| 1Cav |
1st Duke of York's Own Cavalry (Skinner's Horse) |
| 2Cav |
2nd Royal Lancers (Gardner's Horse) |
| 3Cav |
3rd Cavalry |
| 3CLY |
3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) |
| 3DG |
3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) |
| 3H |
3rd The King's Own Hussars |
| 4Cav |
4th Duke of Cambridges Own Lancers (Hodson's Horse) |
| 4CLY |
4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) |
| 4H |
4th The Queen's Own Hussars |
| 4/7DG |
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards |
| 5Cav |
5th King Edwardd VII's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse) |
| 5DG (5Innis) |
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards |
| 6Cav |
6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse) |
| 7Cav |
7th Light Cavalry |
| 7H |
7th The Queen's Own Hussars |
| 8Cav |
8th King George V's Own Light Cavalry |
| 8H |
8th King's Royal Irish Hussars |
| 9Cav |
The Royal Deccan Horse (9th Horse) |
| 9L |
9th Queen's Royal Lancers |
| 10Cav |
10h Queen Victoria's Own Frontier Force (Guides Cavalry) |
| 10H |
10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) |
| 11Cav |
11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force) |
| 11H |
11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) |
| 12Cav |
12th Sam Browne's Cavalry (Depot Regiment) |
| 12L |
12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) |
| 13Cav |
13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers |
| 13/18H |
13th/18th Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) |
| 14Cav |
14th Prince of Wales#s Own Cavalry (Scinde Horse) |
| 14/20H |
14th/20th Hussars |
| 15Cav |
15th Lancers (Depot Regiment) |
| 15/19H |
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars |
| 16Cav |
16th Light Cavalry |
| 16/5L |
16th/5th Lancers |
| 17Cav |
17th Queen Victoria's Own Cavalry (Poona Horse) |
| 17CH |
17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars (7th Reconnaissance Regiment) |
| 17/21L |
17th/21st Lancers |
| 18Cav |
18th King Edward VII's Own Cavalry |
| 19Cav |
19th King George V's Own Lancers |
| 20Cav |
20th Lancers (Depot Regiment) |
| 21Cav |
21st King George V's Own Horse (Central India Horse) |
| 22D |
22nd Dragoons |
| 23H |
23rd Hussars |
| 24L |
24th Lancers |
| 25D |
25th Dragoons |
| 26H |
26th Hussars |
| 27L |
27th Lancers |
| AAD |
Army Air Defense |
| AAMG |
Antiaircraft Machine Gun |
| AASF |
Advanced Air Striking Force |
| A & SH (ASH) |
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) (91) |
| ACC |
Army Catering Corps |
| Admin |
Administration |
| AFD |
Air Fields Defense |
| Afr |
Afridi Battalion |
| AIF |
Australian Imperial Force |
| A/L |
Airlanding |
| AGRA |
Army Group RA (an artillery brigade) |
| Amb |
Ambulance |
| AMPC |
Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps |
| AMTB |
Anti Motor Torpedo Boat |
| Assam Reg |
The Assam Regiment |
| Art(y) |
Artillery |
| Assam Rif |
The Assam Rifles |
| AT |
Antitank |
| ATC |
Australian Tank Corps |
| ATG |
Antitank Gun |
| ATS |
Auxiliary Territorial Service (women's branch of the British Army) |
| Aus |
Australian |
| AVRE |
Assault Vehicle Royal Engineers |
| AY |
Ayrshire Yeomanry (Earl of Carrick's Own) |
| Baluch (Bal) |
Baluch Regiment |
| BAF |
Burma Armed Forces |
| Bays |
The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) |
| (BD) |
Base Defence |
| (B&FD) |
Base and Forward Defence |
| Brecknock (Bcn) |
Brecknock Battalion |
| BEF |
British Expeditionary Force |
| Bedfs Herts (BedH) |
The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (16) |
| BFF |
Burma Frontier Rifles |
| Black Watch (BW) |
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) (42) |
| BMRA |
Brigade Major RA |
| Bn |
Battalion |
| Bom |
Bombay Grenadiers |
| Border (Bord) |
The Border Regiment (34) |
| BR |
Burma Rifles |
| BTF |
Burma Territorial Force |
| Bty |
Battery |
| Buffs |
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) (3) |
| Buk |
Buckinghamshire Battalions |
| CAGRA |
Commander Army Group RA (brigadier) |
| Camb |
