C. | Captain (R.N.); cargo aircraft (U.S.). |
C.A.A.T.O. | Commander Army Air Transport Organization. |
C.A.G. | Civil Air Guard. |
C. & M. | Care and maintenance. |
C.A.P. | Chloro-aceto-phenone. |
Capt. | Captain. |
C.A.S. | Chief of the Air Staff. |
Cav. | Cavalry. |
C.B. | Confidential book; confinement to barracks; counter-battery. |
C.B.E. | Central Bomber Establishment. |
C.B.I. | China-Burma-India. |
C.B.O. | Counter-Battery Officer. |
C.C. | Chief Controller (A.T.S.); Company Commander; Control Commission. |
C.C.O. | Chief of Combined Operations. |
C.C.S. | Casualty Clearing station. |
C.C.T.F. | Combat Cargo Task Force. |
C.D. | Civil Defence; Coast Defence. |
Cdo. | Commando. |
Cdr. | Commander; Conductor. |
C.D.R.C. | Civil Defence Regional Commissioner. |
C.D.R.S. | Civil Defence Rescue Service. |
C.D.S. | Civil Defence Services. |
Cd.S.O. | Commissioned Supply Officer. |
Cat. | Cadet. |
C.D.V. | Civil Defence Volunteers. |
C.D.W.S. | Civil Defence Wardens' Service. |
C.E. | Chief Engineer. |
C.F. | Chaplain to the Forces. |
C.F.I. | Chief Flying Instructor. |
Cfn. | Craftsman. |
C.F.S. | Central Flying School. |
C.G. | Cargo glider (U.S.); coastguard; Coldstream Guards. |
C.G.I. | Chief Ground Instructor. |
C.G.M. | Conspicuous Gallantry Medal. |
C.G.S. | Canadian General Staff; Chief of the General Staff. |
Ch.G. | Chaplain General. |
C.H.(L.) | Chain home (low) (radar). |
Ch. of F. | Chaplain of the Fleet. |
C.I. | Chief Instructor. |
C.I.G.S. | Chief of the Imperial General Staff. |
C.-in-C. | Commander-in-Chief. |
C.K.S. | Combined Kinematography Service. |
C.M. | Cruiser Minelayer. |
C.M.B. | Coastal motor-boat. |
C.M.F. | Central Mediterranean Force. |
C.M.G. | Congressional Medal for Gallantry (U.S.). |
C.M.H. | Combined Military Hospital. |
C-.M.P. | Corps of Military Police. |
C.N.O. | Chief of Naval Operations. |
C.N.P. | Chief of Naval Personnel. |
C.N.R. | Civil Nursing Reserve. |
C.N.S. | Chief of Naval Staff. |
C.O. | Commanding Officer; Command Order(s); Conscientious objector. |
C.O.D. | Central Ordnance Dept. |
C.O.I. | Central Office of Information. |
C.O.(L.) | Chain overseas (low) (radar). |
Col. | Colonel; column. |
Comd. | Command (-er, -ing). |
Comdt. | Commandant. |
C.O.M.E. | Chief Ordnance Mechanical Engineer. |
Comm. | Commodore. |
Comn. | Communication. |
C.O.O. | Chief Ordnance Officer. |
C.O.P.P. | Combined Operations Pilotage Party. |
C.O.S. | Chief of Staff. |
Coy. | Company. |
C.P. | Command post; common-pointed (shell); culminating point. |
C.P.I.C. | Combined Photographic Interpretation Centre. |
Cpl. | Corporal. |
C.P.O. | Chief Petty Officer; Command Post Officer. |
C.Q.M.S. | Company Quartermaster-Sergeant. |
C.R.A. | Commander, Royal Artillery. |
C.R.E. | Commander, Royal Engineers. |
C.R.O. | Command Routine Osier; Corps Routine Order. |
C.R.S. | Camp Reception Station. |
C.R.U. | Civilian Resettlement unit. |
C.3.C. | Chief of Staff College; Conspicuous Service Cross (U.S.). |
C.S.M. | Company Sergeant-Major. |
C.S.O. | Chief Signals Officer. |
C.S.S.B. | Combined Services Signal Board. |
C.T.C. | Civil Technical Corps (U.S.A.); Combined or Corps Training Centre. |
C.T.O. | Chief Technical Officer. |
C.T.T.B. | Central Trade Test Board. |
C.U.A.S. | Cambridge University Air Squadron. |
C.W. | Chemical Warfare. |
C.W.A.A.C. | Canadian Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. |