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

 

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  
Netherlands East Indies Indonesia KAR
NCO Non-Commissioned Officer (i.e., below the rank of lieutenant)  
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