| AGRA | Artillery Group, Royal Artillery |
| AKEL | Anorthotkon Komma Ergazomenou Laou: Reform Party of the Working People |
| APC | Armoured Personnel Carriers |
| CIA | US Central Intelligence Agency |
| CIGS | Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| DLI | The Durham Light Infantry |
| ESBA | Eastern Sovereign Base Area |
| ELAS | Ethnikos Laikos Apeleltherotikas Stratos: People’s National Liberation Army |
| ELDYK | Elleniki Dynami Kyprou – Hellenic Forces Regiment Contingent in Cyprus |
| EOKA | Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston: the National Organization of Cypriot Fighters |
| GHQ | General Headquarters |
| GOC | General Officer Commanding |
| HF | High Frequency |
| HMC | Higher Military Command |
| HMT | Her Majesty’s Troopship |
| HQ | Headquarters |
| KEM | Kypriakon Enotikon Metapon: Cyprus Enosis Front |
| KOYLI | King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry |
| LAC | Leading Aircraftsman |
| MILPOL | Military/Police committees |
| MV | Motor Vessel |
| OHEN | Orthodoxos Chistianiki Enosis Neon: Orthodox Christian Union of Youth |
| PEK | Panagrotiki Enosis Kypro: Panagrarian Union of Cyprus |
| RAF | Royal Air Force |
| RAOC | Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
| RAPC | Royal Army Pay Corps |
| RASC | Royal Army Service Corps |
| REME | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
| RFU | Raiding Force Unit |
| RGJ | Royal Green Jackets |
| RMP | Royal Military Police |
| RAOC | Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
| RUC | Royal Ulster Constabulary |
| RWF | Royal Welch Fusiliers |
| RWK | The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment |
| SAC | Senior Aircraftsman |
| SBA | Sovereign Base Area |
| SIS | British Security Intelligence Service also known as MI 6 (Military Intelligence Department 6). |
| SLR | 7.62mm Self Loading Rifle |
| SOE | Specialist Operations Executive |
| TMT | Turk Mukavemet Teshkilati: Turkish Resistance Organization |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNFICYP | United Nations Force in Cyprus |
| US | United States |
| VHF | Very High Frequency |
| WRAC | Women’s Royal Army Corps |
| WSBA | Western Sovereign Base Area |