Abbreviations used in the Armed Forces.
They are mainly taken from WW1 and
I hope they will help you when looking through Absent Voters Lists, War Diaries
and Official Documentation.
The Royal Engineers
The 8th Army Association
The Combined Services Association
and finally
The
A.
Prefix to regimental
numbers of the King's Royal Rifle Corps
A.
Prefix to regimental numbers of some Royal Scots Fusiliers, Scottish Rifles
& Army Ordnance Corps
A.
Acting (before
a rank)
A.2ND.CPL. Acting Second Corporal (Royal Engineers)
A.A. Anti-Aircraft
(Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve)
A.A.N.S. Army Auxiliary
Nursing Service
A.B. Able
Seaman
A.C. Ambulance
Corps
A.C. Armourer's
Crew (Royal Navy)
A.CPL.OF.H. Acting Corporal of Horse
A.CYC.CORPS. Army Cyclist Corps
A.D.S. Advanced
Dressing Station - a first aid post
A.E.F. American
Expeditionary Force
A.F.C. Air
Force Cross
A.F.M. Air
Force Medal
A.G.B. Adjutant
General's Base
A.GYM.ST. Army Gymnastic Staff
A.H.C.
A.I.F. Australian
Imperial Force
AIRLINE COY. Airline Company,
Royal Engineers (overhead communication cable)
A.L/CPL. Acting
Lance Corporal
A.L.STO. Acting Leading Stoker
A.M. Air
Mechanic (1st, 2nd & 3rd Class, e.g.: A.M.1)
A.M.B. Armoured
Motor
A.M.C. Australian
Medical Corps
A.M.S. Army
Medical Staff
A.O.C. Army
Ordnance Corps
A.P. Aid
Post - a first aid post
A.P.C. Army
Pay Corps
A.P.D. Army
Pay Department
A.P.O.C. Army
Post Office Corps
A.P.S. Army
Postal Service
AR.CR. Armourer's Crew (Royal Navy)
ARMR. Armourer (Royal Navy)
ARRC Associate of the Royal Red Cross
ART.ENGR. Artificer Engineer (Royal Navy)
A.S.C. Army
Service Corps
A.S.D. Army
Schools Department
A.SGT. Acting Sergeant
A.SJT. Acting Sergeant
A. & S.H. Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders
ASST.PAYR. Assistant Paymaster (Royal Navy)
A.T.COY. Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers
A.V.C. Army
Veterinary Corps (Royal post war)
A.V.S. Army
Veterinary Service
A.W.O.CL.1. Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 (CL.2 - class 2)
B
B.
Bankers (26th Bn) number prefix for Royal
Fusiliers
B.
Prefix to some King's Royal Rifle Corps, Rifle Brigade, and Scottish Rifles
regimental numbers
B.A.C. Brigade
Ammunition Column
BAR.TDR. Bar Tender (Merchant Fleet Auxiliary)
Batt -
B.COOK Boy Cook (Royal Navy)
Bde. Brigade
Bdr. Bombardier
(Royal Artillery)
BEDF.R. Bedfordshire Regiment
BEDF.YEO. Bedfordshire Yeomanry
B.E.F. British
Expeditionary Force
BERKS.R.
BERKS.YEO.
B.F.P.O.. British
Forces Post Overseas
B.G. Brigadier-General
Bglr. Bugler
BKR. Baker
(Merchant Fleet Auxiliary)
BLK. Blacksmith
(Royal Navy)
B.M.D. Bengal
Medical Department
Bn. Battalion
Bndsmn. Bandsman
Bomb. - Bombadier
BORD.R. Border Regiment
BOY.1. Boy 1st Class (Royal Navy)
BOY.SIG. Boy Signaller (Royal Navy)
B.Q.M.S.
BR.COL.RGT.
B.R.C.S. British
Red Cross Society
B.R.C.S. &
O.ST.J.J. British Red Cross Society
and Order of
BRIG.GEN. Brigadier General
B.S.M. Battery
Sergeant-Major (artillery)
BUCKS.YEO. Buckinghamshire Yeomanry
BUTCHER. Butcher
B.W.I.
B.Y.H.C. Buckinghamshire
Yeomanry Cavalry Hussars (on George IV coronation medal)
BZ.
