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Abbrevations used in the World War One Medal Cards

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Information transcribed from the Medal Index Cards includes every unit or corps listed on an individual's card. On the card, this may be given in an abbreviated form, but there may be a number of different abbreviations for the same unit. Therefore to make it easier to search, we have expanded these abbreviations to their full form. The following list gives the abbreviation and full unit name as well as country.

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Abbreviation A	Unit	Country
A & N.Z. SIG. SQUN. AIF	Australia & New Zealand Signal Squadron AIF	AUS
A. CYC. CORPS	Army Cyclist Corps	G.B.
A. CYCLIST CORPS	Army Cyclist Corps	G.B.
A. EMP. COY. A.I.F.	Army Employment Company	AUS
A. GYM. ST.	Army Gymnastic Staff	G.B.
A. MULE DEPOT.	Army Mule Department	I
A. PROV. C.A.I.F.	Army Provost Corps AIF	AUS
A. & S. HIGHRS.	Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders	G.B.
A. & S.H.	Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders	G.B.
A.A.H.A.I.F.	Australian Auxiliary Hospital AIF	AUS
A.A.N.S.	Army Auxiliary Nursing Service	G.B.
A.A.N.S.	Australian Army Nursing Service	AUS
A.B. CPS.	Army Bearer Corps	I
A.B.C.	Army Bearer Corps	I
A.C. SECT. A.I.F.	Armoured Car Section A.I.F.	AUS
A.C.D.	Army Chaplains Department	G.B.
A.D. CORPS	Army Dental Corps	G.B.
A.D.H.	Australian Dermatalogical Hospital	AUS
A.E.C.	Army Education Corps	G.B.
A.F.A.A.I.F.	Australian Field Artillery AIF	AUS
A.F.C.	Australian Flying Corps	AUS
A.G'S OFFICE M.E.F.	Adjutants Generals Office M.E.F.	AUS
A.G.H.A.I.F.	Australian General Hospital AIF	AUS
A.H. CORPS	Army Hospital Corps	G.B.
A.H.C.	Army Hospital Corps	G.B.
A.I.F.	Australian Imperial Force	AUS
A.L. RY. A.I.F.	Australian Light Railway AIF	AUS
A.M.C.A.I.F.	Army Medical Corps AIF	AUS
A.M.P.	Assam Military Police	I
A.M.T.S.A.I.F.	Australian Mechanical Transport Service AIF	AUS
A.N. & M.E.F.	Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force	AUS
A.O.C.	Army Ordnance Corps	G.B.
A.O.C.A.I.F.	Army Ordnance Corps AIF	AUS
A.O.D.	Army Ordnance Depot	G.B.
A.O.F.	Ancient Order of Foresters	G.B.
A.P.C.	Army Pay Corps	G.B.
A.P.D.	Army Pay Department	G.B.
A.P.S.S.	Army Printing and Stationery Services	G.B.
A.P.T.C.	Army Physical Training Corps	G.B.
A.R.	Assam Rifles	I
A.R.C.S.	Australian Red Cross Society	AUS
A.R.U.A.I.F.	Australian Remount Unit	AUS
A.S.C.	Army Service Corps	G.B.
A.S.C.A.I.F.	Army Service Corps AIF	AUS
A.S.H.A.I.F.	Australian Stationary Hospital AIF	AUS
A.T.C. ENG. A.I.F.	Army Tunnelling Engineers AIF	AUS
A.V.C.	Army Veterinary Corps	G.B.
A.V.E.S.A.I.F.	Australian Veterinary Evacuating Station AIF	AUS
A.V.H.A.I.F.	Australian Veterinary Hospital AIF	AUS
ACTIVE CITIZEN F.	Active Citizen Force	S.A.
ADEN TRP	Aden Troop	I
AFR. N. MED. C.	African Native Medical Corps	S.A.
Alta Regiment	Alberta Regiment	Can
ALWAR I.S. INFY.	Alwar Imperial Service Infantry	I
AMB. MANNERS	Ambulance Manners	G.B.
AMER. AMB. HOSP.	American Ambulance Hospital	AM
ANSON BTTN. R.N.D.	Anson Battalion Royal Naval Division	G.B.
ANTWERP	Antwerp	G.B.
ARAB RIF.	Arab Rifles	EA
ARM CAR R.N.	Armoured Cars Royal Navy	G.B.
