Military Abbreviations used in Service Files

# - Abbreviation begining with the letter #

Abbreviations	Meaning
(A)	Air
11thIFofC	11th Regiment (Irish Fusiliers of Canada)
15thALI	15th Regiment (Argyll Light Infantry)
21AG	21st Army Group
29thHLI	29th Regiment (Highland Light Infantry of Canada)
2ndCOR	2nd Battalion (Central Ontario Regiment)
60thVRC	60th Battalion (Victoria Rifles of Canada)

A - Abbreviation begining with the letter A

Abbreviations	Meaning
A&Dbooks	Admission & Discharge Books
A&FF	Acceptance & Ferry Flight (129-Trenton)
A&Q	Administrative Branches of the Staff
A&Q	Administrative Branches to the Staff
A&SHigh	Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)
A&T	Administration and Training
A&T Staff	Administrative and Training Staff
A/	Assistant
A/	Acting (Rank) - higher rank held on a temporary basis - also known as a brevet rank for officers
A/A	Anti-aircraft
A/A	Army Act
A/Bandsmn	Assisting Bandsman
A/Blkmth	Acting Blacksmith
A/C	Aircraft
A/C	Air Commodore
A/C	Anti-Aircraft
A/C	Air Crew
A/C/M	Air Chief Marshall
A/Capt	Acting Captain
A/CNAS(E)	Assistant Chief of Naval Administration and Supply (Equipment)
A/DMin	Assistant Deputy Minister
A/DNS	Assistant Director of Naval Stores
A/E	Aeronautical Engineering in the Fleet Air Arm
A/EA	Acting Electrical Artificer
A/ERA	Acting Engine Room Artificer
A/G	Anti-Gas
A/Joiner	Acting Joiner
A/M	Air Marshall
A/NCSO	Acting Naval Control Service Officer
A/OA	Acting Ordnance Artificer
A/p	All Purpose
A/Plbr	Acting Plumber
A/Pntr	Acting Painter
A/RA	Acting Radio Artificer
A/S	Anti-Submarine
A/SA	Anti-Submarine Artificer
A/SD	Anti-Submarine Detector
A/Sec	Assistant Secretary
A/Shpt	Acting Shipwright
A/SO(CO)	Acting Staff Officer (Combined Operations)
A/SSFO	Anti-Submarine Ship Fitting Officer
A/STTV	Anti-Submarine Target Towing Vessels
A/SYacht	Anti-Submarine Yacht
A/T	Anti-Tank
A/T	Anti-Torpedo
A/V/M	Air Vice-Marshall
AA	Anti-Aircraft Rate
AA	Assistant Adjutant
AA	Active Army
AA	Anti-Aircraft
AA	Army Act
AA&CD	Anti-Aircraft Coast Defence
AA&QMG	Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General
AA(MG)BRCA	Anti-Aircraft (Machine Gun) Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery
AA(MG)BRCAST	Anti-Aircraft (Machine Gun) Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery Searchlight Troop
AA(MG)TRCA	Anti-Aircraft (Machine Gun) Troop, Royal Canadian Artillery
AA/SA	Acting Anti-Submarine Artificer
AAA	Appointed Assistant Adjutant
AAAFCRCA	Anti-Aircraft Artillery Formation Camp, Royal Canadian Artillery
AAARC	Artillery Anti-Aircraft Reinforcement Camp
AAB"Z"F	Anti-Aircraft Battery "Z" Force (Iceland)
AABS/LTRCA	Anti-Aircraft Battery Searchlight Troop, Royal Canadian Artillery
AABSRCCS	Anti-Aircraft Brigade Signals, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
AABW/SRCOC	Anti-Aircraft Brigade Workshop, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
AAG	Assistant Adjutant-General
AAGORRCA	Anti-Aircraft Gun Operations Room, Royal Canadian Artillery
AAI	Allied Armies in Italy
AANS	Army Auxiliary Nursing Service
AARRCA	Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
AAS	Air Armament School
AAS/LCoy	Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Company
AAUS&FWTC	Anti-Aircraft Unit Staging & Fortress Weapon Training Camp
AB	Able Seaman
ABCD	Atomic, Biological, Chemical & Defensive Warfare Course
ABOCRCOC	Armoured Brigade Ordnance Company, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
ABPO	Army Base Post Office, Canadian Postal Corps
ABPostal	Able Seaman (Postal)
ABranch	Adjutant General's Branch
Abs	Absent, Absence
ABW/SRCOC	Advanced Base Workshop (Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps)
AC	Aircraft Controlman
AC	Armourer's Crew
AC	Armoured Car
AC	Ambulance Corps
AC	Army Corps
AC	Aircraft Carrier
AC&R	Appointments, Commissions and Rewards
AC&WSqn	Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron
AC1	Aircraftman 1st Class
AC2	Aircraftman 2nd Class
ACBO	Acting Bombardier
ACC	Anglican Church of Canada
ACC(I)	Atlantic Convoy Conference Minutes
AccKd	Accidentally Killed
accn	Accommodation
ACCPT	Acting Captain
ACGS	Assistant Chief of the General Staff
ACHQ	Air Command Headquarters
ACHRCAMC	Alton Convalescent Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
ACHU	Armoured Corps Holding Unit
ACI	Army Council Instruction
ACIAF	Appraisal Course Interim Army Force
ACk	Assistant Cook
AckAck	Anti-Aircraft
AC-LT	Acting Lieutenant
ACMF	Allied Central Mediterranean Force
ACNI	Assistant Commander of Naval Information
ACNS	Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff
ACO	Air Cadet Officer
ACOp	Aircraft Control Operator
AC-OSAILS	Army Co-operative Squad Air Intelligence Liaison Section
ACO-WPA	Area Commandant Order - Work Point Area
ACPLofH	Acting Corporal of Horse
AC-QM	Acting Quarter Master
ACR	Armoured Car Regiment
ACR(RCD)	Armoured Car Regiment, Royal Canadian Dragoons
ACR(RCD)AP	Armoured Car Regiment, Royal Canadian Dragoons Advanced Party
ACS	Air Cadet Squadron
ACS	Distinguishing Letters on Files of Joint Service Committee, Atlantic Coast
ACS	Atlantic Command Signals
ACSAILSCASF	Atlantic Command Squadron Army Intelligence Liaison Section, Canadian Active Service Force
AC-SE	Acting Sergeant
ACSIC	Atlantic Command Security Intelligence Section
ACSILS	Atlantic Command Squadron Intelligence Liaison Section
ACSqn	Army Co-operation Squadron (Royal Canadian Air Force)
ACSU	Acting Surgeon
Act	Acting (Rank)
ACT	Annual Camp Training
ACU	Aircrew Conditioning Units
ACV	Aircraft Carrier Vessels
ACYCCorps	Army Cyclist Corps
AD	Administration & Discipline (Director of Organization)
AD	Arvida Defences
AD	Air Radio Mechanic (Air Radar)
AD&M	Advanced Driving and Maintenance
AD&MS	Advanced Driving and Maintenance School
AD&MTCRCAR	Advanced Driving and Maintenance Training Centre, Royal Canadian Artillery Reinforcements
AD(Svy)	Assistant Director of Surveys
ADAG	Assistant Deputy Adjutant-General
ADB(RdeC)CICEC	Airfield Defence Battalion (Regiment de Chateauguay) Canadian Infantry Corps, East Coast
ADC	Aide-de-Camp
ADC	Aerodrome Defence Company
ADCP(N)	Assistant Director Civilian Personnel (Navy)
ADDS	Assistant Director of Dental Services
ADED	Assistant Director of Engineer Development
ADES	Assistant Director of Educational Services
ADES	Assistant Director of Engineer Services
ADHOC(G)	Ad Hoc Greek Battalion
ADIO	Assistant Director of Internment Operations
Adj	Adjutant - administrative assistant to a commanding officer
Adjt	Adjutant - administrative assistant to a commanding officer
Adm	Administration
Adm	Admitted - soldiers entering hospital for medical treatment
ADM	Assistant Deputy Minister
ADM(N)	Assistant Deputy Minister (Naval)
AdmClk	Administrative Clerk
Adm'd	Admitted
ADMGO	Assistant Deputy Master General of Ordnance
Admin	Administration
ADMN	Assistant Deputy Minister (Naval)
ADMS	Assistant Director of Medical Services
ADNO	Assistant Director Naval Ordnance
ADNP	Assistant Director of Naval Personnel
ADOS	Assistant Director of Ordnance Services
ADP	Aerodrome Defence Platoon
ADQMG	Assistant Deputy Quartermaster General
ADQMG(AE)	Assistant Deputy Quartermaster General (Army Equipment)
ADRCAPC	Aldershot Detachments, Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps
ADRCASC	Area Detachment, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
ADS	Advanced Dressing Station
ADS	Army Dressing Station
ADSRCS	Armoured Divisional Signals, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
ADTC(CAD)RCASC	Armoured Division Troops Company (Canadian Armoured Division), Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
ADTCSRCASC	(Armoured) Division Troop Carrying Section, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
ADTD	Assistant Director Technical Division
ADTech	Air Defence Technician
ADUC	Advanced Driving Universal Carriers
Adv	Advance(d)
ADVS	Assistant Director of Veterinary Services
Advtrg	Advanced Training
ADW/SPACRCASC	Advanced Detachment Workshop Pl Art Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
AE	Algerine Escorts
AEC	Army Enlistment Centre
AED	Ammunition Empties Detachment
AEF	Allied Expeditionary Force
AEF	American Expeditionary Force
AEinC	Assistant Engineer in Chief (Naval)
AEM	Air Engine Mechanic
AERE	Aerospace Engineer
AETech	Aero Engine Technician
AF	Air Fitter
AF	Active Force
AFBRCCS	Army Field Brigade, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
AFC	Armed Forces Council
AFC	Air Force Cross
AFHQ	Allied Forces Headquarters
AFHQ	Air Force Headquarters
AFM	Air Frame Mechanic
AFM	Air Force Medal
AFO	Admiralty Fleet Orders
AFPac	Allied Forces Pacific
AFRS	Armed Forces Radio Service
AFRS	Army Field Regiment Signal
AFRSRCASC	Army Field Regiment Section, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
AFS	Advanced Flying School
AFSC	Armed Forces Staff College
AFSCRCASC	Armed Forces Sleeper Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
AFSS	Army Field Security Section
AFTech	Airframe Technician
AFU	Air Fighting Unit
AFU	Advance Flying Unit
AFV	Armoured Fighting Vehicle
AFVW/SSRCOC	Armoured Fighting Vehicle Workshop Section, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
AFW/SRCOC	Army Field Workshop, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
AG	Adjutant General
AG	Air Gunner
AG1,2or3	Adjutant General Staff Officer 1, 2 or 3
AGB	Adjutant General's Base
AGCB	Awarded Good Conduct Badge
AGGTS	Air Gunners Ground Training School
AGHU	"A" Group Holding Unit
AGRA	Army Group Royal Artillery
AGRCA	Army Group Royal Canadian Artillery
AGRCAS	Army Group Royal Canadian Artillery Signals
AGRE	Army Group, Royal Engineers
AGRU	"A" Group Reinforcement Unit
AGTS	Aircrew Graduate Training Schools
AGYMST	Army Gymnastic Staff
AH	Aircraft Handler
AH	Admiralty Fleet Order
AHC	Army Hospital Corps
AHQ	Army Headquarters
AHQCAPO	Area Headquarters Canadian Army Post Office
AHU	Artillery Holding Unit
AHU	Administrative and Holding Unit(s)
AI	Assistant Instructor
AI	Acting Interpreter
AIB	"A" Infantry Battalion
AICVGofC	Angler Internment Camp Veterans Guard of Canada
AID	Aeronautical Inspection District
AIEMSupt	Aircraft Instrument and Electrical Maintenance Superintendent
AIF	Australian Imperial Force
AIG	Address Indicating Group