C.
King's Royal Rifle Corps regimental number
C.
Regimental number prefix for 1st Garrison Bn,
Royal Munster Fusiliers and also some Middlesex Regt & Rifle Brigade
C.A.&
A.A. Coastal Artillery and
Anti Aircraft
CAMB.R. Cambridgeshire Regiment
CAMN.HIGHS. Cameron Highlanders
Cpt. Captain (or Capt)
CARPR. Carpenter
C.B. Confined
to Barracks - a minor punishment
C.C.C.C.
C.C.S. Casualty
Clearing Station - 800 bed tented RAMC hospital
Cd. Telegr Cadet Telegraphist
C.E.A. Chief
Electrical Artificer (Royal Navy)
C.E.F. Canadian
Expeditionary Force
C.E.R.A. Chief
Engine Room Artificer Artificer (Royal Navy)
CEYLON.PL.R.C. Ceylon Planters Rifle
Corps
C de G. Croix de Guerre
C.GDS. or CG Coldstream Guards
C.G.S. Chief
of General Staff
CH.ENG. Chief Engineer (Royal Naval Engineer)
CHES.R.
CHES.YEO.
CH.S.B. Chief
Signal Botswain (Royal Navy)
CH.SHPT. Chief Shipwright (Royal Navy)
CHT. Corps
of Horse Transport - Army Service Corps (number prefix)
CH.WR. Chief Writer (Royal Navy)
CH.YEO.SIG. Chief Yeoman of Signals (Royal Navy)
C.I.G.S. Chief
of Imperial General Staff
CK. Cook
(Royal Navy)
CK.MTE. Cook's Mate (Royal Navy)
CMB. Prefix
denoting Coastal Motor Boats - Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
C.M.M.P. Corps of
Military Mounted Police
C.M.P. Corps
of Military Police
C.M.R.
Cape Mounted Riflemen (South African campaigns)
C.M.R.
Canadian Mounted Rifles
C.M.S.C.
C.M.T. Corps
of Motor Transport, Army Service Corps
C.O. Commanding
Officer
C.O.A. Corps
of Ordnance Articifers
C.OF.A.S. Corps of Army Schoolmasters
C.OF.HRS. Corps of Hussars
C.OF.LRS. Corps of Lancers
CONN.RANG.
COY. Company
C.P.I Corps of Permanent Instructors
Cpl. Corporal
C.P.O. Chief
Petty Officer (Royal Navy)
C.Q.M.S. Company
Quarter Master Sergeant
C.R.I. Chinese
Regiment of Infantry
C.Sig Corps of Signals
C.S.C. Commissariat
Staff Corps
C.SGT. Colour Sergeant
C.S.M. Company
Sergeant-Major
C.& T.C. Commissariat
and Transport Corps
CTN.ASST. Canteen Assistant
CTN.MNGR. Canteen Manager
C.W.G.C. Commonwealth
War
C.Y.S. Chief
Yeoman of Signals (Royal Navy)
Cy Company
CZ.
D.
Dragoon Guards and Dragoons regimental number prefix
D.A.C. Divisional
Ammunition Column
D.B. Discharge
Badge (for services rendered)
D.C.L.I. Duke
of
D.C.M. Distinguished
Conduct Medal
DEAL. Deal
Division, Royal Marines (number prefix)
DENBIGH.YEO. Denbigh Yeomanry
D.E.O.V.R. Duke of
DEVON.R.
D.F.C. Distinguished
Flying Cross
D.F.M. Distinguished
Flying Medal
DG. Dragoon
Guards (number prefix)
D.H. or D.HD. Deck Hand (Royal
Navy)
DIV. Division
- a unit of approximately 18000 men
D.L.I.
D.L.O.Y. Duke
of
DM. Driver
Mechanised Transport (Army Service Corps number prefix)
D.M.T. District
Mounted Troops (after town name on Boer War medals)
DNKYMN. Donkeyman (Merchant Fleet Auxiliary equivalent to "Stoker"
in Royal Navy)
DNS. Dragoons
D.of CORN.L.I.
Duke of
D.of LANCS.O.Y.
Duke of
DORA Defence of the Realm Act
DORSET.R.