ARM. C. COY.	Armoured Car Company	G.B.
ARTILLERY E.A.	Artillery Egyptian Army	EG
ARTY I.D.F.	Garrison Artillery Indian Defence Force	I
ASHBURNERS L.H.	Ashburner's Light Horse	S.A.C.
ASSAM RIF.	Assam Rifles	I
ATTD. R.N. DIV.	Attached Royal Naval Division	G.B.
ATTD. R.N.D.	Attached Royal Naval Division	G.B.
AUS. VOL. HOSP.	Australian Volunteer Hospital	AUS
AYR YEO	Ayrshire Yeomanry	G.B.
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Abbreviation B	Unit	Country
B & C.I. RY BN. I.D.F.	Bombay & Central Indian Railway Battalion Indian Defence Force	I
B.C.R.	British Columbia Regiment	CAN
B.C.R.G.A.	Bermuda Contingent Royal Garrison Artillery	BER
B.G. RYS. A.I.F.	Broad Gauge Railway AIF	AUS
B.G.R.O.C.A.I.F.	Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company AIF	AUS
B.M. POLICE	Burma Military Police	I
B.M. Rif.	Bengal Mounted Rifles	I
B.M.	Bertram Mackennal	GB
B.M.P. ATTD. 15/SIKHS	Burma Military Police Attached 15th Sikhs	I
B.M.P.	Burma Military Police	I
B.R.C.	British Red Cross	G.B.
B.R.C.S. & O. ST. J.J.	British Red Cross Society & Order of St John of Jerusalem	G.B.
B.R.C.S.	British Red Cross Society	G.B.
B.S.	Berede Skutters	S.A.
B.S.A.P.	British South African Police	S.A.
B.S.A.P.	British South African Police	S.A.C.
B.T.	Bridging Train	I
BAGANDA RIF.	Baganda Rifles	EA
BAL. INFY	Baluchistan Infantry	I
BALUCH. INF.	Baluchistan Infantry	I
BALUCHIS	Baluchis	I
BALUCHIS	Baluchistan Infantry	I
BARKLY W. CDO.	Barkley West Commando	S.A.
BASRAH SURVEYS	Basrah Surveys Department	I
BECHL'D. PROT. M.P.	Bechuanaland Protectorate Mounted Police	S.A.C.
BECHUANALAND RIF	Buchuanaland Rifles	S.A.C.
BEDDIE'S SCTS.	Beddies Scouts	S.A.C.
BEDF YEO	Bedford Yeomanry	G.B.
BEDF. R.	Bedfordshire Regiment	G.B.
BEDFS & HERTS R.	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment	G.B.
BEDS & HERTS R.	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment	G.B.
BELFIELD SCTS.	Belfield Scouts	S.A.
BELGIAN OX TPT.	Belgian Ox Transport	EA
BENBOW BTTN. R.N.D.	Benbow Battalion Royal Naval Division	G.B.
BENGALIS	Bengalis	I
BEREDE BDE.	Berede Brigade	S.A.
BEREDE BDE.	De Berede Brigade	S.A.
BERKS YEO	Berkshire Yeomanry	G.B.
BERMUDA ART.	Bermuda Artillery	BER
BERMUDA V.R.C.	Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps	BER
BETHAL CDO.	Bethal Commando	S.A.
BETHUNE'S M.I.	Bethune's Mounted Infantry	S.A.C.
BHAMO BN B.M.P.	Bhamo Battalion Burma Military Police	I
BHAVN. I.S. LRS.	Bhavnagar Imperial Service Lancers	I
BHOPAL I.S. LRS.	Bhopal Imperial Service Lancers	I
BHOPAL INF.	Bhopal Infantry	I
BLACK WATCH	Black Watch	G.B.
BLOEMHOF CDO.	Bloemhof Commando	S.A.
BN A.I.F.	Battalion (Infantry) AIF	AUS
BN. E.A.	Battalion Egyptian Army	EG
BO. VOL. ART.	Bombay Volunteer Artillery	I
BOMBAY ARTY I.D.F.	Bombay Artillery Indian Defence Force	I
BOMBAY ARTY. I.D.F.	Bombay Artillery Indian Defence Force	I
BOMBAY BN. I.D.F.	Bombay Battalion Indian Defence Force	I
BOMBAY L.H.	Bombay Light Horse	I
BOMBAY VOL. AR.	Bombay Volunteer Artillery	I
BOMBAY VOL. ART.	Bombay Volunteer Artillery	I
BOMBAY VOL. RIF.	Bombay Volunteer Rifles	I
BORD R	Border Regiment	G.B.