AILS(A)D	Army Intelligence Liaison Section (Armoured) Division
AILSection	Army Intelligence Liaison Section
AILSection	Air Intelligence Liaison Section
AIR	Assistant Instructor's Regiment
AirB	Air Bomber
AirBosn	Air Boatswain
AirlineCoy	Airline Company, Royal Engineers
AirTCon	Air Traffic Controller
AIS	Aeronautical Inspectors School
AITC(R)	Advanced Infantry Training Centre (Reserve)
AKA	Also Known As
AL	Air Mechanic (Electrics)
AL/CPL	Acting Lance Corporal
ALC	Assault Landing Craft
Alg	Algerine Escorts
AlgR	Algonquin Regiment
ALI	(15th Regiment) Argyll Light Infantry
Allce	Allowance
ALO	Australian Liaison Officer (Air)
ALOC	Advanced Logistics Officers Course
ALQR	Algonquin Regiment
Alta	Alberta
AM	Air Mechanic (1st, 2nd or 3rd Class)
AM	Albert Medal
AM	Naval Airman
AM(No)	Admiralty Publication
AMAE	Air Member for Aeronautical Engineering
AMAP	Air Member Air Plan
AMAS	Air Member for Air Staff
Amb	Ambulance
AMB	Armoured Motor Battery
AMC	Armed Merchant Cruiser
AMC	Alberni Military Camp
AMC	Arnprior Military Camp
AMC	Army Medical Centre
AMC	Australian Medical Corps
AMC	Armed Merchant Cruiser
AMCU	Anti-Malarial Control Unit
Am'd	Amended
AMD	Auxiliary Manning Depot
AME	Armament Maintenance Establishment
AMERCA	Armament Maintenance Establishment, Royal Canadian Artillery
AMHRCAMC	Alberni Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
AMHRCAMC	Aldershot Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
AMHRCAMC	Angler Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
AMHRCAMC	Arvida Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
AmmnCol	Ammunition Column
Amn	Ammunition
AmoTech	Ammunition Technician
AMP	Air Member for Personnel
AMPTE	Ambulance Private
AMS	Army Medical Staff
AMS	Air Member for Supply
AMS	Assistant Military Secretary
AMSC	Advanced Military Studies course
AMSupt	Aircraft Maintenance Superintendent
AMT	Air Member for Training
AMTRS	Area Mechanical Transport Repair Shops
AMU	Air Movements Unit
AN	Air Mechanic (Engines)
ANAV	Air Navigator
AND	Admiralty Net Defence
ANS	Air Navigation School
ANSec	Assistant Naval Secretary
Anti-tk	Anti-tank
ANZAC	Australia and New Zealand Army Corps
AO	After Order
AO	Air Mechanic (Ordnance)
AO	Accountant Officer
AO	Army Order
AOC	Air Officer Commanding
AOC	Army Ordnance Corps
AOC-in-C	Air Officer Commanding in Chief
AODRCOC	Advanced Ordnance Depot, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
AOP	Air Observation Post
AOPSRCA	Air Observation Post Squadron, Royal Canadian Artillery
AOPSRCAF	Air Observation Post Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
AOS	Air Observer School
AOW/SRCOC	Army Ordnance Workshop, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
AP	Administration & Personnel Section (Organization)
AP	Apothecary
AP	Air Police
AP	Aid Post
AP&Rs	Appointments, Promotions and Retirement List
APA-TR	(Advanced Party) Anti-Tank Regiment
APC	Army Pay Corps
APCAS	Administration Personnel Canadian Army Shows
APCASEU(AS)	Administration Personnel Canadian Auxiliary Services Entertainment Unit (Army Shows)
APCBOW/SRCOC	Advanced Party Canadian Base Ordnance Workshop, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
APCFC	Advance Party Canadian Forestry Corps
APCHRCAMC	Alderbrooke Park Convalescent Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
APCinC	Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief
APD	Army Provost Depot
APD	Army Pay Department
APDOFPRCOC	Advance Party Divisional Ordnance Field Park, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
APE	Address Prior to Enlistment
APFARCAMC	Advance Party Field Ambulance, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
APHQADADHQ	Advanced Party Headquarters Armoured Division Advance Divisional Headquarters
APIS	Air Photo Interpretation Section
APIS	Army Photographic Interpretation Section
APISCintC	Army Photographic Interpretation Section, Canadian Intelligence Corps
APLU	Army Pay Ledger Unit
APM	Assistant Provost Marshal
APOC	Army Post Office Corps
Appces	Appendices
Apptmts	Appointments
APPU	(Canadian) Army Photo Processing Unit, Canadian Intelligence Corps
APPUCPC	Advance Party Postal Unit Canadian Postal Corps
Appx	Appendix
APS	Army Postal Service
APS(N)	Assistant Private Secretary To the Minister (Navy)
APTo"Z" F	Attached Personnel to "Z" Force (Iceland)
AQMG	Assistant Quartermaster-General
AR	Algonquin Regiment
AR	Air Radio
AR	Air Rigger
AR(1H)CACAP	Armoured Regiment, (1st Hussars) Canadian Armoured Corps Advance Party
AR(BCD)	Armoured Regiment, British Columbia Dragoons
AR(FGH)	Armoured Regiment, (Fort Garry Horse)
AR(GGFG)AD	Armoured Regiment, (Governor General's Horse Guards) Armoured Division
AR(GGHG)CA	Armoured Regiment, (Governor General's Horse Guards) Canadian Army
AR(H)	Armoured Regiment, (Hussars)
AR(LSH)(RC)AF	Armoured Regiment, (Lord Strathcona's Horse) (Royal Canadians) Active Force
AR(LSH)AP	Armoured Regiment, (Lord Strathcona's Horse) Advance Party
ARC	Army Reception Centre
ARC	Appraisal and Refresher Course
ARCM	Associate, Royal College of Music
ARCR	Armourer's Crew
ARD	Alberta Regimental Depot - facility in England used to assemble men and to store and administer equipment and materials
AreaEngr	Area Engineer
ARH	Army Rail Head
ARITCIC	Army Refugee Interrogation Team, Canadian Intelligence Corps
ARL	Admiralty Research Laboratory
Arm(BorG)	Armourer (Bombs or Guns)
Armd	Armoured
Armr	Armourer
ARmtSPC	Armament Systems Performance Checker
ARO	Admiralty Record Office
ARO	Administrative Routine Orders
ARP	Air Raid Precautions
ARRC	Associate of the Royal Red Cross
Art	Article
Art	Artillery
ARTech	Aircraft Refinishing Technician
ArtEngr	Artificer Engineer
Arty	Artillery
Arty Svy	Artillery Surveyor
Arty Tech	Artillery Technician
ArtyLoc	Artillery Locator
Artymn	Artilleryman
ARU	Artillery Reinforcement Unit
AS	Air Radio Mechanic (Air Wireless)
AS	Air Secretary
AS and ACSU	Assistant and Acting Surgeon
AS&DB	Army Salvage & Disposal Board
ASADJand2L	Assistant Adjutant and Second Lieutenant
ASC	Advanced Surgical Centre
ASC	Army Service Corps
ASC	Aerospace System Engineering Projects Officer
ASCA	Auxiliary Services Canadian Army
ASCL	Assistant Clerk
ASCO	Assistant Commodore
ASCRCE	Area Signal Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
ASD	Army Schools Department
ASE	Army Survey Establishment
ASF	Active Service Force
ASGT	Acting Sergeant
ASIN	Assistant Engineer
ASJT	Acting Sergeant
ASL	Admiral Superintendent, Alexandria
ASLAD	Army Signals Light Aid Detachment
ASNU	Assistant Nurse
ASO	Assistant Supply Officer
ASO	Armament Supply Officer
ASO	Area Security Officer
ASO(I)	Assistant Staff Officer (Intelligence)
ASP	Air Stores Park (406) (Royal Canadian Air Force)
ASP	Admiralty Salvage Pontoon
ASPU	Assistant Purveyor
ASR	Submarine Rescue Vessel, Auxiliary (US)
ASS	Army Staff Section
ASSAMVLH	Assam Valley Light Horse
Ass't	Assistant
AsstNSec	Assistant Naval Secretary
AsstPayr	Assistant Paymaster
ASSU	Assistant Superintendent
ASSU	Air Support Signal Unit
ASTO	Assistant Transport Officer
ASU	Air Supply Unit
ASU	Assistant Surgeon
ASU	Aircraft Storage Units
ASV	Anti-Surface Vessel
ASvyCoy	Air Survey Company
ASW	Anti-Submarine Warfare
AT	Air Artificer (Airframes and Engines)
AT	Auxiliary Tanker
AT	Ocean-going Tug, Auxiliary (US)
AT	Aviation Technician
AT	Armoured Train
ATA	Air Transport Auxiliary (British)
ATB	Allied Torpedo Boats
ATB(OR)	Army Tank Battalion (Ontario Regiment)
ATBHSSRCOC	Army Tank Brigade, Heavy Support Squadron, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
ATBOFPRCOC	Army Tank Brigade, Ordnance Field Park, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
ATC	Advance Training Centre
ATC	Airport Traffic Control (US)
ATC	Air Traffic Control
ATCDE	Awarded the Canadian Efficiency Decoration
ATCoy	Army Troops Company
ATCR	Advanced Training Centre Reserve
ATCRCE	Army Troops Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
ATI	Access to Information Act
Atk	Anti-Tank
A-tk	Anti-tank
Atl	Atlantic
AtmstSTech	Armament Systems Technician
ATO	Air Treasury Office
ATO	Aircraft Torpedo Office
ATO	Ammunition Technical Officer
ATP	Annual Training Pay
ATps	Army Troops Company
ATps	Army Troops
ATps	Army Troops
ATR	Rescue Tug, Auxiliary (US)
ATR(1H)	Army Tank Regiment (1st Hussars)
ATRRCACASF	Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, Canadian Active Service Force
ATS	Army Trades School
Att	Attached - to be made part of a specific unit on a temporary basis
ATTA	Full duties and return for treatment
Attach	Attached - to be made part of a specific unit on a temporary basis
Attachd	Attached - to be made part of a specific unit on a temporary basis
ATTB	Advance Tactical Training Base
ATTB	Light Duties - Excused Physical Training Drill and Commanding Officer's Parades
ATTC	Excused all duties - Confined to barracks or home
ATTC-48	Excused all duties for 48 hours
Att'd	Attached - to be made part of a specific unit on a temporary basis
AttP	Attached Personnel
ATTU	Air Target Towing Unit
ATX	Admiralty Trunk Exchange
AU	Amplifier Unit
AUCWAC	Administrative Unit Canadian Women's Army Corps
AudGeneral	Auditor General (National Defence Staff)
AUS	Army of the United States
Auth	Authorized - designation of the individual or organization permitting the action noted
Auth	Authority - designation of the individual or organization permitting the action noted
Auto	Automobile
Aux	Auxiliary
Aux	Division of Auxiliary Services
Aux Serv	Canadian Auxiliary Services
Aux(A)	Senior Auxiliary Services Officer (Air)
Aux(N)	Senior Auxiliary Services Officer (Naval)
AuxA/AS	Auxiliary Anti-Aircraft Ships
AuxMS	Auxiliary Minesweepers
AuxServ	Canadian Auxiliary Services
AVC	Army Veterinary Corps
AVD	Seaplane Tender, Destroyer, Auxiliary (US)
AVGO	Auxiliary Vessels Gunnery Officer
AVGP	Armoured Vehicle General Purpose (Grizzly, Cougar and Bison)
AVM	Air Vice-Marshal
AvnTech	Aviation Technician
AVP	Seaplane Tender (small) Auxiliary (US)
AVR	Aircraft Rescue Vessel (US)
AVRE	Armoured Vehicle, Royal Engineers
AVS	Army Veterinary Service
AvsTech	Avionics Technician
AW	Administrative Writer
AW1	Aircraftwoman 1st Class
AW2	Aircraftwoman 2nd Class
AWC	Air War College
AWC	Air Weapons Control
AWCoy	Artizan Works Company
Awd'd	Awarded
AWF	Army War College Fellowship (U.S.)