DORSET.Y.
D.O.W. Died
of Wounds
DRESSER. A dresser
of wounds, this was a civilian post
D.R.S. Divisional
Rest Station
D.S. Dressing
Station
D.S.C. Distinguished
Service Cross
D.S.M. Distinguished
Service Medal
D.S.O. Distinguished
Service Order
DURH.L.I.
DVR. Driver
E.
Empire Battalion (17th Bn Royal Fusiliers)
prefix
E.A. Electrical
Artificer (Royal Navy)
E.B.S.R.V.R.
E.D. Excused
Duties
E.E.F. Egyptian
Expeditionary Force
E.F.C. Expeditionary
Forces Canteens
E.LAN.R.
E.M. Electrical
Mechanician (Royal Navy)
ENGN. Engineman
(Royal Navy Reserve)
ENGR. Engineer
(Royal Navy)
E.R.A. Engine
Room Artificer (Royal Navy, 5 classes, e.g.: E.R.A.1)
E.R.of
ESSEX.R.
ESSEX.YEO.
E.SURR.R.
E.YORK.R.
EX.FCE.CAN. Expeditionary Force Canteen
F.
Football Battalions, prefix signifying 17th & 23rd Bns
Middlesex Regiment
F.A. Field
Artillery
F.A. Field
Ambulance
F.A.B. Field
Artillery Brigade
F.AMB. Field Ambulance
F.A.N.Y.C. First Aid
Nursing Yeomanry Corps
FAR. Farrier (Army Ordnance Corps)
F.A.U. Friends Ambulance Unit (non-combatants - poss made up from religious orders i.e. Quakers and objectors)
F.H. Field
Hospital
F.I.D. Field
Intelligence Department
F.SGT. Flight Sergeant (Royal Air Force)
FLT.S.LT. Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Royal Naval Air Service)
F.M. Field
Marshal
Fmn. Fireman (Merchant Fleet Auxiliary)
F.M.O. Field
Marching Order - equipment carried by infantrymen
F.M.R. Frontier
Mounted Rifles
F.O.O. Forward
Observation Officer (artillery spotter)
F.O.P. Forward
Observation Post
F.P. Field
Punishment
F.S.M.O. Field
Service Marching Order - equipment carried by infantrymen
Fus. Fusilier
FT.CDT. Flight Cadet (Royal Air Force)
FT.PAYR. Fleet Paymaster (Royal Navy)
Fwm.
Forewoman (Queen Mary's Auxiliary Army Corps)
F.W.V.R. Friends War Volunteer Relief (made up from religious groups i.e. Quakers and/or objectors
G.
Garrison Bns (1st, 2nd & 3rd) Royal Irish
Fusiliers number prefix
G.
Regimental number prefix found on Home Counties regiments, e.g:
Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment
G.GDS. Grenadier Guards
GDS.M.G.R. Guards Machine Gun Regiment
G.H.Q. General
Headquarters
GLAM.YEO. Glamorgan Yeomanry
GLOUC.R. Gloucestershire Regiment
G.M.P. Garrison
Military Police
Gnr. Gunner
G.O.C. General
Officer Commanding
GORD.HIGHRS. Gordon
Highlanders
G.R.C.
G.R.O. General
Routine Order
G.R.STD. Gun Room Steward (Royal Navy)
GS. Home
Counties regimental number prefix (New Army men and later)
GS. Cavalry
regimental number prefix (General service - hostilities
only)
GS. General
Service - prefix to regimental numbers or any official issue item
G.S.O. General
Staff Officer
Gsr. Greaser (Merchant Fleet
Auxiliary)
GSSR. General
Service Special Reserve number prefix
G.S.W. Gun
Shot Wound
H.
Hussars prefix
H.A.C. Honourable
Artillery Company
H.A.C.ART. Honourable Artillery Company Artillery Section
H.A.C.INF. Honourable Artillery Company Infantry Section
HAMPS.R. Hampshire Regiment
HAMPS.YEO. Hampshire Yeomanry
H.C.C. Hospital
Conveyance Corps
H.E. High
Explosive
HEREFORD.R. Herefordshire Regiment
HERTS.R. Hertfordshire Regiment
HIGH.CYC.BN.
