Abbreviations commonly used in the Notebooks

Abbreviations commonly used in the Notebooks

These are some of the abbreviations commonly used in the Notebooks.

Ministerial and other jobs, Government departments and bodies

Admy - Admiralty

A.G. - Attorney General

A.P.W. - Committee Armistice and Post-War Committee of the Cabinet

B/Ed - President of the Board of Education

B/T - President of the Board of Trade

C.A.S. - Chief of the Air Staff

C.D. - Civil Defence

C/E - Chancellor of the Exchequer

Ch. Whip - Chief Whip

CIGS/VCIGS/ACIGS - Chief (Vice, Assistant) of the Imperial General Staff

CinC - Commander in Chief

C.N.A.S. - Chief of the Naval Air Staff

C.N.S./VCNS - Chief (Vice Chief) of the Naval Staff

C.O.S. - Chiefs of Staff

D./Def. Cttee - Defence Committee

D/PM - Deputy Prime Minister

F.O. - Foreign Office

H.O. - Home Office

L.A. - Local Authorities

Ld Chanc - Lord Chancellor

L.P. - Lord President of the Council

L.P. Cttee - Lord President´s Committee

L.P.S. - Lord Privy Seal

M/Ag - Minister or Ministry of Agriculture

M.A.P. - Minister or Ministry for Aircraft Production

M.E.W. - Minister or Ministry of Economic Warfare

M/F - Minister or Ministry of Food

M/H - Minister or Ministry of Health

M/I, M/Inf - Minister or Ministry of Information

M/L - Minister or Ministry of Labour

M/P - Minister or Ministry of Pensions

M/S - Minister or Ministry of Supply

M/State - Minister of State

M/WT - Minister or Ministry of War Transport

M/Prodn - Minister or Ministry or Production

P.M. - Prime Minister

P.M.G. - Paymaster General

Q.M.G. - Quarter Master General

S/Doms - Secretary of State for the Dominions

Sec/Pet - Secretary for the Petroleum Department

S.H.A.E.F. - Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force

S.I.S. - Secret Intelligence Service

S.O.E. - Special Operations Executive

S/S - Secretary of State (e.g. S/S Air)

UNRRA - United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

W.O. - War Office

1st Ld - First Lord of the Admiralty

1st S.L. - First Sea Lord