AWL	Absent With Leave
AWOL	Absent Without Leave - away from a unit without permission; an offence under military law
AWS	Army War College Fellowship (U.S.)
AWSqn	All-weather Squadron
AyrYeo	Ayrshire Yeomanry

B - Abbreviation begining with the letter B

Abbreviations	Meaning
B & GFU	Bombing and Gunnery Flying Unit
B & GS	Bombing and Gunnery School
B of the MG of the ONDHQ	Branch of the Master General of the Ordnance, National Defence Headquarters
B Report	Burial Report
BA	Bandsman
BA	Bermuda Area
BAC	British Air Commission
BAC	Brigade Ammunition Column
BAD	British Admiralty Delegation
BADR(PC)	British Admiralty Delegation Representative, Pacific Coast
BAFO	British Air Force Overseas
BAKS	Barracks (US)
BAM	Large Minesweeper
BAMR	British Admiralty Maintenance Representative
BAMS	Broadcasts to Allied Merchant Ships
Bandsmn	Bandsman
Bandsmn(Prob)	Bandsman (Probationer)
BAO	Base Accounting Officer
BARM	British Advisory Repair Mission
BARS	Salvage Vessel
BarTdr	Bar Tender
BAS(O)	British Army Staff (Officers)
BAS(OR)	British Army Staff (Other Ranks)
BASM	Battalion Sergeant Major
BASR	British Admiralty Supply and Repairs
BASR	British Admiralty Supply Representative
BAT	Beam Approach Training
BATM	British Admiralty Technical Mission
Batt	Battalion - unit of approximately 1,000 men commanded by a lieutenant-colonel
Batt	Battery
Batt'n	Battalion - unit of approximately 1,000 men commanded by a lieutenant-colonel
BATUS	British Army Training Unit, Suffield
BAV	Boom Attendant Vessels
BB	Battleship (US)
BB	Bugle Band
BB	Bailey Bridge
BBC	British Broadcasting Corporation (U.K.)
BC	British Columbia
BC	Battery Commander
BCA	Battery Commander Assistant
BCA	Biscay and Channel Area
BCD	British Columbia Dragoons
BCH	Barriefield Camp Hospital
Bcook	Boy Cook
BCPO	Base Civilian Personnel Officer
BCQ	Base Commander, Queensborough
BCR	British Columbia Regiment
BCRCASC	Bridge Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
BCRD	British Columbia Regimental Depot - facility in England used to assemble men and to store and administer equipment and materials
BCRM	British-Canadian Recruiting Mission
BCSO	British Central Scientific Office
BD	Base Depot
BD	Blood Donor
BD	Bandsman
BDB	Branch Detention Barracks
BDC	Battle Drill Course
BDCASS	"Bandoliers" Detachment - Canadian Auxiliary Services Section
BDCRE	Bomb Disposal Company Royal Engineers
BDD	Boom Defence Depot
Bde	Bombardier
Bde	Brigade - unit of approximately 4,000 men commanded by a brigadier-general
BDE	Balloon Development Establishment
BDE	Convoy Escort Vessel
BdeGp	Brigade Group
Bdm	Bandsman
BDO	Boom Defence Officer
BDofMS	Base Depot of Medical Stores
Bdr	Bombardier (Cpl in the Artillery)
BDS	Bomb Disposal School
BDS	Battle Drill School
BD-SE	Band Sergeant
Bdsm	Bandsman
BDTC	Battle Drill Training Centre
BDV	Boom Defence Vessel
BDZ	Commander in Chief Netherlands Navy, London
BEC	Basic Electronics Course
BEC	British Escort Craft
BedfR	Bedfordshire Regiment
BedfYeo	Bedfordshire Yeomanry
BEF	British Expeditionary Force - army of more than 3,000,000 men established by the Government of Britain for service overseas
BEM	Basic Electronics Mechanic
BEM	British Empire Medal
BerksR	Berkshire Regiment
BerksYeo	Berkshire Yeomanry
BET	Basic Educational Test
BF	Bring Forward
BFA	Blank Firing Attachment
BFA	Battle First Aid
BFPO	British Forces Post Overseas
BFTS	British Flying Training Schools
BG	Base Gagetown (Theatres of Service)
BG	Brigadier-General
BG	Brigade Group
BG	Battle Group
BGC(C)RCASC	Brigade Group Company (Company) Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
BGGS	Brigadier General of General Staff
BGH	British General Hospital
Bglr	Bugler
BGRAM	Basegram
BGS	Brigadier, General Staff
BGS	Bombing and Gunnery Schools
BH&MDATKRRCA	Beachy Head & Michel Dean Anti-Tank Ranges Royal Canadian Artillery
bhp	Brake Horse Power
BHQ	Brigade Headquarters
BHQS	Barriefield Headquarters Staff
BHRRCA	Beachy Head Ranges, Royal Canadian Artillery
BHX	Bermuda Portion of Halifax (New York) to United Kingdom Convoy
BI	Bandsman Instrumentalist
BIB	"B" Infantry Battalion
BIC	Bowmanville Interment Camp
BioTech	Biosciences Technician
BItoCSGHQEAGP	(Brussels) Increment to Canadian Section General Headquarters Echelon Army Group
BJCB	British Joint Communications Board
BK	Battery Captain
BK	Blacksmith
BKR	Baker
Bks	Barracks
BL	Breech Loading
bldg(s)	Building(s)
Bldmth	Blacksmith
BLK	Blacksmith
BLOC	Basic Logistics Officers Course
BLP	Bombing Landplane (US)
BM	Band Master
BM	Brevet Major
BM	Brigade Major
BMA	Band Master
BMCA	British Maintenance Commander, Argentina
BMD	Bengal Medical Department
BMET	Bio-Medical Engineering Technician
BMH	Brandon Military Hospital
BMH	Brantford Military Hospital
BMH(PHI)	Brockville Military Hospital (PHI)
BMHRCAMC	Botwood Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
BMHRCAMC	Bowmanville Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
BMHRCAMC	Brampton Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Bmn	Bandsman
BMQ	Basic Military Qualification
Bmr	Bandmaster
BMS	Brigade Medical Station
BMSM	British Merchant Shipping Mission
BMV	Boom Maintenance Vessels
BMWT	British Ministry of War Transport
BMWTR	British Ministry of War Transport Representative
Bn	Battalion
BN	Boatswain
BN & PSH RCAMC	Basingstoke Neurological & Plastic Surgery Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
BNA	British Naval Attache
Bndsmn	Bandsman
BNH	Basingstoke Neurological Hospital
BNLO	British Naval Liaison Officer
BNLO	British Naval Liaison Officer to French Naval Headquarters, London
BNLO(RHN)	British Naval Liaison Officer (Royal Hellenic Navy)
BO	Bombardier
BOC	Base Officer, Chasseurs
BOD	Base Ordnance Depot
BOH	British Official History
BOI	Boiler (US)
Bomb	Bombardier
BOR	Battalion Orderly Room
BordR	Border Regiment
BOS	Battalion Orderly Sergeant
Bosn	Boatswain
BOTC	Basic Officers Training Course
BOW	Base Ordnance Workshop
Boy1	Boy 1st Class
BoySig	Boy Signaller
BPA	Bureau of Pensions Advocates
BPC	Beach Protection Craft
BPC	Base Planning Committee
BPET	Battle Physical Efficiency Test
BPO	Base Post Office
BPOCPC	Base Post Office Canadian Postal Corps
BPSO	Base Personnel Selection Office
BPT	Battle Practice Target
BPT	Vosper Motor Torpedo Boat
BPV	Beach Protection Vessel
BQMS	Battery Quartermaster-Sergeant
Br	Bomber
BR	Brockville Rifles
BR	Bombing and Reconnaissance Squadron
BR	Book of Reference
br(s)	Bridge(s) or bridging
BRCA	Battery Royal Canadian Artillery
BRCE	Battalion Royal Canadian Artillery
BRCHA	Battery Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
BrColRgt	British Columbia Regiment
BRCS	British Red Cross Society
BRCS & OStJJ	British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem
BRG	Bearing (US)
Brig	Brigadier
Brig-Gen	Brigadier-General
Brit	British
BRLO	British Routing Liaison Officer
BRO	British Routing Officer
Brock R	Brockville Rifles
BRP RCOC	Boot Rebuilding Plant, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
BRSqn	Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
BS	Brigade School
BS	Battle Squadron
BS(M)RCASC	Bakery Section (Mechanical), Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
BSA	Barents Sea Area
BSASSRCS	Base Sub Area Signal Section, Royal Canadian Signals
BSC	Base Staging Camp
BSD	Base Supply Depot
BSD	Brandon Supply Depot
BSM	Battery Sergeant-Major
BSMA	Brigade Sergeant Major
BSO	(Commander in Chief) Netherlands Forces in the East
BSO	British Staff Officer
BSRCE	Boring Section, Royal Canadian Engineers
BSS	Base Supply Ship
BTC	Basic Training Centre
BTC(A)	Basic Training Centre (Active)
BTC(R)	Basic Training Centre (Reserve)
Btln	Battalion
Btswn	Boatswain
Btty	Battery - artillery unit commanded by a major and composed of four or six guns or mortars
Bty	Battery - artillery unit commanded by a major and composed of four or six guns or mortars
BU	Bugler
BUACPATSO	British Units Affecting Canadian Personnel Army Trades School Officers
BucksYeo	Buckinghamshire Yeomanry
BUDOCKS	Bureau of Yards and Docks (US)
BUMA	Bugle Major
BUMED	Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (US)
BUPERS	Bureau of Naval Personnel (US)
BUPTE	Bugler Private
BUSANDA	Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (US)
BUSE	Bugle Sergeant
BUSHIPS	Bureau of Ships (US)
BUSRA	British US Routing Agreement
BUSRS	British-United States Routing Agreement
BUSUP	Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (US)
Butcher	Butcher
BW	Black Watch
BW(RHC)	Black Watch (Royal Highlanders of Canada)
BWI	British West Indies
BWRCEME	Base Workshop Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
BX	Boston-Halifax Convoy
BYHC	Buckinghamshire Cavalry Hussars
BYMS	British "Y" Class Minesweeper
BZ	Bristol Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
BZA	Brazilian Area

C - Abbreviation begining with the letter C

Abbreviations	Meaning
C	Canadian
C	Censor
C	Commissioned
C	Company
C	Cook
C&A	Corrections & Amendments
C&AAA	Coast & Anti-Aircraft Artillery
C&AAATC	Coast & Anti-Aircraft Artillery Training Centre
C&P	Counselling and Probation
C&TC	Commissariat and Transport Corps
C&YR	Carleton & York Regiment
C(A)D(I)HU	Canadian (Armoured) Division (Infantry) Holding Unit
C(A)TBOW/SRCOC	Canadian (Army) Tank Brigade Ordnance Workshop, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
C(O)on"Q"L	Canadian (Officers) on "Q" List
C(W/T)V	Calibration (Wireless Telegraphy) Vessel
C/Blkmth	Chief Blacksmith
C/BTC	Canadian Base Training Centre
C/EA	Chief Electrical Artificer
C/ERA	Chief Engine Room Artificer
C/ERA(M)	Chief Engine Room Artificer (Mechanic)
C/Joiner	Chief Joiner
C/Mech	Chief Mechanic
C/MM	Chief Motor Mechanic
C/O	Commanding Officer
C/Plbr	Chief Plumber
C/Pntr	Chief Painter
C/PO(Postal)	Chief Petty Officer (Postal)
C/POCdr	Chief Petty Officer Coder
C/POCk	Chief Petty Officer Cook
C/POPhoto	Chief Petty Officer Photographer
C/POPtlmn	Chief Petty Officer Patrolman
C/POStwd	Chief Petty Officer Steward
C/POTel	Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist
C/POWtr	Chief Petty Officer Writer
C/RA	Chief Radio Artificer
C/Shpt	Chief Shipwright
C/SPO	Chief Stoker Petty Officer
C/Sto	Chief Stoker
C/Sto(FF)	Chief Stoker (Fire Fighter)
C1	Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
C1Div	Clearance Diver
C2	Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class
CA	Canadian Army
CA	Control Armourer
CA	Heavy Cruiser (U.S.)