H.K.RGT. Hong Kong Regiment
H.K.S.
H.L.I. or HIGH.L.I.
H.M.COAST.GD. His/Her Majesty's Coast
Guard
H.M.S. His/Her Majesty's Ship
HOUSEHOLD.BN. Household Battalion
H.Q. Headquarters
HRS. Hussars
H.S Hellenic Ship
HUNTS.CYCLIST.BN. Huntingdonshire
Cyclist Battalion
I.C. In
Command (2IC = second in command)
I.GDS. or IR.GDS. Irish Guards
I.M.D. Indian
Medical Department
I.M.R. Imperial
Military Railways
I.M.S. Indian
Medical Service
Instr. Instructor
I.R.V.C. Imperial
Railways Volunteer Corps
I.W.G.C. Imperial
War
I.W.T. Inland
Water Transport (Royal Engineers unit)
I.Y.B. Imperial
Yeomanry Bearer Coy
I.Y.H.
J.
Judean (Jewish) Battalion number prefix, 38th, 39th, 40th Bns
Royal Fusiliers
K.
Regimental number prefix
to Royal Lancaster Regt; and also to some Cambridgeshire Regt
K.A.R. King's
African Rifles
K.EDW.H. King Edward's Horse
KENT.CYC.BN. Kent
Cyclist Battalion
K.I.A. Killed
In Action
K.O.S.B. King's
Own Scottish Borderers
K.O.Y.L.I. King's
Own
K.R. King's
Regulations
K.R.R.C. or K.R.RIF.C.
King's Royal Rifle Corps (or KRR)
K.S.L.I. King's
L.
Lancers and some Royal Artillery prefix regimental numbers L. Home
Counties Regiments number prefix (regulars)
L.
Regimental number prefix to some 3rd Bn South
Wales Borderers
L.A.B. Light
Armoured
LAB.CORPS. Labour Corps
LANARK.YEO. Lanarkshire
Yeomanry
LAN.FUS.
L.CPL. Lance Corporal
LEIC.R. Leicestershire
Regiment
LEIC.YEO. Leicestershire Yeomanry
LEINS.R.
L.G. Lewis
Gun
L.GDS. Life Guards
Lieut. Lieutenant
LINC.R.
LINC.YEO.
L.N.LAN.R. Loyal
L of C. Lines
of Communication
LOND.R.
LOTH.&
BORD.H. Lothian & Border Horse
LOVAT'S.SCTS. Lovat's
Scouts
L.P. Listening
Post
L'POOL.R.
L.S. Leading Seaman (Royal
Navy)
L.Sgt. Lance
Sergeant
Lt. Lieutenant
Lt. Cdr. Lieutenant Commander (Royal Navy)
Lt.Col. Lieutenant
Colonel
LZ. London
Division, prefix Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
M1. Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport Section
M2. Army Service Corps, Electricians
M.A.A. Master
At Arms (Royal Navy)
M.A.C. Motor
Ambulance Convoy (RAMC unit)
MANCH.R.
M.C. Military
Cross
M.D.S. Main
Dressing Station
MECH. Mechanician (Royal Navy)
M.E.F. Mediterranean
Expeditionary Force
M.F.A. Mercantile
Fleet Auxiliary
M.F.P. Military
Foot Police
M.G.C. Machine
Gun Corps
M.G.C.CAV. Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)
M.I.A Missing in Action
M.I. Mounted
Infantry (after name of Regiment)
M.I.D. Mentioned
In Dispatches
MIDD'X.R. Middlesex
Regiment
Mil. Hos.
M.M. Military
Medal
M.M. Motor
Mechanic (Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve)
M.M.G.C. Motor Machine
Gun Corps
M.M.G.S. Motor Machine
Gun Service
M.M.P. Military
Mounted Police
M.M.R. Mercantile
Marine Reserve
M.O. Medical
Officer
M.P. Military
Police
M.P.D. Military
Prisons Department
M.P.S.C. Military
Provost Staff Corps
MONMOUTH.R. Monmouthshire Regiment
MS.
