A. | Acting; administration; assistant; Auxiliary Air Force; Naval Aviation. |
A.A. | Anti-aircraft; Army Act. |
A.A.C. | Army Air Corps. |
A.A.C.U. | Anti-Aircraft Cooperation Unit. |
A.A.D.C. | Anti-Aircraft Defence Commander. |
A.A.F. | Auxiliary Air Force. |
A.A.G. | Assistant Adjutant-General. |
A.A.L.M.G. | Anti-aircraft light machine-gun. |
A. & A.E.E. | Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment. |
A.A.Q.M.G. | Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General. |
A.A.S. | Auxiliary Ambulance Service. |
A.A.S.C. | Army Air Support Control. |
A.B. | Able-bodied (seaman); Army Book. |
A.B.C. | Air Booking Centre. |
A.B.C.A. | Army Bureau of Current Affairs. |
A.B.C.D. | America, Britain, China, Dutch East Indies. |
A.B.D.A. | American-British-Dutch- Australian area. |
A.B.P.O. | Army Base Post Office. |
A.B.T.S. | Army Blood Transfusion Service. |
A.C. | Aircraft carrier; aircraftman; armoured car; army cooperation. |
A/C. | Aircraft. |
A.C.1. | Aircraft map, 1st Class. |
A.C.2. | Aircraftman, 2nd Class. |
A.C.C. | Army Catering Corps. |
A.Cdre. | Air Commodore. |
A.Cdt. | Air Command ant (W.A.A.F.). |
A.C.F. | Army Cadet Force. |
A.C/H. | Aircraft-hand. |
A.C.I. | Air Council Instruction; Army Council Instruction. |
Ack. | Acknowledge. |
A.C.M. | Air Chief Marshal. |
A.C.S.E.A. | Air Command, South-East Asia. |
A.C.V. | Armoured command vehicle. |
A.C.W. | Aircraftwoman. |
A.C.W.1. | Aircraftwoman, 1st Class. |
A.C.W.2. | Aircraftwoman, 2nd Class. |
A.D. | Air dispatch; armoured division; assistant director. A.D.C. Aide - de - camp; Army Dental Corps. |
A.D.D.L. | Airfield Dummy-Deck Landing. |
A.D.G.B. | Air Defence of Great Britain. |
Adj. | Adjutant. |
Adm. | Administration; Admiral(ty). |
A.D.M.S. | Assistant Director of Medical Services. |
A.D.O.S. | Assistant Director of Ordnance Services. |
A.D.R.U. | Air Despatch and Reception Unit. |
A.D.S. | Advanced dressing station. |
Adv. | Advance(d). |
A.E.A. | Air Efficiency Award. |
A.E.G. | Army Educational Corps. |
A.E.F. | Allied Expeditionary Force. |
A.E.M. | Air Efficiency Medal. |
A.E.O. | Air Engineer Officer. |
A.F. | Admiral of the Fleet; Allied Forces; Army Form. |
A/F. | Airfield. |
A.F.C. | Air Force Cross. |
A.F.M. | Air Force Medal. |
A.F.P.U. | Army Film and Photographic Unit. |
A.F.S. | Air Formation Signals; American Field Service; Army Fire Service; Auxiliary Fire Service. |
A.F.V. | Armoured fighting vehicle. |
A.G. | Adjutant-General; air gunner; anti-gas. |
A.G.R.A. | Army Group, Royal Artillery. |
A.H.Q. | Air Headquarters. |
A.I. | Aircraft interception (radar). |
A.I.D. | Aeronautical Inspection Directorate. |
A.I.F. | Australian Imperial Forces. |
A.I.L.O. | Air Intelligence Liaison Officer. |
A.K.S. | Army Kinematography Service. |
A.L.F. | Allied Land Forces. |
A.L.F.S.E.A. | Allied Land Forces, South-East Asia. |
A.L.G. | Advanced landing ground. |
A.L.O. | Air Liaison Officer. |
A.L.S. | Air Letter Service. |
A.M. | Air Marshal; Air Member; Air Ministry. |
A.M.G. | Aircraft Message Control; Armed Merchant Cruiser. |
A.M.E.S. | Air Ministry Experimental Station. |
A.M.F. | Australian Military Forces. |
A.M.G.(O.T.). | Allied Military Government (of Occupied Territories). |
Amn. | Ammunition. |
A.M.O. | Air Ministry Order. |
A.M.P. | Air Member for Personnel. |
A.M.T. | Air Member for Training. |
A.N.S. | Auxiliary Nursing Service. |
Anzac. | Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. |
A.O. | Army Order. |
A.O.A. | Air Officer Administration. |
A.O.C.(-in-C.). | Air Officer Commanding (-in-Chief). |
A.O.P. | Air Observation Post. |
A.O.S. | Angle of sight. |
A.P. | Aiming point; air publication; ammunition point; armour-piercing. |
A.P.I.S. | Army Photographic Interpretation Section. |
A.P.M. | Assistant Provost Marshal. |
App/Air. | Aircraft Apprentice. |
A.P.O. | Army Post Office. |
A.P.S. | Army Postal Services. |
A.P.T.C. | Army Physical Training Corps. |
A.Q.M.G. | Assistant Quartermaster-General. |
A/R. | Aircraft Recognition. |
A.R.H. | Ammunition railhead. |
A.R.O. | Army Routine Order. |
A.R.P. | Air Raid Precautions; ammunition refilling point. |
A.R.R.C. | Associate of the Royal Red Cross. |
Arty. | Artillery. |
A.R.W. | Air raid warden or warning. |
ASDIC. | Admiralty Submarine Detection Investigation Committee. |
A.S.G. | Air Support Group. |
A.S.H. | Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. |
A.SJ. | Air speed indicator. |
A.S.L. | Anti-submarine loops. |
A.S.O. | Air Staff Officer; Assistant Section Officer. |
A.S.P. | Air Stores Park. |
A.S.R. | Air-Sea Rescue. |
A.S.S.U. | Air Support Signals Unit. |
A.S.V. | Air to surface vessel (radar). |
A.T. | Animal Transport. |
A/T. | Anti-tank. |
A.T.A. | Air Transport Auxiliary. |
A.T.C. | Air Training Corps; Air Transport Command (U.S.). |
A.T.D. | Actual time of departure. |
Atfero. | Atlantic Ferry Organization. |
A.Tk. | Anti-tank. |
A.T.M. | Army Training Memorandum. |
A.T.S. | Auxiliary Territorial Service. |
Att. | Attached. |
A.V.M. | Air Vine-Marshal. |
A.V.R.E. | Armoured vehicle Royal Engineers. |
A/W. | All-weather. |
A.W.O.L. | Absent without official leave. |
A.W.S. | Army Welfare Services. |