CA"Y"F	Canadian Army British West Indies Force
CA&AA	Coastal Artillery and Anti-Aircraft
CA(A)	Canadian Army (Active)
CA(A)TC	Canadian Army (Advanced) Training Centre
CA(AF)	Canadian Army (Active Force)
CA(B)TC	Canadian Army (Basic) Training Centre
CA(M)	Canadian Army (Militia)
CA(NRMA)	Canadian Army (National Resources Mobilization Act of 1940)
CA(PF)	Canadian Army (Permanent Force)
CA(R)	Canadian Army (Regular)
CA(Res)or(R)	Canadian Army (Reserve)
CA(RF)	Canadian Army (Reserve Force)
CA(RR)	Canadian Army (Regular Reserve)
CA(SF)	Canadian Army (Special Force)
CA/SA	Chief Anti-Submarine Artificer
CA/SEE	Captain, Anti-Submarine Experimental Establishment
CA/TKRPRCASC	Canadian Anti-Tank Regiment Platoon, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CA2PS	Canadian Army 2 Pounder School
CAAC	Crown Assets Allocation Committee
CAAF	Canadian Army Active Force
CAAORRCA	Canadian Anti-Aircraft Operations Room, Royal Canadian Artillery
CAAS	Canadian Army Administration School
CAB	Canadian Armoured Brigade
CAB	Canadian Army Band
CABC	Canadian Armoured Corps Band
CABCRCASC	Canadian Armoured Brigade Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CABOC	Canadian Armoured Brigade Ordnance Company
CABRR	Canadian Artillery Base Reinforcement Regiment
CABS	Canadian Armoured Brigade Signals
CABTCA&TS	Canadian Army Basic Training Centre Administrative and Training Staff
CABW/SRCEME	Canadian Advance Base Workshop, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
CABW/SRCEME	Canadian Armoured Brigade Workshop, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
CAC	Canadian Armoured Corps
CAC(A)TC(CA)	Canadian Armoured Corps (Advanced) Training Centre (Canadian Army)
CACBTC	Canadian Armoured Corps Basic Training Centre
CACCRCASC	Canadian Army Car Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CACF	Commander Captain-in-Command, Araken Coastal Forcer
CACHU	Canadian Armoured Corps Holding Unit
CACOFP	Canadian Armoured Corps Ordnance Field Park
CACPRCASC	Canadian Army Catering Pool, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CACRU	Canadian Armoured Corps Reinforcement Unit
CACSCAC	Canadian Air Control Section, Canadian Armoured Corps
CACSqn	Coast Artillery Co-operation Squadron, (Royal Canadian Air Force)
CACTC	Canadian Armoured Corps Training Centre
CACTC(A)	Canadian Armoured Corps Training Centre (Active)
CACTCR	Canadian Armoured Corps Training Centre Reserve
CACTE	Canadian Armoured Corps Training Establishment
CACTR	Canadian Armoured Corps Training Regiment
CACTS	Canadian Armoured Corps Training Squadron
CACTSR	Canadian Armoured Corps Trained Soldiers Regiment
CACTU	Canadian Armoured Corps Training Unit
CADC	Canadian Army Dental Corps - corps of military dentists and other personnel providing dental services to soldiers
Cadets	Cadet Services (Directorate of Military Training)
CADIS	Canadian Armoured Division Intelligence Section
CADMS	Canadian Advance Depot Medical Stores
CADOFPRCOC	Canadian Armoured Division Ordnance Field Park, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CADPAT	Canadian Disruptive Pattern
CADPUCPC	Canadian Armoured Division Postal Unit, Canadian Postal Corps
CADR(ER)CAC	Canadian Armoured Delivery Regiment (Elgin Regiment), Canadian Armoured Corps
CADRCASC	Canadian Armoured Division, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CADRSSRCCS	Canadian Armoured Delivery Regiment Signal Section, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
CADRTC	Canadian Armoured Division Reinforcement Transit Camp
CADSCDC	Canadian Army Dental Stores, Canadian Dental Corps
CADSGCRCASC	Canadian Armoured Divisional Support Group, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CADSP	Canadian Armoured Division Sub Park
CADTCRCASC	Canadian Armoured Division Transport Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CADTS	Canadian Armoured Division Training School
CADU	Canadian Army Demonstration Unit
CADW/SRCOC	Canadian Armoured Division Workshop, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CAEBTC	Canadian Army Engineer Basic Training Centre
CAEC(B&NY)	Canadian Army Enlistment Centre (Boston and New York)
CAESU	Canadian Army Equipment Selection Unit
CAFAC	Commander, Allied Force, Aruba and Curacao (U.S.)
CAFHSR-CAMC	Canadian Army Field Hygiene Section, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CAFO	Confidential Admiralty Fleet Order
CAFRSSRCS	Canadian Army Field Regiment Signal Section, Royal Canadian Signals
CAFSS	Canadian Army Field Security Section
CAFVS	Canadian Armoured Fighting Vehicles School
CAFVTC	Canadian Armoured Fighting Vehicles Training Centre
CAG	Canadian Artillery Group
CAGRE	Commander, Army Group Royal Engineers
CAGS	Canadian Army Gymnastic Staff
CAHC	Canadian Army Hydrological Corps
CAHQDC(RMR)	Canadian Army headquarters Defence Company (Royal Montreal Regiment)
CAHU	Canadian Artillery Holding Unit
CAIB	Canadian Army Identification Bureau
CAIPCIC	Canadian Army Interrogation Pool, Canadian Infantry Corps
CAIS	Canadian Army Intelligence Section
CALE	Canadian Army Liaison Establishment
CalgH	Calgary Highlanders
CalgR	Calgary Regiment
CALO	Command Amenities Liaison Officer
CALS	Canadian Air Liaison Section
CAM	Catapult Aircraft Merchant Vessel
CAMB	Central Air Medical Board
CambR	Cambridgeshire Regiment
CAMBU	Canadian Army Mobile Bath Unit
CAMC	Canadian Army Medical Corps - corps of military doctors, nursing sisters and other personnel providing medical treatment to soldiers
CAMCTC	Canadian Army Medical Corps Training Centre
CA-MCURCAMC	Canadian Anti-Malaria Control Unit, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CAMMS	Canadian Army Motor Mechanic School
CamnHighs	Cameron Highlanders
CAMS	Catapult Aircraft Merchant Ships
CAMSI	Confidential Admiralty Merchant Shipping Instructions
Can	Canadian
Canavhed	Canadian Naval Headquarters
CanCavBde	Canadian Calvary Brigade
CanCycBn	Canadian Cyclist Battalion
CanCyclistBn	Canadian Cyclist Battalion
Cand W	Cable and Wireless Company
CanDCyc	Canadian Divisional Cyclists
CanDivCav	Canadian Divisional Calvary
CanDivCyc	Canadian Divisional Cyclists
CanDivHQ	Canadian Divisional Headquarters
CanDivSig	Canadian Divisional Signals
CanEng	Canadian Engineers
CanFdArt	Canadian Field Artillery
CanForC	Canadian Forestry Corps
CanForGen	Canadian Forces General Order
CanFus	Canadian Fusiliers
CanHighComm	Canadian High Commissioner
CanHyBy	Canadian Heavy Battery
CanInfBde	Canadian Infantry Brigade
CanInfWksC	Canadian Infantry Works Corps
CanLabrBn	Canadian Labour Battalion
CanLH	Canadian Light Horse
CANMIL	Canadian Military Headquarters
CANMILITRY	Canadian Military Headquarters
CanMMGBde	Canadian Machine Gun Brigade
CanMtdRif	Canadian Mounted Rifles
CanordC	Canadian Ordnance Corps
CanPnrBn	Canadian Pioneer Battalion
CanPostalC	Canadian Postal Corps
CanRemtD	Canadian Remount Depot
CanRlyConsC	Canadian Railway Construction Corps
CanSanSec	Canadian Sanitary Section
CanScts	Canadian Scouts
CanSiberianExpFce	Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force
CanTankC	Canadian Tank Corps
CAO	Canadian Army Order
CAO	Canadian Army Overseas
CAO	Command Account Officer
CAO(s)	Canadian Army Orders
CAOC	Canadian Army Ordnance Corps
CAOF	Canadian Army Occupation Force
CAOFP	Canadian Army Ordnance Field Park
CAOPS	Canadian Air Observation Post Squadron
CAORG	Canadian Army Operational Research Group
CAORO(s)	Canadian Army Overseas Routine Order(s)
Cap	Captain
CAP	Canadian Army Projectionist
CAP	Common Army Phase
CAP	Corps Ammunition Park Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CAPC	Canadian Army Pay Corps
CAPCRCAC	Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment, Canadian Armoured Corps
CAPCRSTRCS	Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment Signal Troop, Royal Canadian Signals
CAPF	Canadian Army Pacific Force
CapINF	Capitaine Infirmiere
CAPIS	Canadian Air Photo Interpretation Section, Canadian Intelligence Corps
CAPO	Canadian Army Post Office
CAPPUCIC	Canadian Army Photo Processing Unit, Canadian Intelligence Corps
CAPRCASC	Corps Ammunition Park Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CAPS	Canadian Army Pay Services
CAPS	Captain, Auxiliary Patrol, Scapa
Capt	Captain
Capt(D)	Captain (Destroyers)
CAPTI/C	Captain-in-Charge
CAPTMLC	Captain, Major Landing Craft
CAPU	Canadian Army Postal Unit
CAR	Canadian Airborne Regiment
CAR	Canadian Armoured Regiment
CAR	Canadian Army Representative
CAR	Carpenter
CAR(CR)	Canadian Armoured Regiment (Calgary Regiment)
CARADSFR	Canadian Armoured Regiment Advance Details Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment
CARBRCA	Canadian Army Radar Battery Royal Canadian Artillery
CARC	Canadian Army Recovery Company
CARCRCOC	Canadian Army Recovery Company, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corp
CARD	Canadian Artillery Reinforcement Depot
CARDE	Canadian Armament Research Development Establishment
CareerTrg	Career Training
CARFTU	Canadian Artillery Reinforcement Unit
CARIB	Caribbean (U.S.)
CARIBSEAFRON	Caribbean Sea Frontier (U.S.)