'Mechanical Specials', Army Service Corps prefix
M.S.C. Medical
Staff Corps
M.S.M. Meritorious
Service Medal
M.S.S.C. Military
Store Staff Corps
MT. Mechanical Transport, Motor Transport - Army
Service Corps
M.T.O. Motor
Transport Officer
Mus. Musician
M.W.TEL.O. Marine Wireless Telegraph Operator (Royal Marines)
N.
Regimental number prefix to some Royal Army Medical Corps
N.A.A.F.I. Navy, Army
& Air Force Institute
N.C.C. Non Combatant Corps (made up from religious groups and objectors)
N.CYC.BN. Northern Cyclist Battalion
N.C.O. Non-commissioned
Officer
N.IR.H. North Irish Horse
NORF.R.
NORF.YEO.
NORTH'D.FUS. Northumberland Fusiliers
NORTH'D.YEO. Northumberland
Yeomanry
NORTH'N.R. Northamptonshire
Regiment
NORTH'N.YEO. Northamptonshire Yeomanry
NOTTS.&
DERBY.R. Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment (The Sherwood Foresters)
N.SOM.YEO.
N.STAFFS.R.
N.V.A.C. Naval
Volunteer Ambulance Corps
N.Y.D. Not
Yet Diagnosed (RAMC casualty abbreviation)
N.Z.M.R. New
N.Z.R.B.
O.
Rifle Brigade regimental prefix
O.B.L.I. Oxfordshire
& Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
O.C. Officer's
Clerk (Royal Navy)
O.C. Officer
Commanding
O.H.A. Osmanli Horse Artillery (can be found on
O.I.C. Osmanli Irregular Cavalry (can be foundon
O.M.D. Ordnance
Medical Department
ONT.RGT.
O.O. Ordnance
Officer
ORD. Ordinary
Seaman (Royal Navy)
O.S. Officer's
Steward (Royal Navy)
O.S.C. Ordnance
Staff Corps
O.T.C. Officer
Training Corps
OX.&
BUCKS.L.I. Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
OXF.YEO. Oxfordshire Yeomanry
P.
Police regimental prefix
P.
Some Dragoon Guards regimental number prefix
P.A.V.G. Prince
Albert's Volunteer Guard
PAYR. Paymaster
(Royal Navy)
PEMBROKE.YEO. Pembrokeshire Yeomanry
PLY.
P.M. Provost
Marshal
PNR. Pioneer
(Royal Engineers)
P.O. Petty
Officer (Royal Navy)
P.O.M. Petty
Officer Mechanic (Royal Naval Air Service)
P.O.S.M. Petty
Officer Stoker Mechanic (Royal Navy)
P.O.W. Prisoner of War
P.P.C.L.I. Princess
Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
PS.
Public Schools number prefix to 18th, 19th, 20th & 21st Bns
Royal Fusiliers and 16th Bn Middlesex Regt (Public
Schools battalions)
P.T. Physical
Training
Pte. Private
P.T.I. Physical
Training Instructor
P.U.O. Pyrexia of Unknown Origin, an abbrev. used
in the RAMC
PW. Public
Works battalions (18th, 19th & 26th Bns Middlesex
Regt) prefix
Q.A.I.M.N.S. Queen Alexandra's
Imperial Military Nursing Service
Q.A.I.M.N.S.R. Queen Alexandra's
Imperial Military Nursing Special Reserve
Q.A.R.N.N.S. Queen Alexandra's
Royal Naval Nursing Service
Q.M.A.A.C. Queen Mary's
Army Auxiliary Corps
Q.M.S. Quarter
Master Sargeant (or Qr Mst
Sgt)
Q.O.C.G. Queen's
Own Corps of Guides
Q.O.H.C. Queens
Own Household Cavalry
Q.O.R.GLASGOW.Y. Queen's Own Royal
QUEENS.S.R. Queen's Royal
Q.O.Y.D. Queens Own Yorkshire Dragoons
R.
Army Remount Section, Army Service Corps number prefix
R.
