January 1, 2005    

Enfield-Stuff
           A web site about Lee-Enfield rifles and the men who carried them.

     
 
 
 
A glossary of Military Abbreviations used in the British Empire
 
   

Glossary of British Empire Military Abbreviations
There is no single source - no one book, web site or paper - that lists all of the thousands of military abbreviations and acronyms in use during the time that the Lee-Enfield rifle was in active production, 1888 - 1976.  Regiments contracted and expanded, countries were born, changed names, came and went.  Our focus is on regiments and unit organization, not chain-of-command.  As we encounter the acronymns or other useful terms in our research we will post them as time allows. Whenever practical the far right column will include the source information.

  A-B-C-D   E-F-G-H   I-J-K-L   M-N-O-P   Q-R-S-T   U-V-W-X-Y-Z

 

E-F-G-H

EA East Africa(n) KAR
EAA East African Artillery KAR
EAAC East African Armored Corps KAR
EAAEC East African Army Education Corps KAR
EAAEME East African Army Electrical & Mechanical Engineers KAR
EAAMC East African Army Medical Corps KAR
EAASC East African Army Service Corps KAR
EAMR East African Army Mounted Rifles KAR
FANY Female Auxiliary Nursing Yeomanry KAR
Field Company Basic unit of the Schutztruppen and of SA and EA Engineers KAR
FOO Forward Observation Officer KAR
GC Gold Coast KAR
German East Africa Tanganyika, now part of Tanzania KAR
gendarmerie A police organization within the armed forces with responsibility for general law enforcement  
GHQ General Headquarters KAR
GR Gurkha Rifles KAR
HMEAS  His/Her Majesty's East African Ship KAR
HMT  His/Her Majesty's Troop Ship KAR
HQ Headquarters KAR