CARNBH	Canadian Armoured Regiment New Brunswick Hussars
CARO(s)	Canadian Army Routine Order(s)
Carp	Carpenter
Carpr	Carpenter
CARR(GGHG)	Canadian Armoured Recce Regiment (Governor General's Horse Guards)
CARTC	Canadian Army Rehabilitation Training Centre
CartDmn	Cartographic Draughtsman
Cartymn	Chief Artilleryman
CARU	Canadian Army Reinforcement Unit
Cas	Casualty (ies)
CAS	Canadian Administration School
CAS	Canadian Army Shows
CAS	Canadian Army Staff
CAS	Canadian Artillery School
CAS	Chief of the Air Staff
CASC	Canadian Air Support Control
CASC	Canadian Army Service Corps - branch of the military responsible for supplying troops in the field
CASCIC	Censorship Advisory Section, Canadian Intelligence Corps
CASCRCE	Canadian Air Survey Company Royal Canadian Engineers
CASCRU	Canadian Army Service Corps Reinforcement Unit
CASDRCASC	Canadian Advance Stationary Depot, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CASEU	Canadian Auxiliary Service Entertainment Unit
CASF	Canadian Active Service Force
CASofI	Canadian Army School of Instruction
CASofI	Coast Artillery School of Instruction
CASS	Canadian Auxiliary Services Section
CASSU	Canadian Air Support Signal Unit
CASSURCCS	Canadian Air Support Signal Unit, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
CATB	Canadian Army Tank Brigade
CATBCRCASC	Canadian Army Tank Brigade Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CATBHSC	Canadian Army Tank Brigade Heavy Support Company
CATBn	Canadian Army Tank Battalion
CATBS	Canadian Army Tank Brigade Signals
CATBSPRCOC	Canadian Army Tank Brigade Sub Park, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CATC	Canadian Army Training Centre
CATCAC	Canadian Army Troop, Canadian Armoured Corps
CATCCRCASC	Canadian Assault Troops Composite Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CATCRCASC	Canadian Administrative Transport Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CATM	Canadian Army Training Memorandum
CATOFP	Canadian Army Tank Ordnance Field Park
CATR	Canadian Army Tank Regiment
CATS	Canadian Army Tank School
CATS	Canadian Army Training School
CATW/SRCOC	Canadian Armoured Troops Workshop, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CAU	Canadian Administration Unit
CAU	Civil Affairs Unit
CAUC	Canadian Army University Course
Cav	Cavalry - soldiers who fought on horseback
CAVC	Canadian Army Veterinary Corps
CAW	Canadian Army Staff, Washington
CAWC	Canadian Artizan Works Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
CB	Coast Brigade
CB	Companion of the Order of the Bath
CB	Confidential Book
CB	Confined to Barracks
CB	Order of the Bath (Companion)
CBA	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Broadcasting Station
CBBDB	Camp Borden Branch Detention Barracks
CBC	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBD	Canadian Base Depot
CBD	Canadian Base Details - small units charged with maintaining and improving camp areas
CBDC	Canadian Base Dental Company
CBDCMSC	Camp Borden Detachment, Corps of Military Staff Clerks
CBDMSRCAMC	Canadian Base Depot Medical Stores, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CBDRCOC	Camp Borden Details, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CBDSCDC	Canadian Base Dental Stores, Canadian Dental Corps
CBE	Commander of the Order of the British Empire
CBE	Order of the British Empire (Commander)
CBG	Canadian Brigade Group
CBH(RB)	Cape Breton Highlanders (Rifle Battalion)
CBHQS	Camp Borden Headquarters Staff
CBMHRCAMC	Camp Borden Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CBMHRCAMC	Coteau Barracks Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CBMHRCAMC	Currie Barracks Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CBOD	Canadian Base Ordnance Depot
CBOI(ACSRRCA)	Canadian Base Ordnance Increment (Attached Canadian Survey Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery)
CBOSRCA	Counter Battery Officers Staff, Royal Canadian Artillery
CBOSRCACC	Counter Battery Officers Staff, Royal Canadian Artillery, Canadian Corps
CBOStaff	Counter Battery Officers Staff
CBOW/SRCOC	Canadian Base Ordnance Workshop, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CBP	Canadian Base Park
CBPRCE	Canadian Base Park, Royal Canadian Engineers
CBRCA	Centaur Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery
CBRCA	Coast Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery
CBRD	Canadian Base Reinforcement Depot
CBRG	Canadian Base Reinforcement Group
CBRGSofCRCACS	Canadian Base Reinforcement Group School of Cookery, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CBSC	Canadian Base Staging Camp
CBSO	Counter Battery Staff Officer
CBSRCASC	Canadian Barracks Services, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CBSS(CMF)	Canadian Base Signal Section (Central Mediterranean Force)
CBSSRCCS	Camp Borden Signal Section, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
CBTC	Canadian Base Transport Company
CBTD	Canadian Base Transit Depot
CBTPRCASC	Canadian Base Transport Platoon, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CBU	(Headquarters) Canadian Base Unit
CBUCCRCE	Canadian Base Units Construction Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
CC	Camouflage Course
CC	Camp Commandant Royal Canadian Air Force Headquarters
CC	Canadian Corps
CC	Cancellations & Corrections
CC	Chief Constructor
CC	Civil Convictions
CC	Clerk's Course
CC	Communicator ( C )
CC	Companion of the Order of Canada
CC	Conditioning Centre
CC&A-AAS	Canadian Coast & Anti-Aircraft Artillery School
CC&ATSPRCOC	Canadian Corps & Army Troops Sub Park, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CCAC	Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre - centre where wounded were assessed for either further treatment or return to duty
CCACS	(Construction), Company Atlantic Command Signals
CCAS	Canadian Coast Artillery School
CCAS	S-1 Victoria
CCAS	S-2 Petawawa
CCB	Canadian Calvary Brigade
CCB	Canadian Cyclist Battalion
CCB	Combined Communications Board
CCBMGS	Canadian Cavalry Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
CCBPNo	Combined Communications Board, Publication Number
CCC	Canadian Construction Company
CCC	Casualty Clearing Centre
CCC	Commonwealth Communications Council
CCCC	Canadian Corps Composite Company - unit of men unfit for active duty at the front and attached to Corps Headquarters for employment
CCCC	Cape Colony Cyclist Corps
CCCCRCASC	Canadian Corps Car Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CCCRCE	Canadian Construction Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
CCCS	Canadian Casualty Clearing Station
CCCS	Captain (later Commodore) Commanding Canadian Ships and Establishments in the United Kingdom
CCCTRCASC	Canadian Command Corps Troops, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CCCU	Canadian Cemetery Construction Unit
CCD	Canadian Command Depot
CCD	Canadian Convalescent Depot - facility where soldiers could recover from wounds and rebuild their strength
CCD	Canadian Corps Depot
CCDC	Canadian Corps Defence Company
CCDRCAMC	Canadian Convalescent Depot, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CCDSSTRCCS	Canadian Corps Delivery Squadron Signal Troop, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
CCDU	Coastal Command Development Unit
CCERCE	Canadian Constructional Engineers, Royal Canadian Engineers
CCF	Commander Coastal Forces
CCFC	Company Canadian Forestry Corps
CCFCORCAPC	Canadian Corps Field Cash Office, Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps
CCFPC	Canadian Corps Field Park Company
CCFPC	Canadian Corps Field Punishment Camp
CCHA	Canadian Corps Heavy Artillery
CCIS	Canadian Corps Intelligence Section
CCM	Canadian Centennial Medal (1967)
CCM	Combined Cypher Machine
CCM&HC	Canadian Courts Martial & Holding Centre
CCMA	Canadian Corps Medium Artillery
CCMHQSRCS	Company Canadian Military Headquarters Signals, Royal Canadian Signals
CCMOS	Canadian Counter Mortar Officers Staff
CCMOSRCA	Canadian Counter Mortar Officer Staff, Royal Canadian Artillery
CCMSRCA	Canadian Corps Meteorological Section, Royal Canadian Artillery
CCNF	Commodore Commanding Newfoundland Force
CCO	Chief of Combined Operations
CCO	Civilian Contracts Officer, Joint Air Training Plan
CCO	Coder and Cypher Office
CCO	Communications, Coding and Cyphering Arrangements
CCOD	Canadian Central Ordnance Depot
CCOS	Combined Chiefs of Staff
CCP	Casualty Clearing Post
CCPC	Company Canadian Provost Corps
CCPPRCASC	Canadian Corps Petrol Park, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CCPS	Computerized Central Pay System
CCPU	Canadian Corps Postal Unit
CCPU	Canadian Corps Protective Company
CCR(C)A	Commander Corps Royal (Canadian) Artillery
CCRA	Commander Corps, Royal Artillery
CCRC	Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp - centre in France where troops were held before being sent to reinforce existing units
CCRCAMC	Conditioning Centre, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CCRCASC	Composite Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CCRTC	Canadian Corps Reinforcement Transit Camp
CCRU	Canadian Combined Reinforcement Unit
CCS	Canadian Censor Section
CCS	Canadian Chaplain Services
CCS	Casualty Clearing Station - first medical unit (after the Aid Post) for wounded soldiers evacuated from the front lines
CCS	Code and Cypher School
CCS	Combined Chiefs of Staff
CCSO	Contraband Control Service Officer
CCSRCCS	Canadian Cipher Section, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
CCSRCS	Canadian Corps Signals, Royal Canadian Signals
CCT	Canadian Calibration Troop
CCTC	Canadian Corps Transport Company
CCTC	Commandant, Combined Training Centre
CCTCC	Canadian Corps Troops Carrying Column
CCTCCRCASC	Commander Corps Troops Carrying Column, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CCTORCOC	Canadian Corps Troops Ordnance, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CCTSI	Canadian Corps Troops Service Increment
CCTW/SRCEME	Canadian Corps Troops Workshop, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
CCTW/SRCOC	Canadian Corps troops Workshop, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CCU	Canadian Concentration Unit
CCWAC	Company Canadian Women's Military Corps
CCWACMD	Company Canadian Women's Army Corps Military Corps
CCWDL	Canadian Chemical Warfare Defence Laboratory
CCWS	Canadian Chemical Warfare School
CCZ	Canadian Coastal Zone
CD	Canada Draft
CD	Canadian Forces Decoration
CD	Captain of the Dockyard
CD	Clearance Diver
CD	Coast Defence (Artillery)
CD	Commissioned
CD	Convalescent Detachments
CD&AA	Coast Defence & Anti-Aircraft
CD&AAATC	Coast Defence & Anti-Aircraft Artillery Training Centre
CD&AAW/SS	Coast Defence & Anti-Aircraft Workshop Section
CD&EP	Canadian Defence & Employment Platoon
CD&FPB	Canadian Detention and Field Punishment Barracks
CD&MS	Canadian Driving and Maintenance School
CD(Records)	Correction on Documents
CDA	Canadian Divisional Artillery
CDAC	Canadian Divisional Ammunition Column - railhead where divisional ammunition was stored before being shipped to the front
CDB	Canadian Detention Barracks
CDB	Coast Defence Battery
CDBPRCE	Canadian Divisional Bridging Platoon, Royal Canadian Engineers
CDC	Canadian Dental Corps
CDC	Canadian Disciplinary Centre
CDC	Canadian Divisional Calvary
CdCkO	Commissioned Cookery Officer
CDCRCE	Canadian Drilling Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
CdCtO	Commissioned Catering Officer
CDD	Canadian Discharge Depot - centre in Canada where soldiers returning from war were released from service
CDE	Code
CdeG	Croix de Guerre
CdeG(B)	Croix de Guerre Belgium
CdeG(F)	Croix de Guerre France
CdEl	Commissioned Electrician
CdEng	Commissioned Engineer
CdG'nr	Commissioner Gunner
CDHQ	Canadian Divisional Headquarters
CDIS	Canadian Division Intelligence Section
CDISRCASC	Canadian Detail Issue Depot, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CDLS	Canadian Defence Liaison Staff
CDMD	Canada Draft Military District
Cdn	Canadian
CdnConstlEngrs	Canadian Constructional Engineers
CdnEngrs	Canadian Engineers
Cdn-Gds	Canadian Guards
CDOF	French Western Africa colony
CDofDS	Canadian Depot of Dental Stores
CDOSC	Camp Daily Orders Sarcee Camp
CDOW/SRCOC	Canadian Divisional Ordnance Workshop, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CDPU	Canadian Division Postal Unit
Cdr	Coder
Cdr	Commander
Cdr(D)	Commander (Destroyers)
CDRAS&TD	Canadian Detachment Royal Armoured Corps School & Training Depot
CDRBCAO/S	Canadian Division Reece Battalion, Canadian Army Overseas
CDRE	Commodore
CDRJ	Commander, Force J.