BORDER H.	Border Horse	S.A.C.
BORDER SCTS.	Border Scouts	S.A.C.
BOTHA'S B.S.	Botha's Berede Skutters	S.A.
BOTHA'S CDO.	Botha's Commando	S.A.
BOTHA'S H.R.	Botha's Hogeveldt Ruiters	S.A.
BOTHA'S M. RIF	Botha's Mounted Rifles	S.A.
BOTHA'S NATAL H.	Botha's Natal Horse	S.A.
BOTHA'S SCTS.	Botha's Scouts	S.A.
BR. W.I.R.	British West Indies Regiment	G.B.
BRABANT'S H.	Brabant's Horse	S.A.C.
BRAHMANS	Brahmans	I
BRAND'S CDO.	Brand's Commando	S.A.
BRAND'S H.	Brand's Horse	S.A.
BRAND'S V.S.S.	Brand's Vry Staat Skutters	S.A.
BRANDS F.S. RFLS.	Brand's Free State Rifles	S.A.
BRANDS F.S. RIFLES	Brand's Free State Rifles	S.A.
BRANDS F.S.R.	Brand's Free State Rifles	S.A.
BRANDS F.S.R.	Brands Free State Rifles	S.A.
BRITSTOWN CDO.	Britstown Commando	S.A.
BUCKS YEO	Buckinghamshire Yeomanry	G.B.
BURMA M.RIF.	Burma Mounted Rifles	I
BURMA MIL. P.	Burma Military Police	I
BURMA MOUNTED RFLS.	Burma Mounted Rifles	I
BURMA MTD. RFLS.	Burma Mounted Rifles	I
BURMA RIF.	Burma Rifles	I
BUSH'LD BORD.	Bushmanland Borderers	S.A.C.
BUSH. CBNRS.	Bushveldt Carbineers	S.A.C.
BUTTFTN. CDO.	Buttfontein Commando	S.A.
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Abbreviation C	Unit	Country
C. GDS.	Coldstream Guards	G.B.
C. MG. BDE.	Canadian Machine Gun Brigade	CAN
C. MTD. R.	Cape Mounted Rifles	S.A.
C. OF GUIDES	Corps of Guides	I
C. OF GUIDES INF.	Corps of Guides Infantry	I
C. OF HRS.	Corps of Hussars	G.B.
C. OF LOND. YEO.	City of London Yeomanry	G.B.
C. OF LRS.	Corps of Lancers	G.B.
C. OF MIL. ACC.	Corps of Military Accountants	G.B.
C. OF MILY ST. CLERKS	Corps of Military Staff Clerks	G.B.
C. VOLS.	City Volunteers	S.A.C.
C. OF A.S.	Corps of Army Schoolmasters	G.B.
C.-IN-C. BDYGD.	Commander In Chief's Bodyguard	S.A.C.
C.A.D.C.	Canadian Army Dental Corps	CAN
C.A.H.T.C.	Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport Corps	S.A.
C.A.M.C.	Canadian Army Medical Corps	CAN
C.A.S.C.	Canadian Army Service Corps	CAN
C.A.V.C.	Canadian Army Veterinary Corps	CAN
C.C. ORD. DEPT.	Cape Colony Ordnance Department	S.A.C.
C.C.	Cape Corps	S.A.
C.C.C.C.	Cape Colony Cyclist Corps	S.A.C.
C.C.S.	Cape Command Signals	S.A.
C.C.S.A.I.F.	Casualty Clearing Station AIF	AUS
C.C.S.C.R.	Cape Command Staff Corps Regiment	S.A.
C.E.	Canadian Engineers	CAN
C.F.A.	Canadian Field Artillery	CAN
C.F.C.	Canadian Forestry Corps	CAN
C.F.E.	Cape Fortress Engineers	S.A.
C.G.A.	Cape Garrison Artillery	S.A.
C.G.A.H.A.B.	Cape Garrison Artillery Heavy Art Brigade	S.A.
C.I. HORSE	Central Indian Horse	I
C.I.B.	Canadian Infantry Brigade	CAN
C.L.H.	Canadian Light Horse	CAN
C.M.B.	Coastal Motor Boats	G.B.