King's Royal Rifle Corps regimental number prefix
also a few Manchester Regt
R.A. Regiment
of Artillery, Royal Artillery
R.A.C. Royal
Armoured Corps
R.A.CH.D. Royal Army Chaplain's Department
R.A.E.C. Royal
Army Education Corps
R.A.F. Royal
Air Force
R.A.M.C. Royal Army
Medical Corps
R.A.O.C. Royal
Army Ordnance Corps
R.A.P. Regimental
Aid Post
R.A.P.C. Royal
Army Pay Corps
R.A.V.C. Royal
Army Vetinerary Corps
R.B. Rifle
Brigade
R.BERKS.R. Royal
R.C.N. Royal
Canadian Navy
R.D. Royal Naval Reserve Officers Decoration
R.D.C.
Royal Defence Corps
R.DEVON.YEO. Royal
R.DUB.FUS. Royal
R.E. Royal
Engineers
R.E.KENT.YEO. Royal
R.F.A. Royal
Field Artillery
R.F.C. Royal
Flying Corps
Rfm. Rifleman
Rfmn. Rifleman
R.F.R.
Royal Fleet Reserve
RFRA. Royal
Artillery pre-war reservist
R.FUS. Royal Fusiliers
R.G.A. Royal
Garrison Artillery
R.GUERNSEY.L.I. Royal
R.G.R. Royal
Garrison Regiment
R.H.A. Royal
Horse Artillery
R.H.GDS. Royal Horse Guards
R.HIGHRS. Royal Highlanders (The Black Watch)
R.H.OF CAN. Royal Highlanders of
RIF.BRIG. Rife Brigade
R.INNIS.FUS. Royal Inniskilling
Fusiliers
R.IR.FUS. Royal Irish Fusiliers
R.IR.REG. Royal Irish Regiment
R.IR.RIF. Royal Irish Rifles
R.LANC.R. Royal
R.M.
Royal Marines
R.M.A. Royal
Marine Artillery
R.M.B. Royal
Marine Band
R.M.BRIG. Royal Marine Brigade
R.M.E. Royal
Marine Engineers
R.M.F.A. Royal
R.M.L.I. Royal
Marines Light Infantry
R.M.O. Regimental Medical Officer
R.N. Royal
Navy
R.N.A.S. Royal
Naval Air Service
R.N.A.S.A.A.C. Royal Naval Air Service
Anti-Aircraft Corps
R.N.D. Royal
Naval Division
R.N.DEVON.YEO. Royal
R.N.R. Royal
Naval Reserve
R.N.V.R. Royal
Naval Volunteer Reserve
R.O.C. Royal Observer Corps
RRC Royal Red Cross
R.R.F. Royal
Regiment of Fusiliers
R.SCOTS. Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
R.SC.FUS. Royal Scots Fusiliers
R.S.M. Regimental
Sergeant Major
R.SUSS.R. Royal
R.T.O. Railway
Transport Officer
R.T.U. Returned
to Unit
R.W.FUS. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
R.W.KENT.R. Royal
RX. Army
Remount Section, Army Service Corps number prefix
S.
Supply - Army Service Corps number prefix
S.
Home Counties regiments number prefix (3rd
Bn)
S.
Some Rifle Brigade, Dorset Regt, Royal Munster Fusiliers, Army Ordnance
Corps, Royal Artillery & Royal Army Medical Corps prefix
S.A.A. Small
Arms Ammunition
S.A.C. South
African Constabulary
S.& A.H. Southerland & Argyll Highlanders. Later became known as A.& S.H. - Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
S.A.I.RGT. South African Irish Regiment
S.A.N.L.C. South African
Native Labour Corps
S.A.S. S Special Air Service Regiment
S.B. Stretcher
Bearer
SB. Stockbrokers'
Battalion (10th Bn Royal Fusiliers)
S.B.A. Sick
Berth Attendant (Royal Navy)
S.B.S. Sick
Berth Steward (Royal Navy)
S.C.I. (or I.S.C.)
Indian Staff Corps
SCO.RIF. Scottish Rifles (Cameronians)
S.C.P.O. Stoker
Chief Petty Officer (Royal Navy)
SD.
SE. Army
Veterinary Corps number prefix (special enlistment for duration of war)
SEAFORTH. Seaforth Highlanders
SEA.HIGHRS. Seaforth Highlanders
S.GDS. Scots Guards
SGT. Sergeant
SH.CK. Ship's Cook (Royal Navy)
SH.CPL. Ship's Corporal (Royal Navy)
SHER. FOR The Sherwood Foresters
SHER.RANG. Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry
SHPT. Shipwright
(Royal Navy)
SHROPS.L.I.