The Cambridgeshire Regiment |
| Cameronians (Cam) |
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (26) |
| Camerons (CamH) |
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (79) |
| CCS |
Casualty Clearing Station |
| CCRA |
Commander, Corps Royal Artillery (brigadier) |
| Cheshire (Ches) |
The Cheshire Regiment (22) |
| CIGS |
Chief of the Imperial General Staff at the War Office |
| C-in-C (CiC) |
Commander-in-Chief |
| CMP |
Corps of Military Police |
| Co |
Company |
| Coldm Gds (CG) |
Coldstream Guards (The Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards) |
| COTC |
Canadian 0fficers Training Corps |
| CRA |
Commander, Royal Artillery |
| CRAMC |
Commander, RAMC |
| CRAOC |
Commander, RAOC |
| CRASC |
Commander, RASC |
| CRE |
Commander, Royal Engineers |
| CS |
Close Support |
| C Scot R |
The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) |
| cwt |
(weight) hundredweight |
| CY |
Cheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester's) |
| DCE |
Deputy Chief Engineer |
| DCLI |
The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (32) |
| Devon (Dev) |
The Devonshire Regiment (11) |
| DLI |
The Durham Light Infantry (68) |
| Dog |
Dogra Regiment |
| DOL Yeo |
Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry |
| DORE |
District Office, Royal Engineers |
| Dorset (Dors) |
The Dorsetshire Regiment (39) |
| DWR |
The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) (33) |
| DY |
Derbyshire Yeaomanry |
| CY |
Cheshire Yeomanry |
| EA |
East Africa |
| EAASC |
East Africa Army Service Corps |
| EFR |
The Eastern Frontier Rifles |
| EL & W |
Electric Light and Works |
| E Lan R (ELnc) |
The East Lancashire Regiment (30) |
| ESusx |
The East Sussex Regiment |
| E Yorks (Eyks) |
The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own) (15) |
| ERY |
East Riding Yeomanry |
| Essex (Esx) |
The Essex Regiment (44) |
| FDS |
Field Dressing Station |
| FFReg |
Frontier Force Regiment |
| FFRif |
Frontier Force Rifles |
| FFY |
Fife and Forfar Yeomanry |
| Fld |
Field |
| FMSVF |
Federated Malay States Volunteer Force |
| Foresters (For) |
The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) (45) |
| FSS |
Fixed signal service |
| FSU |
Field Surgical Unit |
| GHld |
Glasgow Highlanders |
| GHQ |
General Headquarters |
| Glosters (Glos) |
The Gloucestershire Regiment (28) |
| GOC |
General Officer Commanding |
| Gordons (Gdn) |
The Gordon Highlanders (75) |
| CRA |
Commander Royal Artillery (Divisional or corps HQ: brigadier) |
| Green Howards (GrnH) |
The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) (19) |
| Gren Gds |
Grenadier Guards (The First or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards) |
| GRif |
Royal Garhwal Rifles |
| Greys |
The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) |
| GS |
General Service |
| GSO |
General Staff Officer |
| Gurk |
Gurkha Rifles |
| HLI of C |
The Highland Light Infantry of Canada |
| HAC |
Honourable Artillery Company |
| Hallams (Halm) |
Hallamshire Battalion (Y & L) |
| Hamps (Hamp) |
The Hampshire Regiment (37) |
| HCR |
Household Cavalry Regiment |
| Hert |
The Herfortshire Regiment |
| HKSRA |
Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery |
| HKVDC |
Hong Kong Volunteer Defense Corps |
| HLI |
The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) (71) |
| Hon. |
The Honourable |
| how |
howitzer |
| HQRA |
Headquarters RA (the CRA/CCRA's staff)(headed by Brigade Major RA (BMRA)) |
| Hrfd |
The Herefordshire Regiment |
| HRH |
His (Her) Royal Highness |
| Hvy |
Heavy |
| Hybad |
Hyderabad Regiment |
| IA |
Indian Army |
| ICR (IC) |
Inns of Court Regiment |
| IE |
Corps of Royal Indian Engineers |
| IG |
Irish Guards (The Irish Regiment of Foot Guards) |
| IHC |
Indian Hospital Corps |
| IMS |
Indian Medical Service |
| Ind |
Indian |
| Int Corps |
Intelligence Corps |
| Innisks (Inskn) |
The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (27) |
| Irish |
The Royal Irish Regiment (20) |
| ISF |
Indian State Forces |
| IWT |
Inland Water Transport |
| Jat |
Jat Regiment |