C.M.G. BDE.	Canadian Machine Gun Brigade	CAN
C.M.R.	Canadian Mounted Rifles	CAN
C.M.R.	Canadian Mounted Rifles	CAN
C.M.R.	Cape Mounted Rifles	S.A.
C.M.S.C.	Cape Medical Staff Corps	S.A.C.
C.M.S.C.	Corps of Military Staff Clerks	I
C. MG. BDE.	Canadian Machine Gun Brigade	CAN
C. MG. BDE.	Canadian Machine Gun Brigade	CAN
C.O.C.	Canadian Ordnance Corps	CAN
C.O.R.C.C.	Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps	CAN
C.O.R.C.T.	Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Troops	CAN
C. OF M.P.	Corps of Military Police	G.B.
C.P. DIST.	Cape Police District	S.A.C.
C.P.D. GROUP GARR.	Cape Penninsular Defence Group	I
C.P.D.G.R.	Cape Peninsular Defence Garrison Regiment	S.A.
C.P.G.R.(A.F.)	Cape Peninsular Garrison Regiment Auxiliary Force	S.A.
C.R.T.	Canadian Railway Troops	CAN
C.S.E.F.	Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force	CAN
C.T. COY. A.I.F.	Camel Transport Company AIF	AUS
C.T. COY.	Camel Transport Company	I
C.T. GDS.	Cape Town Guards	S.A.C.
C.T. HIGHRS.	Cape Town Highlanders	S.A.C.
C.T.C.E.A.	Camel Transport Corps Egyptian Army	EG
C.T.P.D.C.	Cape Town Permanent Duty Corps	S.A.C.
CALA M.N.L.	Cala Mounted Native Levies	S.A.C.
CALCUTTA VOL. A.	Calcutta Volunteer Artillery	I
CALCUTTA VOL. BY.	Calcutta Volunteer Battery	I
CALCUTTA VOL. RIF.	Calcutta Volunteer Rifles	I
CAM'N HIGHRS.	Cameron Highlanders	G.B.
CAMB. R.	Cambridgeshire Regiment	G.B.
CAMEL CORPS E.A.	Camel Corps Egyptian Army	EG
CAMERON'S	Cameron Highlanders	G.B.
CAMERONIANS	Cameronians	C.B.
CAN. A.M.C.	Canadian Army Medical Corps	CAN
CAN. A.S.C.	Canadian Army Service Corps	CAN
CAN. CAV. BDE.	Canadian Cavalry Brigade	CAN
CAN. CAVALRY	Canadian Cavalry	CAN
CAN. CYC. BN.	Canadian Cyclist Battalion	CAN
CAN. CYCLIST B.	Canadian Cyclist Battalion	CAN
CAN. CYCLIST BN.	Canadian Cyclist Battalion	CAN
CAN. D. CYC.	Canadian Divisional Cyclists	CAN
CAN. DIV. A.C.	Canadian Divisional Ammunition Column	CAN
CAN. DIV. ART.	Canadian Divisional Artillery	CAN
CAN. DIV. CAV.	Canadian Divisional Cavalry	CAN
CAN. DIV. CYC.	Canadian Divisional Cyclists	CAN
CAN. DIV. H.Q.	Canadian Divisional Head Quarters	CAN
CAN. DIV. H.Q.	Canadian Divisional Headquarters	CAN
CAN. DIV. SIG.	Canadian Divisional Signals	CAN
CAN. ENG.	Canadian Engineers	CAN
CAN. FD. ART.	Canadian Field Artillery	CAN
CAN. FOR. C.	Canadian Forestry Corps	CAN
CAN. HY. BY.	Canadian Heavy Battery	CAN
CAN. INF. BDE.	Canadian Infantry Brigade	CAN
CAN. INF.	Canadian Infantry	CAN
CAN. INF. WKS. CORPS.	Canadian Infantry Works Corps	CAN
CAN. L.H.	Canadian Light Horse	CAN
CAN. LABOUR BN.	Canadian LaBour Battalion	CAN
CAN. LABR. BN.	Canadian Labour Battalion	CAN
CAN. M. RIF.	Canadian Mounted Rifles	CAN
CAN. M.M.G. BDE.	Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade	CAN
CAN. MTD. RIF.	Canadian Mounted Rifles	CAN
CAN. ORD. C.	Canadian Ordnance Corps	CAN
CAN. PNR. BN.	Canadian Pioneer Battalion	CAN
CAN. POSTAL C.	Canadian Postal Corps	CAN
CAN. REMT. D.	Canadian Remount Depot	CAN
CAN. RLY. CONS. C.	Canadian Railway Construction Corps	CAN
CAN. SIBERIAN EXP. FCE.	Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force	CAN
CAN. TANK CORPS.	Canadian Tank Corps	CAN
CANADIAN SCTS.	Canadian Scouts	S.A.C.