SHROPS.YEO.
SIG. Signaller
(Royal Navy)
S.IR.H. South Irish Horse
S.I.W. Self
Inflicted Wound
SJT. S Serjeant
SKR. Skipper
(Royal Naval Reserve)
S.LAN.R.
S.L.I.
S.Mjr. Sergeant
Major
SMN. Seaman
(Royal Navy)
SOM.L.I.
S.P.O. Stoker
Petty Officer (Royal Navy)
SPR. Sapper
SPTS. Sportsmans number prefix of 23rd & 24th Bns Royal Fusiliers
S.R. Scottish
Rifles (The Cameronians)
S.R. Special
Reserve
S.R.D. Supply
Reserve Depot (typically found on rum jars, which could also store lime juice and recently found on excavations around the Ypres area)
S.S. Supply
Special - Army Service Corps supply tradesman number prefix
S.S. Sanitary
Section - RAMC
S.S.A.
Ship's Steward's Assistant (Royal Navy)
S.STAFFS.R. South Staffordshire Regiment
STAFF.YEO. Staffordshire Yeomanry
S.& T.C. Supply
& Transport Corps (Indian Army)
STD. Steward
(Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary)
STK. Stockbroker
number prefix of the 10th Bn Royal Fusiliers
STO. Stoker
(Royal Navy)
SUFF.R.
SUFF.YEO.
SUSS.YEO.
S.WALES.BORD.
T.
(T1, T2, T3 & T4) (Horse) Transport, Army Service Corps number
prefix
T.
Army Ordnance Corps number prefix
T.
Territorial number prefix
TANK CORPS. Tank Corps
Tel. Telegraphist (Royal Navy)
TF.
Territorial
Force number prefix - e.g. Royal West Kents, East
Surreys & Royal Sussex
T.F.N.S. Territorial Force Nursing
Service
T.F.E.M. Territorial
Force Efficiency Medal
T.F.W.M. Territorial
Force War Medal
T.M. Trench
Mortar
T.M.B. Trench
Mortar
Tptr. Trumpeter
TR. Training
Reserve
TS. Transport Specials - Army Service Corps specialists
prefix
TSR. Transport
Special Reserve - Army Service Corps prefix
TZ. Tyneside
Division - Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
U.V.F.
U.S.S United States Ship
V.A.D. Voluntary
Aid Detachment
V.C. Victoria
Cross
W.
Welsh Artillery (38th Division, Royal Artillery) number prefix
W.A.A.C. Women's
Auxiliary Army Corps (became QMAAC from April 1918)
W. Telegr . Warrant Telegraphist
WARWICK.YEO. Warwickshire Yeomanry
W.A.F.F.
WELSH.H. Welsh Horse
WELSH.R. Welsh Regiment
WEST. & CUMB. YEO. Westmoreland &
W.GDS. Welsh Guards
Wgnr Waggoner,
Army Service Corps trade
WILTS.R. Wiltshire Regiment
WILTS.YEO. Wiltshire Yeomanry
W.I.R.
Wkr. Worker
(QMAAC)
W.N.I. Work of National Importance (work done by objectors and those of certain religious groups)
W.O. War
Office
W.O. Warrant
Officer CL1 (Class 1) CL2 (Class2)
WORC.R. Worcestershire Regiment
WORC.YEO. Worcestershire Yeomanry
WR. Waterways
and Railways - Royal Engineers prefix
W.R.A.F. Women's
Royal Air Force
W.RID.R. West Riding Regiment (or WRR)
W.R.N.S. Women's
Royal Naval Service
W.SOM.YEO.
Wtr. Waiter
(Royal Navy)
W.YORKS.
Y.
King's Royal Rifle Corps number prefix (early
wartime recruits)
YEO. OF SIGS. Yeoman of Signals
(Royal Navy)
Y & L.R. York &
Lancaster Regiment
Y.M.C.A. Young Men's
Christian Association they provided canteens, kitchens etc
YORK.DNS.
YORK.HRS.
Z.
Rifle Brigade number prefix
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