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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.
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 |
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| 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 |
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