CAPE C.L.R.	Cape Coloured Labour Regiment	S.A.
CAPE CORPS	Cape Corps	S.A.
CAPE G.A.	Cape Garrison Artillery	S.A.C.
CAPE G.R.	Cape Government Railways	S.A.C.
CAPE INF.	Cape Infantry	S.A.C.
CAPE M.R.	Cape Mounted Rifles	S.A.C.
CAPE RLY. SHPTRS.	Cape Railway Sharpshooters	S.A.C.
CAPETOWN D.R.A.	Capetown Defence Rifle Association	S.A.
CARABINIERS	6th Dragoon Guards	G.B.
CARNAVN. CDO.	Carnarvon Commando	S.A.
CAROLINA KDO.	Carolina Kommando	S.A.
CATTLE RANG.	Cattle Rangers	S.A.C.
CAVALRY & M.I.E.A.	Cavalry & Mounted Infantry Egyptian Army	EG
CAVALRY F.F.	Cavalry Frontier Force	I
CEYLON G.A.	Ceylon Garrison Artillery	CEY
CEYLON G.A.	Ceylon Garrison Artillery	I
CEYLON PLR. R.C	Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps	CEY
CEYLON SAN. CO.	Ceylon Sanitary Company	CEY
CHES R	Cheshire Regiment	G.B.
CHES YEO	Cheshire Yeomanry	G.B.
CHINESE LABOUR CORPS	Chinese Labour Corps	CH.
CIV. HOS. RES.	Civil Hospital Reserve	G.B.
CIV. HOSP. RES.	Civil Hospital Reserve	G.B.
CLANWILLIAM C.G.	Clanwilliam Convoy Guard	S.A.C.
CLANWLLM. CDO.	Clanwilliam Commando	S.A.
CLAREMONT D.R.A.	Claremont Defence Rifle Association	S.A.
CLARKE'S L.H.	Clarke's Light Horse	S.A.C.
CML. CPS. A.I.F.	Camel Corps A.I.F.	AUS
CO. LOND. REGT. 23 BN.	23rd Battalion County of London Regiment	G.B.
CO. OF LOND. YEO 2	2nd County of London Yeomanry	G.B.
CO. OF LOND. YEO 3	3rd County of London Yeomanry	G.B.
CO. OF LOND. YEO 1	1st County of London Yeomanry	G.B.
COLESBERG CDO.	Colesberg Commando	S.A.
COLLINGWOOD BTTN. R.N.D.	Collingwood Royal Naval Division	G.B.
COLONIAL D.F.	Colonial Defence Force	S.A.C.
COLONIAL L.H.	Colonial Light Horse	S.A.C.
COLONIAL SCTS.	Colonial Scouts	S.A.C.
COMP. C.C.	Composite Cycle Corps	S.A.C.
CON. DEP. A.I.F.	Convalescent Depot AIF	AUS
CONN. RANG.	Connaught Rangers	G.B.
COSSIPORE INFY.	Cossipore Infantry	I
COY. A.B.C.	Company Army Bearer Corps	I
COY. A.H. CORPS.	Company Army Hospital Corps	I
CPS. GUIDES	Corps of Guides	I
CRADOCK CDO.	Cradock Commando	S.A.
CULLINAN'S H.	Cullinan's Horse	S.A.
CULLINAN'S H.	Cullinan's Horse	S.A.C.