CDRSRCS	Canadian Despatch Rider Section Royal Canadian Signals
CDS	Canadian Divisional Signals
CDS	Chief of the Defence Staff
CDSB	Canadian Division Support Battalion
CDSB	Commissioned Signal Boatswain
CDSCCRC	Canadian Division Section - Canadian Corps Reinforcement Camp
CDSCDC	Central Dental Stores, Canadian Dental Corps
CDSCRCASC	Canadian Division Supply Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CdShpt	Commissioned Shipwright
CdSO	Commissioned Stores Officer
CDSRC	Canadian Division Section Reinforcement Camp
Cdt	Cadet
CDT	Commissioned Telegraphist
CDTCRCASC	Canadian Division Troops Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CdTelegr	Cadet Telegraphist
CDTS	Canadian Divisional Training School
CDVGofCCMHQ	General Duty Veterans Guard of Canada, Canadian Military Headquarters
CdWO	Commissioned Writer Officer
CE	Canadian Engineers - corps of men who built bridges, railway depots, camps, bases and other military installations
CE	Chief Engineer
CE	Civil Engineer
CE&MPRCE	Canadian Electrical & Mechanical Platoon, Royal Canadian Engineers
CE&MSRCE	Canadian Electrical & Mechanical Section, Royal Canadian Engineers
CE(Wks)	Chief Engineer (Works)
CEA	Chief Electrical Artificer
CEAURCOC	Canadian Equipment Assembly Unit, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CEC	Corps expéditionnaire canadien (French only) - force of more than 600,000 men established by the Government of Canada for service overseas
CEEW(A)RCEME	Canadian Engineer Equipment Workshop (Active), Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
CEEW/SRCEME	Canadian Engineer Equipment Workshop, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
CEEW/SRCOC	Canadian Engine Equipment Workshop, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CEF	Canadian Expeditionary Force - force of more than 600,000 men established by the Government of Canada for service overseas
CEG(B)	Canadian Employment Group "B"
CEHU	Canadian Engineer Holding Unit
CELE	Communications/Electronics Engineer
CEO	Camp Engineer Officer
CEO	Command Engineer Officer
CEP	Canadian Employment Platoon
CEPF	Canadian Echelon Pacific Force
CERA	Chief Engine Room Artificer
CERD	Canadian Engineer Reinforcement Depot - centre from which reinforcements were allocated to existing engineering units
CERU	Canadian Engineer Reinforcement Unit
CESF	Commander, Eastern Sea Frontier (U.S.)
CESU	Canadian Educational Services Unit
CETC	Canadian Engineer Training Centre
CETech	Construction Engineering Technician
CEURCAMC	Canadian Exhaustion Unit, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CeylonPLRC	Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps
CF	Canadian Forces
CF	Canadian Fusiliers
CF	Composite Flights
CF&PS	Canadian Film and Photo Section
CF(SP)RRCA	Canadian Field (Self Propelled) Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
CF98	Canadian Forces Form #98 - Report on Injuries
CFA	Calvary Field Ambulance
CFA	Canadian Field Ambulance - unit responsible for evacuating the wounded from the front lines to medical centres
CFA	Canadian Field Artillery - organization responsible for using medium-calibre guns in direct or indirect support of infantry
CFAO	Canadian Forces Administrative Order
CFASS	Canadian Field Auxiliary Services Section
CFB	Coastal Force Base
CFBMEK	Coast Force Base, Mers-El-Kebir
CFBRCA(AF)	Canadian Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery, (Active Force)
CFC	Canadian Forces College
CFC	Canadian Forestry Corps - units designated to cut down and process trees to provide wood and lumber
CFC	Craftsman
CFCCDRCE	Canadian Field Company, Canadian Division, Royal Canadian Engineers
CFCRCE	Canadian Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
CFCSC	Canadian Forces Command and Staff Course
CFCTW	Canadian Forestry Corps Training Wing
CFDS	Canadian Field Dressing Station
CFDSRCAMC	Canadian Field Dressing Station, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CFE	Commander, Coastal Forces, Eastern Mediterranean
CFEF	Canadian Far East Force
CFES	Canadian Field Educational Section
CFF	Communication and Ferry Flights
CFF	Corps of Civilian (Canadian) Fire Fighters For Service in the United Kingdom
CFFS	Canadian Forces Fleet School
CFFT	Coastal Forces Fuelling Tender
CFH	Canadian Field Hospital
CFH	Canadian Forces Hospital
CFHA	Canadian Forces Housing Agency
CFHS	Canadian Field Historical Section
CFHSvcsGp	Canadian Forces Health Services Group
CFL	Compassionate Farm Leave
CFMG	Canadian Forces Medical Group
CFMSO	Coastal Forces Material Supply Officer
CFMTP	Canadian Forces Musician Training Plan
Cfn	Craftsman
Cfn	Craftsman (Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers)
CFN	Canadian Forces in the Netherlands
CFNIS	Canadian Forces National Investigation Service
CFOCS	Canadian Forces Officer Candidate School
CFORS	Course for Orderly Room Sergeants
CFP	Canadian Forces Publication
CFPAS	Canadian Forces Personnel Appraisal System
CFPC	Canadian Field Punishment Camp
CFPCRCE	Corps Field Park Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
CFPCUCIC	Canadian Field Press Censor Unit, Canadian Intelligence Corps
CFPSA	Canadian Forces Personnel Support Agency
CFR	Commissioning From the Ranks
CFRC	Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre
CFRETS	Canadian Forces Recruiting, Education and Training System
CFRP	Commissioning from the Ranks Plan
CFRRCAAP	Canadian Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, Advance Party
CFS	Canadian Field Squadron
CFS	Central Flying Schools
CFSC	Canadian Field Survey Company
CFSCRCE	Canadian Field Survey Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
CFSD	Canadian Forces Supply Depot
CFSEME	Canadian Forces School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
CFSRD	Canadian Field Security Reserve Detachment
CFSS	Canadian Field Security Section
CFSURCAMC	Canadian Field Surgical Unit, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CFTC(ID)RCASC	Canadian General Transport Company (Infantry Division), Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CFTO	Canadian Forces Technical Order
CFTSHQ	Canadian Forces Training System Headquarters
CFTU	Canadian Field Transfusion Unit
CFW	Commander, Coastal Forces, Western Mediterranean
CG	Canada Gazette
CG	Coldstream Guards
CG	Commanding General (U.S.)
CG	Compassionate Grounds
CGA	Canadian Garrison Artillery - organization responsible for using large-calibre guns against heavily fortified positions
CGB	Canadian Garrison Battalion
CGBD	Canadian General Base Depot
CGBRB	Canadian General Base Reinforcement Battalion
CGCU	Canadian Graves Concentration Unit
Cgds	Coldstream Guards
CGG	Canadian Grenadier Guards (Now 22nd Armoured Regiment)
CGH	Canadian General Hospital - permanent hospital where extensive treatment was given to the wounded
CGHRCAMC	Canadian General Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CGHU	Canadian General Holding Unit
CGLS	Canadian General Labour Section
CGM	Conspicuous Gallantry Medal
CGMU	Combat Group Medical Unit
CGPC	Canadian General Pioneer Company
CGR	Canadian Garrison Regiment - unit of 13 battalions formed in April 1918 to perform garrison duty in Canada's 13 military districts
CGR	Canadian Graves Registrar or Registration
CGRU	Canadian General Reinforcement Unit
CGRU	Canadian Graves Registration Unit
CGS	Canadian Government Ship
CGS	Chief of the General Staff
CGS	Chief of the Imperial General Staff
CGSF	Commander Gulf Sea Frontier
CGTC	Canadian General Transport Company
CGTWRCEME	Canadian General Troop Workshop, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
CH	14th Canadian Hussars
CH	Chaplain
CH	Chatham Division, Royal Marines
CH	Companion Of Honour
CH	Construction Hand
CH	Convalescent Hospital
Chap	Chaplain
CHAP	Canadian Harassment and Abuse Prevention
Chap(F)	Chaplain of the Fleet
Chap(P)	Chaplain (Protestant)
Chap(RC)	Director of Chaplain Services (Roman Catholic)
CHB	Canadian Highland Battalion (Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment of Canada)
CHD	Calgary Highlanders Depot
CHENG	Chief Engineer
ChesR	Cheshire Regiment
ChesYeo	Cheshire Yeomanry
CHET	Canadian Higher Education Test
ChO	Chief Officer
CHofO(MG)	Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Machine Gun)
CHOP	Line near 47th Meridian dividing the British and Canadian areas of responsibility
CHP	Chaplain (Protestant)
CHQ&NDHQCRCAMC	Corps Headquarters & National Defence Headquarters Company, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CHQAGRCE	Canadian Headquarters Army Group, Royal Canadian Artillery
CHQCDC	Corps Headquarters, Canadian Dental Corps OR Canadian Disciplinary Centre
CHQCPC(C)	Corps Headquarters Canadian Postal Corps (Canada)
CHQCWAC	Corps Headquarters Canadian Women's Army Corps
CHQEOFSCRCOC	Corps Headquarters Element of Salvage Control, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CHQofBSA	Canadian Headquarters of Base Sub Area
CHQPMC	Camp Headquarters, Petawawa Military Camp
CHQRCECA	Corps Headquarters Royal Canadian Engineers, Canadian Army
CHQRCEME	Corps Headquarters Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
CHQRCOC	Corps Headquarters, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CHQSDRCOC	Canadian Headquarters Salvage Depot, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CHRA	Canadian Human Rights Act
CHRC	Canadian Human Rights Commission
CHRC	Chaplain Roman Catholic
CHRSRCEME	Canadian Heavy Recovery Section, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
CHRSRCOC	Canadian Heavy Recovery Section, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CHS	Canadian Hospital Ship
CHSB	Chief Signal Botswain
CHSHPT	Chief Shipwright
ChSkr	Chief Skipper
CHT	Corps of Horse Transport
CHU	Canadian Holding Unit
CHWR	Chief Writer
CHYeoSIG	Chief Yeoman of Signals
CI(I)HQS	Canadian Intelligence (Interrogation) Headquarters Section
CIA	Chief Inspector of Armaments
CIAL	Commercial Cable Company
CIB	Canadian Infantry Brigade
CIBC	Canadian Infantry Corps Band
CIBCRCASC	Canadian Infantry Brigade Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CIBGDP(LS)	Canadian Light Infantry Brigade Ground Defence Platoon (Lorne Scot)
CIBRB	Canadian Infantry Base Reinforcement Battalion
CIBSG(SLI)	Canadian Infantry Brigade Support Group (Saskatoon Light Infantry)
CIBUS	Communication Instructions for British Warships in the U.S.A.
