Abbreviations and acronyms used for military units are listed below. Many of these are printed in full at intervals throughout the text to aid clarity. Others are explained where they occur.
AA |
Anti-Aircraft |
AB |
Airborne |
ACC |
Army Catering Corps |
Acfn |
Aircraftsman |
ACRE |
Army Group Royal Engineers |
AL |
Air Landing |
BR |
British |
Can |
Canadian |
CCS |
Casualty Clearing Station |
Coll |
Collective |
Coy |
Company |
CWGC |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
DZ |
Dropping Zone |
DCLI |
Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry |
DFC |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
DFM |
Distinguished Flying Medal |
DLI |
Durham Light Infantry |
HCR |
Household Cavalry Regiment |
HLI |
Highland Light Infantry |
Int |
Intelligence |
IPC |
Independent Parachute Company |
KORR |
King’s Own Royal Regiment |
KOSB |
King’s Own Scottish Borderers |
KOYLI |
King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry |
KRRC |
King’s Royal Rifle Corps |
KSLI |
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry |
Lt |
Light |
LZ |
Landing Zone |
MiD |
Mentioned in Despatches |
Middx |
Middlesex |
Mil |
Military |
MM |
Military Medal |
MOW |
Military Order of William |
Nav |
Navigator |
OP |
Observation Point |
PIR |
Parachute Infantry Regiment |
Pz |
German Panzer units |
RA |
Royal Artillery |
RAMC |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
RAP |
Regimental Aid Post |
RASC |
Royal Army Service Corps |
RC |
Roman Catholic |
RCIC |
Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
RDG |
Royal Dragoon Guards |
RE |
Royal Engineers |
REME |
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
RHA |
Royal Horse Artillery |
RIR |
Royal Irish Rifles |
RNF |
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers |
RSigs |
Royal Signals |
RV |
Rendezvous |
RUR |
Royal Ulster Rifles |
RWF |
Royal Welch Fusiliers |
SA |
Sturm Abteilung |
SP |
Self-propelling gun |
Sp Mem |
Special Memorial |
SWB |
South Wales Borderers |
VVV |
Dutch Tourist Authority |
Wksp |
Workshop |
WO |
Warrant Officer |