Saturday, January 16, 2016

APPENDIX 4 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

APPENDIX 4 

LIST OF   ABBREVIATIONS


AA                              -           Anti Aircraft
AA & QMG                -           Assistant Adjutant & Quarter Master General
ADC                           -           Aide-de-Camp
ADLS                         -           Air Despatch Letter Service
AFHQ                         -           Armed Forces Headquarters
AG                              -           Adjutant General
AQMG                        -           Assistant Quarter Master General
ASSU                          -           Air Support Signal Unit
AT                               -           Animal Transport
BEM                           -           British Empire Medal
BM                              -           Brigade Major
BOR                            -           British Other Rank(s)
CAFSO                       -           Chief Air Formation Signal Officer
CGS                            -           Chief of General Staff
CHM                           -           Company Havildar Major
C-in-C                         -           Commander-in-Chief
CQMH                        -           Company Quarter Master Havildar
CRA                            -           Commander Royal Artillery

CSO                            -           Chief Signal Officer

CW                              -           Continuous Wave
cwt                              -           hundredweight (112 lbs.)
DAA & QMG             -           Deputy Assistant Adjutant & Quarter Master General
DAQMG                     -           Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General
DCGS                         -           Deputy Chief of General Staff
DCSO                         -           Deputy Chief Signal Officer
DDSD                         -           Deputy Director of Staff Duties
DF                               -           Direction Finding

DR                              -           Despatch Rider

DRLS                          -           Despatch Rider Letter Service

D Sigs                         -           Director of Signals

DSO                            -           Distinguished Service Order, Duty Signal Officer

ELS                             -           Express Letter Service
FFR                             -           Frontier Force Regiment
FFW                            -           Fitted For Wireless
GCB                            -           Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Bath
GCSI                           -           Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order    
                                                of Star of India     

GHQ                           -           General Headquarters

GOC                           -           General Officer Commanding
GOC-in-C                   -           General Officer Commanding-in-Chief
GSO 1                         -           General Staff Officer, Grade 1(Lieutenant Colonel)
GSO 2                         -           General Staff Officer, Grade 2 (Major)
GSO 3                         -           General Staff Officer, Grade 3 (Captain)
HF                               -           High Frequency
HLI                             -           Highland Light Infantry

HQ                              -           Headquarters

IAF                             -           Indian Air Force
ICO                             -           Indian Commissioned Officer 
IDSM                          -           Indian Distinguished Service Medal
IEF                              -           Indian Expeditionary Force
IMA                            -           Indian Military Academy
INA                             -           Indian National Army
IOM                            -           Indian Order of Merit
IOR                             -           Indian Other Rank(s)
ISC                              -           Indian Signal Corps
JCO                             -           Junior Commissioned Officer
Km                              -           Kilometer
KW                             -           Kilowatt
KCIO                          -           King’s Commissioned Indian Officer
KCMG                        -           Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and
                                                St. George
L of C                         -           Line of Communication 
LMG                           -           Light Machine Gun
MBE                           -           Member of (the order of) the British Empire
MC                              -           Military Cross, Motor Cycle
Mc/s                            -           Megacycles per second
MEO                           -           Military Evacuation Organisation
MGO                           -           Master General of Ordinance
MM                             -           Military Medal
MMG                          -           Medium Machine Gun

MT                              -           Mechanical Transport

No                               -           Number
NCO                           -           Non Commissioned Officer
NC (E)                                    -           Non Combatant (Enrolled)
NWFP                         -           North West Frontier Province
OBE                            -           Officer of (the order of) the British Empire
OBI                             -           Order of British India            
OC                              -           Officer Commanding
OCTU                         -           Officer Cadet Training Unit
OR                              -           Other Rank(s)
OT (W)                        -           Operator Telegraph (Wireless)
OT (L)                         -           Operator Telegraph (Line)
OTS                             -           Officers’ Training School
OV                              -           Operator Visual
Pt                                 -           Point
lb                                 -           Pound (Weight)
PBF                             -           Punjab Boundary Force
PL                               -           Permanent Line                                           
POW                           -           Prisoners Of War
PRC                            -           Permanent Regular Commission
P & T                           -           Posts and Telegraphs
PWRIMC                    -           Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College
QM                              -           Quarter Master
QMG                           -           Quarter Master General
RA                              -           Royal Artillery
RAF                            -           Royal Air Force
RAP                            -           Regimental Aid Post
RHM                           -           Regimental Havildar Major
RIAF                           -           Royal Indian Air Force
RIN                             -           Royal Indian Navy
RQMH                        -           Regimental Quarter Master Havildar
RQMS                         -           Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant 
RT                               -           Radio Telephony
RTT                             -           Radio Teleprinter Transmission
SAAT                          -           Signal Assistant Animal Transport
SDS                             -           Signal Despatch Service
SO 1                            -           Staff Officer, Grade 1 (Lieutenant Colonel)
SO 2                            -           Staff Officer, Grade 2 (Major)
SO 3                            -           Staff Officer, Grade 3 (Captain)
STRAN                       -           Static Radio Army Network
STC                             -           Signal Training Centre
STC (I)                        -           Signal Training Centre (Indian)
SWAN                        -           Static Wireless Army Network
TA                               -           Territorial Army
TEV                            -           Terminal Equipment Vehicle
TMO                           -           Technical Maintenance Officer
TRC                            -           Tape Relay Centre
TSIC                           -           Temporary School for Indian Cadets
UG                              -           Under Ground
UK                              -           United Kingdom
USA                            -           United States of America
VC                              -           Victoria Cross
VCOs                          -           Viceroy’s Commissioned Officer
VHF                            -           Very High Frequency
WAC (I)                      -           Womens Auxiliary Corps (India)
WS                              -           Wireless Set
WT                              -           Wireless Telegraphy




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