CUSTOMS DEPT. M.E.F.	Customs Department Mediterranean Expeditionary Force	AUS
CUSTOMS	H.M. Customs	EA
CUSTOMS P.S.	Customs Preventive Service	WA
CYC. BN. A.I.F.	Cyclist Battalion A.I.F.	AUS
CYC. COY. A.I.F.	Cyclist Company AIF	AUS
CYPRUS R.	Cyprus Regiment	CYP
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Abbreviation D	Unit	Country
D OF S.E.A.	Department of Supplies Egyptian Army	EG
D. GDS 1	1st Dragoon Guards	G.B.
D. GDS 2	2nd Dragoon Guards	G.B.
D. GDS 3	3rd Dragoon Guards	G.B.
D. GDS 4	4th Dragoon Guards	G.B.
D. GDS 5	5th Dragoon Guards	G.B.
D. GDS 6	6th Dragoon Guards	G.B.
D. GDS 7	7th Dragoon Guards	G.B.
D. OF LANC. O.Y.	Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry	G.B.
D. SIG. COY. AIF	Divisional Signal Company AIF	AUS
D.A.C.A.I.F.	Divisional Artillery Column AIF	AUS
D.B.D.A.I.F.	Divisional Base Depot AIF	AUS
D.C.L.I.	Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry	G.B.
D.E.O.R.	Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles	S.A.
D.E.O.V.R.	Duke of Edinburgh Own Volunteer Rifles	S.A.
D.E.O.V.R.	Duke of Edinburgh's Own Volunteers Rifles	S.A.C.
D.G. 4-7	4/7th Dragoon Guards	G.B.
D.M. RIF	District Mounted Rifles	S.A.
D.M.R.	District Mounted Rifles	S.A.
D.M.T.	District Mounted Troops	S.A.C.
D.S.C.	Divisional Signal Company	S.A.
D.S.C.A.I.F.	Divisional Supply Column AIF	AUS
D.W.R.	Duke of Wellingtons Regiment	G.B.
DAMANT'S H.	Damant's Horse	S.A.C.
DAR-ES-SALAAM POL.	Dar-Es-Salaam Police	EA
DE AAR CDO.	De Aar Commando	S.A.
DE B.B. VERKNRS	Berede Brigade Verkenners	S.A.
DE BURG. BATT.	Burgher Battalion	S.A.
DE INFORMATIE STAF.	Information Staff	S.A.
DE JAGER'S SCTS.	De Jager's Scouts	S.A.
DE LA REY R.	De La Rey Ruiters	S.A.
DE O.B.S.	Onberede Skutters	S.A.
DE Z.A.I. BGDN.	Zuid Afrikaansche Infanterie Brigaden	S.A.
DE Z.A.R.	Zuid Afrikaansche Ruiters	S.A.
DELHI R.	Delhi Regiment	I
DEN. CPS. AIF	Dental Corps AIF	AUS
DENBIGH YEO	Denbigh Yeomanry	G.B.
DENNISON'S SCTS.	Dennison's Scouts	S.A.C.
DENTAL CPS. AIF	Dental Corps AIF	AUS
DEOLI R.	Deoli Regiment	I
DEPOT COY.	Depot Company	S.A.
DERAJAT M.B.	Derajat Mountain Battery	I
DERBY YEO	Derby Yeomanry	G.B.
DEVON. R.	Devonshire Regiment	G.B.
DEWITSDP. CDO.	Dewetsdorp Commando	S.A.
DIAMOND F.A.	Diamond Fields Artillery	S.A.C.
DIAMOND F.H.	Diamond Fields Horse	S.A.C.
DIV. SAL. COY. A.I.F.	Divisional Salvage Company AIF	AUS
DIV. SIG. COY.	Divisional Signal Company	I
DIV. SIG. SQUAD	Divisional Signal Squadron	I
DIV. TRAIN A.I.F.	Divisional Train AIF	AUS
DNS 2	2nd Dragoons	G.B.
DNS. 1	1st Dragoons	G.B.
DOGRAS	Dogras	I
DORDRECHT D.V.G.	Dordrecht District Volunteer Guard	S.A.C.
DORSET R	Dorsetshire Regiment	G.B.
DORSET YEO	Dorset Yeomanry	G.B.
DRAKE BTTN. R.N.D.	Drake Battalion Royal Naval Division	G.B.
DRISCOLL'S SCTS.	Driscoll's Scouts	S.A.C.
DUNDEE R.A.	Dundee Rifle Association	S.A.C.
DUNKIRK	Dunkirk	G.B.
DURH. L.I.	Durham Light Infantry	G.B.
