transvaal Horse Artillery |
| THB |
The Tower Hamlets Rifle Regiment |
| Tor Scot R |
The Toronto Scottish Regiment |
| TS |
The Transvaal Scottish Regiment |
| TyS |
The Tynside Scottish Regiment |
|
USA |
United States Army |
|
VCO |
Viceroy's Commissioned Officer |
| VES |
Veterinary Evacuating Station |
| Vic |
Victoria (Australian state) |
| Vol de Q |
Les Voltiguers de Quebec Regiment |
| VR of C |
The Victoria Rifles of Canada Regiment |
|
W Yorks (WYks) |
The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) (14) |
| WA |
Western Australia (Australian state) |
| WAMI |
The Western Australian Mounted Infantry Regiment |
| Warwicks (War) |
The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (6) |
| Water Buffalo |
LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) |
| WD |
2nd County of London Yeomanry Regiment (Westminster Dragoons) |
| WE |
War Establishment (table of organization and equipment) |
| Welch (Wch) |
The Welch Regiment (41) |
| Westm R |
The Westminster Regiment |
| West NSR |
The West Nova Scotia Regiment |
| WFERCCS |
Western Fortress Establishment, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals |
| WG |
Welsh Guards (The Welsh Regiment of Foot Guards) |
| Wilts (Wilt) |
The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's) (62) |
| Wits (WR) |
The Witwatersrand Rifles Regiment |
| Wksp |
Workshop(s) |
| WLI |
The Winnipeg Light Infantry Regiment |
| Worc R (Worc) |
The Worcestershire Regiment (29) |
| Wpg Gren |
The Winnipeg Grenadiers Regiment |
| W/T |
radio (lit.: wireless telegraphy) |
| WY |
The Worwickshire Yeomanry Regiment |
|
YD |
The Yorkshire Dragoons Regiment (Queens Own) |
| YH |
The Yorkshire Hussars Regiment (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) |
| Y & L (YL) |
The York and Lancaster Regiment (65) |
