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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.
M-N-O-P
| Malaya |
Western Malaysia |
KAR |
| MO |
Medical Officer |
KAR |
| MRS |
Medical Reception Station |
KAR |
| MTO |
Motor (or Mechanical) Transport Officer |
KAR |
| N |
(In unit/formation designation) Nyasaland (eg: 2
(N) Bn KAR |
KAR |
| N |
(when marked on a rifle) Navy |
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| Netherlands East Indies |
Indonesia |
KAR |
| NCO |
Non-Commissioned Officer (i.e., below the rank of
lieutenant) |
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| NFD |
Northern Frontier District (Kenya) |
KAR |
| Northern Rhodesia |
Zambia |
KAR |
| NRR |
Northern Rhodesia Regiment |
KAR |
| Nyasaland |
Malawi |
KAR |
| OCS |
Officer Cadet School |
KAR |
| OCTU |
Officer Cadet Training Unit |
KAR |
| Ogaden |
Fifth (Somali) Region of Ethiopia, also a Somali
clan who live there |
KAR |
| ORQMS |
Orderly Room Quartermaster Sergeant |
KAR |
| Portuguese East Africa |
Mozambique |
KAR |
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