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Abbreviation E	Unit	Country
E. AFR. A.S.C.	East Africa Army Service Corps	EA
E. AFR. CENSORS D.	East Africa Censors Department	EA
E. AFR. CH. D.	East African Chaplains Department	EA
E. AFR. ECCL. D.	East African Ecclesiastical Department	EA
E. AFR. ENGRS.	East African Engineers	EA
E. AFR. I.D.	East African Intelligence Department	EA
E. AFR. IND. VOLS.	East African Indian Volunteers	EA
E. AFR. IRR. BN.	East African Irregular Battalion	EA
E. AFR. L.C.	East African Labour Corps	EA
E. AFR. LT. BTY.	East African Light Battery	EA
E. AFR. M. RIF.	East African Mounted Rifles	EA
E. AFR. M.T.C.	East African Motor Transport Corps	EA
E. AFR. M.T.C.	East African Motor Transport Corps	EA
E. AFR. MAXIMS	East African Maxim Guns	EA
E. AFR. MED. CPS.	East Africa Medical Corps	EA
E. AFR. MOL. A.D.	East Africa Military Audit Department	EA
E. AFR. O.D.	East African Ordnance Department	EA
E. AFR. P. GUARD	East Africa Prison Guard	EA
E. AFR. P.C.	East Africa Pay Corps	EA
E. AFR. POL. D.	East African Political Department	EA
E. AFR. POLICE	East African Police	EA
E. AFR. R.E. VOLS	East Africa Royal Engineer Volunteers	EA
E. AFR. REC. SQ.	East Africa Reconnaisance Squadron	EA
E. AFR. REGT.	East African Regiment	EA
E. AFR. REMOUNTS	East Africa Remounts	EA
E. AFR. RIF.	East African Rifles	EA
E. AFR. ROAD C.	East Africa Road Corps	EA
E. AFR. ROAD C.	East African Road Company	EA
E. AFR. RY.T.D.	East African Railway Transport Dept	EA
E. AFR. RYS	East African Railways	EA
E. AFR. S.C.	East Africa Supply Corps	EA
E. AFR. SIG. C.	East African Signal Company	EA
E. AFR. T.C.	East African Transport Corps	EA
E. AFR. TEL. S.	East African Telegraph Service	EA
E. AFR. U.L.	East Africa Unattached List	EA
E. AFR. V.C.	East Africa Veterinary Corps	EA
E. AFR. VOL. ART.	East Africa Volunteer Artillery	EA
E. AFR. VOLS.	East African Volunteers	EA
E. ARAB CORPS E.A.	Eastern Arab Corps Egyptian Army	EG
E. GRIQ'LD. F.F.	East Griqualand Field Force	S.A.C.
E. GRIQ'LD. L.H.	East Griqualand Light Horse	S.A.C.
E. GRIQ'LD. M.R.	East Griqualand Mounted Rifles	S.A.C.
E. KENT R.	East Kent Regiment	G.B.
E. LAKE BORDER P.	East Lake Border Police	EA
E. LAN R	Est Lancashire Regiment	G.B.
E. PROV. H.	Eastern Province Horse	S.A.C.
E. SURR R	East Surrey Regiment	G.B.
E. YORK. R.	East Yorkshire Regiment	G.B.
E. AFR. M.S.	East Africa Medical Supplies	EA
E.A. PNR. COY.	East African Pioneer Company	EA
E.A. PNRS.	East African Pioneers	EA
E.A. RYS.	East African Railways	EA
E.A.	Egyptian Army	EG
E.A. POLICE	East African Police	EA
E.A.N.S.	East African Nursing Service	EA
E.A.P. TEL. S.	East Africa Protectorate Telegraph Section	EA
E.AFR.A.C.R.	East African Armoured Car Regiment	EA
E.C.P.	E. Carter Preston	GB
E.E.F.A.I.F.	Egyptian Expeditionary Force AIF	AUS
E.M.M. & B. COY.	Electrical & Mechanical Mining and Boring Company	AUS
E.R. OF YORK. Y.	East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry	GB
E.R. YEO.	East Riding Yeomanry	G.B.
EAST RAND COM.	East Rand Commando	S.A.
EGYPTIAN M.P.	Egyptian Military Police	EG
ELLIOT B. SCTS.	Elliot Border Scouts	S.A.C.
EMMET'S H.	Emmet's Horse	S.A.
ENSLIN'S H.	Enslin's Horse	S.A.
