Abbreviations

By no means a complete list of abbreviations and terms found during research and in the war diaries.

Sourced from Canadian Great War Project

Abbreviation	Description
A
Adj	Adjutant
adm	admitted
ARD	Alberta Regimental Depot
att’d	attached
auth	authorized, authority
AWL	Absent without leave
AWOL	Absent without leave
B
Batt’n, Bn	Battalion
BCRD	British Columbia Regimental Depot
BEF	British Expeditionary Force
Bty	Battery
C
CADC	Canadian Army Dental Corps
CAMC	Canadian Army Medical Corps
CASC	Canadian Army Service Corps
Cav	Cavalry
CBD	Canadian Base Details
CCAC	Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre
CCCC	Canadian Corps Composite Company
CCD	Canadian Convalescent Depot
CCRC	Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp
CCS	Casualty Clearing Station
CDD	Canadian Discharge Depot
CDAC	Canadian Divisional Ammunition Column
CE	Canadian Engineers
CEF	Canadian Expeditionary Force
CERD	Canadian Engineer Reinforcement Depot
CETD	Canadian Engineer Training Depot
CFA	Canadian Field Ambulance
CFA	Canadian Field Artillery
CFC	Canadian Forestry Corps
CGA	Canadian Garrison Artillery
CGH	Canadian General Hospital
CGR	Canadian Garrison Regiment
CL	Casualty List
CLH	Canadian Light Horse
CMGC	Canadian Machine Gun Corps
CMR	Canadian Mounted Rifles
CO	Commanding Officer
C of I	Court of Inquiry
Com	Command
Conv	Convalescent
CORD	Central Ontario Regimental Depot
Coy	Company
CRCR	Canadian Reserve Calvary Regiment
CRT	Canadian Railway Troops
CSM	Company Sergeant-Major
D
DAC	Divisional Ammunition Company
DCM	Distinguished Conduct Medal
dis	discharged
Div	Division
DO	Daily Order (of a unit)
D of W	Died of wounds
Dvr	Driver
E
emb	embarked
EORD	Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot
F
FGH	Fort Garry Horse
FGHRR	Fort Garry Horse Reserve Regiment
Frac	Fractured
G
GC	Badge Good Conduct Badge
GCM	General Court Martial
Gen	General
GHQ	General Headquarters
Gnr	Gunner
GSW	Gunshot Wound
GOC	General Officer Commanding
H
HMS	His Majesty’s Service
HMT	His Majesty’s Troopship
Hosp	Hospital
How	Howitzer
HQ	Headquarters
I
inv “wd”	invalided wounded
K
KIA	Killed in action
L
LG (Lon. Gaz.)	London Gazette
LMB	Light Mortar Battery
LSH	Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians)
M
M&D	Medals & Decorations
MC	Military Cross
MD	Military District (or Depot)
MIA	Missing in action
MID	Mentioned-in-Despatches
Mil	Military
Miss	missing
MM	Military Medal
MRD	Manitoba Regimental Depot
N
NBRD	New Brunswick Regimental Depot
N.C.O.	Non Commissioned Officer (e.g. Sergeant )
NSRD	Nova Scotia Regimental Depot
NYD	Not Yet Determined
O
OC	Officer Commanding
OMFC	Overseas Military Forces of Canada
O.S.	Overseas
P
P & S	Plaque & Scroll (Memorial)
Pnr	Pioneer
PPCLI	Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
pres	presumed
Proc	proceeded
Pte	Private
Pt. II O	Part II Orders
PUO	Pyrexia of unknown origin
Q
QRD	Quebec Regimental Depot
R
RAF	Royal Air Force
RCD	Royal Canadian Dragoons
RCHA	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
RCR	Royal Canadian Regiment
rem	remained
rept	reported
Res	Reserve
RFB	Reported from Base
RFC	Royal Flying Corps
RSM	Regimental Sergeant-Major
RTC	Returned to Corps
RTU	Returned to Unit
S
SEF	Siberian Expeditionary Force
SOS	Struck off strength (of a unit)
Spr	Sapper
SS	Steamship
Staty	Stationary (Hospital)
SW	Shrapnel (Shell) wound
T
TMB	Trench Mortar Battery
TOS	Taken on strength (of a unit)
Tpr	Trooper
trans	transferred
U
unk	unknown
V
VDG	venereal disease, gonorrhea
VDS	venereal disease, syphilis
W
w,	wounded
WORD	Western Ontario Regimental Depot

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