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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.
Q-R-S-T
| RAAF |
Royal Australian Air Force |
KAR |
| RAEC |
Royal Army Education Corps |
KAR |
| RAR |
Rhodesian African Rifles (eg: 2 Btn RAR) |
KAR |
| RASC |
Royal Army Service Corps |
KAR |
| RAVC |
Royal Army Veterinary Corps |
KAR |
| RB |
Rifle Brigade |
KAR |
| REAN |
Royal East African Navy |
KAR |
| REME |
Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
KAR |
| RMO |
Regimental Medical Officer |
KAR |
| RMS |
Royal Mail Ship |
KAR |
| RNR |
Royal Navy Reserve |
KAR |
| RNSA |
Royal Navy Sailing Association |
KAR |
| RPC |
Royal Pioneer Corps |
KAR |
| S |
(In unit/formation designation) Somali (eg: 71 (S)
Bn KAR) |
KAR |
| SA |
South Africa(n) |
KAR |
| SAAF |
South African Air Force |
KAR |
| SAEC |
South African Engineer Corps |
KAR |
| Schutztruppe |
(German) literally "guard troops"; German
East African units raised in German East Africa 1900 - 1918 |
KAR |
| Siam |
Thailand |
KAR |
| Som |
(In unit/formation designation) Somali (eg: 70 (Som)
Bn KAR) |
KAR |
| Southern Rhodesia |
Zimbabwe |
KAR |
| Tanganyika |
Former German East Africa, now part of Tanzania |
KAR |
| tarboosh |
(Arabic/Swahili) tall fez worn by KAR on ceremonial
occassions |
KAR |
| TP |
Tribal Police |
KAR |
| TT |
(In unit/formation designation) Tanganyika Territory
(eg: 36 (TT) Bn KAR) |
KAR |
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