XIII Corps |
Group of Regiments |
AA |
Anti-aircraft |
BESA gun |
Italian Machine Gun |
Chota |
Hindi Term meaning small, younger or junior |
CO |
Commanding Officer |
CSMI |
Company Sergeant Major Instructor |
Cwt |
Hundred Weight – 20cwt in a ton |
D-Day |
Invasion Day |
DSO |
Distinguished Service Order |
Duce |
A leader or dictator, applied especially to Benito Mussolini |
ENSA |
Entertainment National Service Association |
EY Rifle |
Lee-Enfield called the EY Rifle after Sir Ernest Youlle who adapted it |
GHQ |
General Headquarters |
HE |
High Explosives |
HMS |
His Majesty’s Ship |
HQ |
Headquarters |
JU 88 |
Junker, a German Stuka Aeroplane |
LC |
Landing Craft |
LCA |
Landing Craft Assault, approximately 12m long |
LCI |
Landing Craft Infantry, approximately 50m long |
LMG |
Light Machine Gun |
LRDG |
Long Range Desert Group |
MG 15 |
Machine Gun |
MT |
Motor Transport |
MTO |
Motor Transport Officer |
METS |
Middle East Training School Paratroops |
MO |
Medical Officer |
NCO |
Non-Commissioned Officer |
NAAFI |
Naval Army Air Force Institute |
OC |
Officer Commanding |
OP |
Observation Point |
Officer Cadet Training Unit |
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Oerlikon |
Anti-aircraft gun. Mounted mainly on ships. |
PT |
Physical Training |
PU |
Personnel Utility Vehicle |
Provost |
Regiment or Naval Police |
RE |
Royal Engineers |
RSM |
Regimental Sergeant Major |
RAF |
Royal Air Force |
RASC |
Royal Army Service Corps |
RSM |
Regimental Sergeant Major |
RTU |
Returned to unit |
SBS |
Special Boat Squadron |
SRS |
Special Raiding Squadron |
SAS |
Special Air Service |
SRS |
Special Raiding Squadron |
VE Day |
Victory in Europe |
Wadi |
An Arabic term meaning a valley or dry river bed. |
Alec Muirhead
Bill Fraser
Captain Francis (‘Franco’)
Derrick Harrison
Fraser McCluskey
Harry Poat
John Tonkin
Johnny Wiseman
Paddy Mayne
Pat Reilly
Phil Gunn
Sandy Wilson
Tony Marsh