CIBW/S	Canadian Infantry Brigade Workshop (Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps or Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers)
CIBW/SRCEME	Canadian Infantry Brigade Workshop, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
CIBW/SRCOC	Canadian Infantry Brigade Workshop, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CIC	Cadet Instructor Cadre
CIC	Canadian Infantry Corps
CIC	Canadian Intelligence Corps
CIDB	Canadian Infantry Depot Battalion
CIDBn	Canadian Infantry Depot Battalion
CIDCC(M)RCASC	Canadian Infantry Division Composite Company (Main), Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CIDCMOS	Canadian Infantry Division Ordnance Field Park, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CIDM/GBn(SLI)	Canadian Infantry Division Machine Gun Battalion (Saskatoon Light Infantry)
CIDOFPRCOC	Canadian Infantry Division Ordnance Field Park, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CIDRTC	Canadian Infantry Division Reinforcement Transit Camp
CIDSI	Canadian Infantry Division Service Increment
CIDSPRCOC	Canadian Infantry Division Sub Park, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CIDTCRCASC	Canadian Infantry Division Troops Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CIDTS	Canadian Infantry Division Training School
CIET	Canadian Intermediate Education Test
CIET	Canadian Intermediate Educational Test
CIF	"C" Infantry Battalion
CIGS	Chief of the Imperial General Staff
CIHU	Canadian Infantry Holding Unit
CIL	Cadet Instructors List
CIMGCoy(NBR)	Canadian Independent Machine Gun Company (New Brunswick Regiment)
Cin CCNA	Commander in Chief, Canadian North West Atlantic
C-in-C	Commander in Chief
C-in-C,CNA	Commander in Chief, Canadian Northwest Atlantic
C-in-CAandWI	Commander in Chief, Atlantic and West Indies Station
C-in-CCWA	Commander in Charge Canadian North Atlantic
C-in-CEF	Commander in Chief Eastern Fleet
C-in-CHF	Commander in Chief Home Fleet
C-in-CLANT	Commander in Chief, US Atlantic Fleet
CInfC	Canadian Infantry Corps
CIntC	Canadian Intelligence Corps
CIofCM	Chief Inspector of Catering & Messing
CIOSPRCOC	Canadian Infantry Ordnance Sub-Park, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CIPCIC	Canadian Interpreters Pool, Canadian Infantry Corps
CIRU	Canadian Infantry Reinforcement Unit
CITB	Canadian Infantry Training Brigade
CITC	Canadian Infantry Centre
CITC	Canadian Infantry Training Centre
CitoanMTIBRCASC	Canadian Increment to a (Mobilization Training Centre / Mechanical Transport / Military Training OR Movement Train) Inspection Branch, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CITR	Canadian Infantry Training Regiment
CITW/SRCEME	Canadian Infantry Troops Workshop, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
CITW/SRCOC	Canadian Infantry Troops Workshop, Royal Canadian Ordnance corps
CIU	Clinical Investigation Units
CIWB	Canadian Infantry Works Battalion
CIWC	Canadian Infantry Works Corps
CJATC	Canadian Joint Air Training Centre (Rivers, Manitoba)
CJLS	Corps Junior Leaders School
CJWSC	Canadian Junior War Staff Course
CK	Cook
CK	Cook (Ship's)
Ck(O)	Cook (Officers)
Ck(Prob)	Cook (Probationer)
Ck(S)	Cook (Seamen)
CKMTE	Cook's Mate
CKS&DU	Canadian Kit Storage & Disposal Unit
CKSD	Canadian Kit Storage Depot
Cl	Clasp
CL	Canloan List
CL	Casualty List - list of soldiers wounded, killed, missing or taken prisoner by the enemy
CL	Colonel
CL	Compassionate Leave
CL	Convalescent Leave
CLA-AB	Canadian Light Anti-Aircraft Battalion
CLB	Canadian Labour Battalion
CLC	Canadian Leave Centre
CLDAFHQ	Canadian Liaison Detachment, Allied Forces OR Air Force Headquarters
CLE	Clerk
CLES	Canadian Legion Educational Service
CLFCSC	Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College
CLFHSRCAMC	Canadian Light Field Hygiene Sections, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CLH	Canadian Light Horse - cavalry unit, originally intended as a scouting force
CLK	Clerk
ClkAcc	Clerk Accounting
ClkAdmSupr	Clerk Administrative Supervisor
ClkEng	Clerk Engineering
ClkGen	Clerk General
ClkStats	Clerk Statistics
ClkSteno	Clerk Stenographer
ClkTyp	Clerk Typist
Cloc	Chief Locator
ClofCPC(C)	Canadian Line of Communication Provost Company (Consolidated)
CLofCT	Canadian Line of Communication Terminal
CLP	Canadian Labour Pool
CLQ	Class Qualified
CLRSRCOC	Canadian Light Recovery Station, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CLS	Chief of the Land Staff
CL-SE	Colour Sergeant
CLURCE	Canadian Landmark Unit, Royal Canadian Engineers
CLWS	Canadian Legion War Services
CM	Canadian Centennial Medal (1967)
CM	Commissaryman
CM	Communicator
CM	Member of the Order of Canada
CM/L	Controlled Mine Laying
CMA	Central Mediterranean Area
CMACRCASC	Canadian Motor Ambulance Convoy, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CMASCL	Canadian Military Attache Staff Canadian Legation
CMBG	Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
CMBURCAMC	Canadian Mobile Bath Units, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CMC	Canadian Medical Centre
CMC	Canadian Military College
CMCLG	Canadian Movement Control Liaison Group
CMCR(PLNBH)AF	Canadian Motorcycle Regiment (Princess Louise's New Brunswick Hussars) Active Force
CMCU	Canadian Movement Control Unit
CMDBSN	Commissioner Boatswain
CMDLondonMD1	Central Mechanization Depot, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
Cmdr	Commander
Cmdr	Commander (Naval)
CMEC	Canadian Mechanical Equipment Company
CMF	Central Mediterranean Force
CMG	Canadian Medical Group
CMG	Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
CMG	Order of St. Michael and St. George (Companion)
CMGBde	Canadian Machine Gun Brigade
CMGC	Canadian Machine Gun Corps - soldiers with machine guns responsible for supporting or defending against infantry attack
CMGCMF	Canadian Meteorological Group - Central Mediterranean Force
CMGHU	Canadian Machine Gun Holding Unit
CMGO	Corps Machine Gun Officer
CMGRU	Canadian Machine Gun Reinforcement Unit
CMGTC	Canadian Machine Gun Training Centre
CMH	Calgary Military Hospital
CMH	Canadian Military Hospital
CMHL	Canadian Mobile Hygiene Laboratory
CMHQ	Canadian Military Headquarters
CMHQC	Canadian Military Headquarters Course
CMHQROX-LPSOW	Canadian Military Headquarters Records Office X-List, PSOW
CMHRCAMC	Camp Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CMHRCAMC	Camrose Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CMHRCAMC	Charlottetown Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CMHRCAMC	Chatham Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CMHRCAMC	Chicoutimi Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CMHRCAMC	Chilliwack Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Hospital
CMHRCAMC	Cornwall Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Military Hospital
CMM	Order of Merit (Commander)
CMMG	Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade
CMMGC	Canadian Motor Machine Gun Corps
CMMP	Corps of Military Mounted Police
CMMS	Canadian Motorcycle Maintenance School
CMN-SURCAMC	Canadian Mobil Neuro-Surgical Unit, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CMOS	Counter Mortar Officer Staff
CMP	Corps of Military Police
CMP&DB	Canadian Military Prison & Detention Barracks
CMPC	Canadian Military Police Corps
CMPLRCASC	Canadian Mobile Pet. Laboratories, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CMPS	Canadian Map Photographic Section
CMPS	Canadian Military Police Corps
CMR	Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean
CMR	Canadian Mounted Rifles - mounted soldiers originally, later used largely as infantry
CMR	Cape Mounted Riflemen
CMR(GGHG)AF	Canadian Motorcycle Regiment (Governor General's Horse Guards) Active Force
CMRCASF(DYRCH)	Canadian Motorcycle Regiment, Canadian Active Service Force (17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars)
CMRPRCASC	Canadian Medium Regiment Platoon, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CMRS	Canadian Medical Rest Station
CMRSRCAMC	Canadian Medical Rest Station, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CMS	Canadian Military Staff
CMS	Canadian Mission Staff
CMSA	Co-operations with the British Ministry of War Transport in the United States
CMSC	Cape Medical Staff Corps
CMSC	Co-operations with the British Ministry of War Transport in Canada
CMSC	Corps of Military Clerks
CMSC	Corps of Military Staff Clerks
CMSCCO	Corps of Military Staff, Clerks Corps Orders
CMSPEC	Canadian Military Section Port Executive Committee
CMSTMUSA	Camp Myles Standish, Tauton Massachusetts, U.S.A.
CMT	Corps of Motor Transport, Army Service Corps
CMTCCM	Canadian Militia Training Course, Camp Macauley
CMTech	Construction and Maintenance Technician
CMTRCA	Canadian Modelling Team, Royal Canadian Artillery
CMTRURCEME	Canadian Mobile Tire Repair Unit, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
CMTS	Central Mechanical Transport Stores
CMU	Construction and Maintenance Units
CNCoy	Cannon Company
Cnd	Canadian
CndDetnBks	Canadian Detention Barracks
CNDHQ	Commandant National Defence Headquarters
CNE	Canadian National Exhibition
CNEC	Chief Naval Engineering and Construction
CNES	Chief Naval Equipment and Supply
CNK	Change Next of Kin
CNMO	Canadian Naval Mission Overseas
CNO	Canadian Naval Order
CNP	Chief of Naval Personnel
CNPWRCAMC	Canadian Neuro Psychiatric Wing, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CNR	Canadian National Railways
CNR	Canadian Naval Regulations
CNS	Chief of the Naval Staff
CNSRHRCAMC	Canadian Nursing Sister's Rest Home, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CNVT&TU	Canadian Night Vision Training & Testing Unit
CNW-44	Canadian Naval War Plan
Co	Company
CO	Commanding Officer - any officer in command of a specific unit (usually battalion level and up)
CO	Constable
CO	Cook (Officer's)
CO	Corps Orders
CO&MERU	Canadian Ordnance & Mechanical Engineer Reinforcement Unit
CO(A)	Camp Orders (Angler)
CO/SPD	Canadian Overseas Postal Depot
COA	Chief Ordnance Accountant
COA	Corps of Ordnance Artificers
COA	Course of Action
COAC	Commanding Officer Atlantic Coast
COAV	Commanding Officer Auxiliary Vessels
COBD	Canadian Ordnance Beach Detachment
COBD	Canadian Ordnance Branch Detachment
COC	Canadian Ordnance Corps
COC	Combined Operations Centre
COC&BTC	Combined Operations Centre & Basic Training Centre
COC(AC)	Combined Operations School (Army Camp)
COCDC	Corps Orders, Canadian Dental Corps
COCPC	Corps Orders Canadian Postal Corps
COCTC	Canadian Ordnance Corps Training Centre
COCTUSC	Canadian Officer Cadet Training Unit Selection Centre
COCWAC	Corps Orders, Canadian Women's Army Corps
COD	Central Ordnance Depot
CODCRCOC	Central Ordnance Depot Company, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CODRCOC	Camp Ordnance Depot, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
COEMETC	Canadian Ordnance Electrical Mechanical Engineer Training Course
COF	Canadian Army Occupation Force
COF	Canadian Occupational Force
CofAS	Corps of Army Schoolmasters
CofC	Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
CofF	Chaplain of the Fleet
CofHRS	Corps of Hussars
CofI	Court of Inquiry - group of officers convened to investigate specific questions or events
CofLondYeo	County of London Yeomanry
CofLRS	Corps of Lancers
COFPRCOC	Canadian Ordnance Field Park, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CofS	Chief of Staff
CofS	Cross of Sacrifice (Memorial Cross)
CofW	Cable or Wireless
COHQ	Combined Operations Headquarters
COI	Court of Inquiry
Col	Colonel
Coln	Column
Com	Command - unit under the command of one officer or non-commissioned officer
COM	Commissioner
Com10thFleetCandR	Commander 10th Fleet Convoy and Routeing (US)
ComBtswn	Commissioned Boatswain
COMC&S	Canadian Ordnance Maintenance Company & Sections
Comd	Command - unit under the command of one officer or non-commissioned officer
Comd	Commandant
Comd	Commander
Comd	Commanding
Com'd	Command - unit under the command of one officer or non-commissioned officer
ComdEngr	Command Engineer
COMDGEN	Commanding General (U.S.)
