R. | Reconnaissance; rescue; reserve; rigid airship. |
R.A. | Rear-Admiral; Royal Artillery. |
R.A.(A.). | Rear-Admiral of Aircraft Carriers. |
R.A.A.F. | Royal Australian Air Force. |
R.A.C. | Royal Armoured Corps. |
R.A.Ch.D. | Royal Army Chaplain's Department. |
R.A.(D.). | Rear Admiral of Destroyers. |
Radar. | Radio detection and ranging. |
R.Adm. | Rear- Admiral. |
R.A.E. | Royal Aircraft Establishment. |
R.A.F. | Royal Aircraft Factory; Royal Air Force. |
R.A.F.A. | Royal Air Forces Association. |
R.A.F.O. | Reserve of Air Force Officers. |
R.A.F.R. | Royal Air Force Regiment. |
R.A.F.V.R. | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. |
R.A.M.C. | Royal Army Medical Corps. |
R.A.M.O. | Rear Airfield Maintenance Organization. |
R.A.N. | Royal Australian Navy. |
R.A.O.C. | Royal Army Ordnance Corps. |
R.A.P. | Regimental aid post. |
R.A.P.C. | Royal Army Pay Corps. |
R.A.P.W.I. | Repatriation of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees. |
R.A.R.O. | Regular Army Reserve of Officers. |
R.A.S.C. | lloyal Army Service Corps. |
R.A.T.O.G. | Rocket-assisted take-off gear. |
R.A.V.C. | Royal Army Veterinary Corps. |
R.B. | Rifle Brigade. |
R.C. | Recruiting centre; Red Cross. |
R.C.A.F. | Royal Canadian Air Force. |
R.C.M. | Regimental Corporal-Major (Household Cavalry). |
R.C.N. | Royal Canadian Navy. |
R.C.N.C. | Royal Corps of Naval Constructors. |
R.C.S. | Royal Corps of Signals. |
R.D. | Royal Naval Reserve Decoration. |
R.D.F. | Radio direction-finder (-ing). |
R.D.X. | Research Department Formula X (explosive). |
R.D.Y. | Royal Dockyard. |
R.E. | Royal Engineers. |
Recce. | Reconnaissance. |
Ref. | Reference. |
Regt. | Regiment. |
R.E.M.E. | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. |
R.E.S. | River Emergency Service. |
R.F. | Range-finder; Royal Fusiliers. |
R.F.A. | Royal Field Artillery. |
R.F.C. | Royal Flying Corps. |
Rfn. | Rifleman. |
R.G.A. | Royal Garrison Artillery. |
R.G.B. | River Gunboat (R.N.). |
R.H.A. | Royal Horse Artillery. |
R.H.Q. | Regimental Head-quarters. |
R.I. | Rigorous imprisonment. |
R.I.A.F. | Royal Indian Air Force. |
R.I.F. | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; Roval Irish Fusiliers. |
R.I.N. | Royal Indian Navy. |
R/L. | Radiolocation. |
R.M. | Royal Marines. |
R.M.A. | Royal Marine Artillery; Royal Military Academy. |
R.M.C. | Royal Military College. |
R.M.P. | Regimental medical post; Royal Marine Police. |
R.N. | Royal Navy. |
R.N.A.S. | Royal Naval Air Service. |
R.N.C. | Royal Naval College |
R.N.D. | Royal Naval Division. |
R.N.R. | Royal Naval Reserve. |
R.N.S.C. | Royal Naval Staff College. |
R.N.S.S. | Royal Naval Scientific Service. |
R.N.V.R. | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. |
R.N.V.S.R. | Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve. |
R N Z A.F. | Royal New Zealand Air Force. |
R.N.Z.N. | Royal New Zealand Navy. |
R.O. | Recruiting Officer; Reserve of Officers; Routine Order. |
R.O.C. | Royal Observer Corps. |
R.O.F. | Royal Ordnance Factory. |
R.0.0. | Railhead Ordnance Officer. |
R.O.S. | Regimental Orderly Sergeant. |
R.P. | Refuelling point; rescue party; rocket projectile; Rules of Procedure. |
R.P.5. | Radio Proximity Fuse. |
R.p.g. | Rounds per gun. |
R.P./H. | Repairs Party, Heavy. |
R.P./L. | Repairs Party, Light. |
R.P.O. | Regulating Petty Officer. |
Rptd. | Repeated. |
R.Q.M.C. | Regimental Quartermaster-Corporal. |
R.Q.M.S. | Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant. |
R.R.C. | Royal Red Cross. |
R.S.D. | Rescue Service and Demolition. |
R.S.F. | Royal Scots Fusiliers. |
R.Sigs. | Royal Corps of Signals. |
R.S.M. | Regimental Sergeant-Major. |
R.S.M.S. | Rendering Safe of Mines Squad. |
R.S.R. | Raiding Support Regiment (Artillery). |
R.S.U. | Repair and Salvage Unit. |
R/T. | Radio telephony. |
R.Tanks or R.T.C. | Royal Tank Corps. |
R.T.O. | Railway Transport Officer. |
R.T.R. | Royal Tank Regiment. |
R.T.U. | Returned to unit. |
R.U. | Ready- use. |
R.U.R. | Royal Ulster Rifles. |
R.V. | Rendezvous. |
R.W. | Royal Warrant. |
R.W.A.F.F. | Royal West African Frontier Force. |
R.W.F. | Royal Welsh Fusiliers. |