Military Acronyms

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On Sale:
02/12/2025
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This comprehensive list includes more than 1,800 military acronyms, giving you the information you need to understand military records and piece together the career and life of your military ancestor.

On Sale: 02/12/2025

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The downloadable guide, produced by military historian and expert Graham Bandy, includes hundreds of military terms that you may find on your ancestors' service records: 

  • Over 1,000 Army acronyms
  • Over 450 Royal Air Force acronyms
  • Over 300 Royal Navy acronyms
  • Over 100 medical military acronyms and Medical Classifications

The list includes acronyms such as…

  • A/Tk Anti Tank
  • ATS Auxiliary Training Corps (Women)
  • AVC Army Veterinary Corps (RAVC)
  • AVRE Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers
  • AW Artisan Works RE
  • AWOL Absent Without Leave
  • Ayre Yeo Ayrshire Yeomanry
  • BAC Brigade Ammunition Column
  • BCA Battery Commander’s Assistant
  • Bde Brigade
  • BDSM Bandsman 
  • CCD Commander of Coast Defences
  • CCG Control Commission Germany
  • CCRA Corps Commander Royal Artillery
  • CCS Casualty Clearing Station
  • CD Convalescent Depot
  • CDS Corps Dressing Station
  • CE Chief Engineer
  • CEF Canadian Expeditionary Force
  • CEPC Chief Engineer Port Construction
  • CEPO Civilian Establishment Pay Officer
  • CF Chaplain to the Forces
  • CFA Cavalry Field Ambulance

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