ERINPURAS	Erinpura Regiment	I
ERMOLO CDO.	Ermolo Commando	S.A.
ESSEX R.	Essex Regiment	G.B.
ESSEX YEO	Essex Yeomanry	G.B.
EX. FCE. CAN.	Expeditionary Force Canteens	G.B.
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Abbreviation F	Unit	Country
F & P DEPT	Forestry & Plantation Department	G.B.
F. AMB. A.I.F.	Field Ambulance AIF	Aus
F. AMB. S.	Field Ambulance Service	G.B.
F. FIENNES HOSP.	F. Fiennes Hospital	G.B.
F.A.B.A.I.F.	Field Artillery Brigade AIF	Aus
F.A.N.Y.C.	First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps	G.B.
F.C.E.A.I.F.	Field Company Engineers AIF	Aus
F.F.RIF.	Frontier Force Rifles	I
F.G.A.	Frontier Garrison Artillery	I
F.G.H.	Fort Garry Horse	Can
FARMERS GD.	Farmers Guard	S.A.C.
FD.CO.S. & M.	Field Company Sappers & Miners	I
FD.TEL.SEC.N.R.	Field Telegraph Section Nigerian Regiment	WA
FIFE & FORFAR YEO	Fife & Forfar Yeomanry	G.B
FIJI L.C.	Fiji Labour Corps	FIJ
FINGO N.L.	Fingo Native Levies	S.A.C.
FISHERY RESERVE	Fishery Reserve	G.B.
FLD.BKY. A.I.F.	Field Bakery AIF	AUS
FORESTERS	Sherwood Foresters	G.B.
FR. CONSTAB.	Frontier Constabulary	I
FRANKFORT CDO.	Frankfort Commando	S.A.
FRASERBG. CDO.	Fraserburg Commando	S.A.
FRASERBURG SCTS.	Fraserburg Scouts	S.A.C.
FRENCH'S SCTS.	French's Scouts	S.A.C.
FRONTIER L.H.	Frontier Light Horse	S.A.C.
FRONTIER M.R.	Frontier Mounted Rifles	S.A.C.
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Abbreviation G	Unit	Country
G. COAST FLD.COY.	Gold Coast Field Company	WA
G. COAST POLICE	Gold Coast Police	WA
G. COAST R.W.A.F.	Gold Coast Regiment West African Force	WA
G. GDS.	Grenadier Guards	G.B.
G.B.D.A.I.F.	General Base Depot AIF	AUS
G. COAST R.	Gold Coast Regiment	WA
G.I.P. RY. VOLS.	Protectorate Railway Volunteers	?
G.M.P.	Garrison Military Police	I
G.O.C. BDY. GD.	General Officer's Commanding Body Guard	S.A.
G.S.R.A.I.F.	General Service Reinforcements	AUS
GAMBIA COY.	Gambia Company	WA
GARHWAL RIF.	Garhwal Rifles	I
GDS. M.G.R.	Guards Machine Gun Regiment	G.B.
GDS. M.G.R.	Guards Machine Gun Regiment	G.B.
GEYSER'S CDO.	Geyser's Commando	S.A.
GLAM YEO	Glamorgan Yeomanry	G.B.
GLEN GREY N.L.	Glen Grey Native Levy	S.A.C.
GLOUC R	Gloucestershire Regiment	G.B.
GLOUC YEO	Gloucestershire Yeomanry	G.B.
GORD. HIGHRS.	Gordon Highlanders	G.B.
GORDONS	Gordon Highlanders	G.B.
GORRINGE'S F.C.	Gorringe's Flying Column	S.A.C.
GREEN HOWARDS	Green Howards	G.B.
GRENADIERS	Grenadiers	I
GRFF. REINET CDO.	Graff Reinet Commando	S.A.
GRIQUALAND W.R.	Griqualand West Ruiters	S.A.
GRIQUATOWN D.F.	Griquatown Defence Force	S.A.C.
GRKS.RF.	Gurkha Rifles	I
GRNDSR.	Grenadiers	I
GROBLERS CDO.	Groblers Commando	S.A.
GUIDES CAVY.	Guides Cavalry	I
GUIDES INFY.	Guides Infantry	I
GUIDES INFY.	Guides Infantry	I
GURKHA RIF.	Gurkha Rifles	I
GWALIOR I.S. LRS.	Gwalior Imperial