Comdt	Commandant
COME	Chief Ordnance Mechanical Engineer
COMERU	Canadian Ordnance and Mechanical Engineer Reinforcement Unit
COMINCH	Commander in Chief, US Fleet
CominchCandR	Commander in Chief, US Fleet, Convoy and Routeing
Comm	Commission
Comm	Commodore
Commande (D)	Commander (Destroyers)
Commodore(D)WA	Commodore (Destroyers), Western Approaches
CommofCustoms	Commissioner of Customs
Comn	Communication
ComOp	Communications Operator
ComOpSupr	Communications Operator Supervisor
Comp	Composite
ComPC(A)	Communications Performance Checker (Air)
ComPC(G)	Communications Performance Checker (Ground)
ComTech	Communications Technician
ComTech(A)	Communications Technician (Air)
ComTech(G)	Communications Technician (Ground)
Conc	Concentrate
Conc	Concentration
Cond	Conductor
COND	Commanding Officer Naval Divisions
Condr	Conductor
Connav (No)	Navy Authority, Washington
ConnRang	Connaught Rangers
Const	Constable
Constl	Constructional
constr	Construction
ConstrC	Constructor Captain
Conv	Convalescent - a soldier recovering from wounds or illness
ConvoyCYeoSigs	Convoy Chief Yeoman of Signals
ConvoyLSig	Convoy Leading Signalman
ConvoyOSig	Convoy Ordinary Signalman
ConvoySig	Convoy Signalman
ConvoyYeoSigs	Convoy Yeoman of Signals
Cook(O)	Cook (Officer's)
Cook(S)	Cook (Ship's)
COOS(M)RCOC	Canadian Ordnance Officer's Shop (Mobile), Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
COP	Commander of Port
COPC	Commanding Officer Pacific Coast
COPD	Canadian Overseas Postal Depot
COpSO	Chief Operational Services Officer
Cor	Corvettes
COR	Confirmation of Rank
CORC	Canadian Ordnance Railhead Company
CORCAMC	Corps Orders, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CORCC	Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps
CORCRCOC	Canadian Ordnance Railhead Company, Royal Canadian Ordnance Company
CORCT	Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Troops
CORD	Central Ontario Regimental Depot - facility in England used to assemble men and to store and administer equipment and materials
CORD	Commanding Officer Reserve Divisions
Corp	Corporal
Corpl	Corporal
CORU	Canadian Ordnance Reinforcement Unit
Cos	Companies
CoS	Chief(s) of Staff
COS	Change of Strength
COS	Coming Off Strength
COS	Company Orderly Sergeant
COS&CB	Canadian Officers Survey & Classification Board
COSAI	Canadian Ordnance Stores Accounting Inspectorate
COSSAC	Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (Designate)
COTC	Canadian Officer Training Centre
COTC	Canadian Officer Training Corps
COTC	Canadian Overseas Telecommunication Corporation
COU	Called Out Under
COVGofC	Corps Orders Veterans Guard of Canada
Cox'n	Coxswain
Coy	Company - unit of approximately 200 men, divided into 4 platoons
CP	Chaplains Pool
CP	Command Post
CPACRCAMC	Canadian Prophylactic Ablution Centre, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CPB	Canadian Parachute Battalion
CPB	Canadian Pioneer Battalion
CPBRCE	Canadian Pioneer Battalion, Royal Canadian Engineers
CPC	Canadian Pension Commission (Department of Veterans Affairs)
CPC	Canadian Postal Corps
CPC	Canadian Provost Corps
CPC	Corps Protection Company
CPCCMF(ADHOC)	Canadian Pioneer Company, Central Mediterranean Force
CPCD	Canadian Provost Corps Depot
CPCO/S(PU)	Canadian Postal Corps Overseas, (Postal Units)
CPCURCASC	Canadian Port Clearance Unit, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CPDPRCE	Canadian Pile Driving Platoon, Royal Canadian Engineers
CPDRCAPC	Command Pay Detachment, Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps
CPF	Canadian Patriotic Front
CPI	Corps of Permanent Instructors
CPinME	Canadian Personnel in Middle East
Cpl	Corporal
CPLAM	Corporal Ambulance
CPMH	Camp Petawawa Military Hospital
CPMHRCAMC	Chorley Park Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CPMMLRCOC	Canadian Pilot Model Mobile Laundry, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CPO	Chief Petty Officer
CPO	Civilian Personnel Officer
CPR	Canadian Pacific Railway
CPRD	Canadian Public Relations Detachment
CProC	Canadian Provost Corps
CPRS	Canadian Public Relations Services
CPRU	Canadian Public Relations Unit
CPS	Canadian Planning Staff
CPS	Canadian Publishing Section
Cpt	Captain
CPTC	Canadian Parachute Training Centre
CPTCAC	Canadian Pioneer Troop, Canadian Armoured Corps
CPTHO	Captain of Hospital Orderlies
CPTRE	Captain Royal Engineers
CPTU	Canadian Parachute Training Unit
CPTUCPC	Canadian Postal Tracing Unit, Canadian Postal Corps
CPW/S(ADHOC)RCEME	Canadian Port Workshop (Ad Hoc), Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
CPW/S(ADHOC)RCOC	Canadian Port Workshop (Ad Hoc), Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CPWEU	Canadian Petroleum Warfare Experimental Unit
CQMS	Company Quartermaster-Sergeant
Cr	Commander
CR	Régiment de la Chaudière (French only)
CR	Central Registry
CR	Confirmation of Rank
CR	Control Rate
CR	Control Rating
CR	Control Ratings
CR(C)E	Commander, Royal (Canadian) Engineers
CR(T)	Calgary Unit (Tank)
CR/AC	Canadian Re-allocation Centre
CRA	Commander, Royal Artillery
CRA	Commanding Royal Artillery
CRA	Compulsory Retirement Age
CRASC	Commander, Royal Army Service Corps
CRB	Canadian Rifle Battalion
CRB	Career Review Board
CRB(M)	Career Review Board (Medical)
CRBRCA	Canadian Rocket Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery
CRBW/SRCEME	Canadian Radar Battery Workshop, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
CRC	Canadian Reception Camp
CRC	Casualty Retraining Centre
CRC	Chief Registration Clerk
CRCAMC	Company Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CRCASCATBC	Company Royal Canadian Army Service Army Tank Brigade Company
CRCASCATBC	Company Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CRCC	Canadian Railway Construction Corps
CRCC	Canadian Road Construction Company
CRCE	Company Royal Canadian Engineers
CRCE(PB)	Commander Royal Canadian Engineers (Permanent Bridges)
CRCE(W)	Commander Royal Canadian Engineers (Works)
CRCEME	Company Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
CRCL	Canadian Red Cross List
CRCORU	Canadian Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps Reinforcement Unit
CRCR	Canadian Reserve Calvary Regiment - cavalry reserve unit based in England
CRCRCAMC	Casualty Retraining Centre, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CRCRCEME	Canadian Recovery Company, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
CRCRCOC	Canadian Recovery Company, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CRD	Canadian Reception Depot
CRD	Canadian Remount Depot
CRD(LS)	Canadian Repatriation Depot (LS)
CRDFT(S)C	Canadian Radio Detection Finder Training (School) Centre
CRDFTC	Canadian Radio Direction Finder Training Centre
CRE	Commander Royal Engineers
CRecs	Controller of Records (Air)
CREME	Commander Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
CRFTTC	Canadian Reinforcement Transit Camp
CRGTPRCASC	Canadian Reinforcement Group Transit Platoon, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CRGWP	Canadian Reinforcement Group Workshop Platoon
CRI	Chinese Regiment of Infantry
CRLE	Canadian Radio Location Establishment
Crmn	Crewman
CRN	Change Regimental Number
CRO	Canadian Records Office
CRO	Chief Recruiting Officer
CRO	Corps Reserve of Officers
CRO	Officer in Charge Central Registry
CROCRCE	Canadian Railway Operation Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
Crpl	Corporal
CRR(PLDG)	Canadian Reconnaissance Regiment (Princess Louise Dragoon Guards)
CRRCA	Coast regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
CRS	Canadian Recce Squadron
CRS	Captured Records Section (US Dept of the Army)
CRS	Central Recruiting Troop
CRS-CIB	Canadian Recce Squadron-Canadian Infantry Brigade
CrStGeo	Cross of Saint George (Russia)
CRT	Canadian Railway Troops - men recruited and organized to operate railways in rear areas
CRT	Continuous Reserve Training
CRTC	Canadian Radar Training Centre
CRTC(A)	Canadian Reconnaissance Training Centre (Active)
CRTC(R)	Canadian Reconnaissance Training Centre (Reserve)
CRU	Canadian Reinforcement Unit
CRUPU	Canadian Reinforcement Units Postal Units
CRURCA	Canadian Rocket Unit, Royal Canadian Artillery
Crypto	Cryptographer
CS	Cease
CS	Christian Science (Church)
CS	Commandant Staff
CS	Communicator (Ship's)
CS	Communicator (Supplementary)
CS	Cypher Section
CS&AC	Canadian Selection & Appraisal Centre
CS&TO	Camp Supply & Transport Officer
CS(No)	Admiralty File Number
CSA	Canadian Small Arms
CSA	Consular Shipping Adviser
CSAFVIRCEME	Canadian Section Armoured Fighting Vehicles Inspectorate, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
CSAFVTS	Canadian Section Armoured Fighting Vehicles Technical Staff
CSAI	Canadian School of Army Instruction
CSAS(E)	Canadian Small Arms School (Eastern)
CSAS(WC)	Canadian Small Arms School (Western Canada)
CSATC	Canadian Small Arms Training Centre
CSB	Canadian Shipping Board
CSBASRAC	Canadian Special BASRA Company
CSBD	Canadian Special Base Depot
CSC	Cadet Services of Canada
CSC	Canadian Service College
CSC	Chiefs of Staff Committee
CSC	Commissariat Staff Corps
CSC	Corporal Signal Corps
CSCC	Canadian Section Claims Commission
CScotR	Canadian Scottish Regiment
CSCRCOC	Canadian Salvage Corps, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CSDS	Canadian Special Driving School
CSE	Colour Sergeant
CSEAFHQ	Canadian Section Echelon Allied Forces, Headquarters
CSEC	Canadian Special Employment Company
CSEE	Canadian Signals Experimental Establishment
CSEF	Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force
CSG	Clerk Stenographer Group
CSGHQ2ndEch	Canadian Section General Headquarters, 2nd Echelon
CSGHQE	Canadian Section General Headquarters Echelon
CSgt	Colour Sergeant
CSHQBGNR	Canadian Section Headquarters, Brussels, GRN
CSHQCC	Cypher Section Headquarters Canadian Corps
CSI	Companion of the Star of India
CSIB	Canadian Special Infantry Battalion
CSIC	Canadian Special Infantry Company
CSICoy	Canadian Special Infantry Company
CSIS	Canadian Security and Intelligence Service
CSKSU	Canadian Surplus Kit Storage Unit
CSM	Company Sergeant-Major - senior non-commissioned officer in a company
CSME	Canadian School of Military Engineering
CSMH	Christie Street Military Hospital
CSO	Chief Signal Officer
CSofA	Canadian School of Artillery
CSofAA	Canadian School of Army Administration
CSofI	Canadian School of Infantry
CSOI	Commandant School of Instruction
CSOR	Chief Staff Officer Reserves
Csr	Cruiser
CSR&DE	Canadian Signals Research & Development Establishment
CSR(MG)	Canadian Scottish Regiment (Machine Gun)
CSRCCS	Construction Section, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
CSRU	Canadian Signals Reinforcement Unit
CSSB	Canadian Special Service Battalion
CSSCRCOC	Canadian Special Stores Company, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CSSD	Canadian Special Salvage Detachment
CSTC	Canadian Signal Training Centre
CSTech	Communications Systems Technician
CSTTB	Canadian Standing Trades Test Board
CSTV	Coil Skids Towing Vessel
CSupt	Commodore Superintendant
CSURCEME	Canadian Servicing Unit, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
CSURCOC	Canadian Salvage Units, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CSV	Camp Staff Volunteer
CSWSTRCCS	Canadian Shock Wave Section Type, Royal Canadian Signals Corps
CSWTS	Canadian Section Weapons Technical Staff
CT	Communication Trench
CT	Component Transfer
CT(CFC)TC	Camp Tremblay (Canadian Forestry Corps) Training Centre
CTA	Canadian Troop Aldershot
CTACRCASC	Corps Troop Ammunition Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CTC	Canadian Tank Corps
CTC	Canadian Transit Camp
CTC	Canadian Troops Colchester
CTC(TB)CPC	Canadian Tobacco Depot (Type B), CPC (see above for various meanings of CPC)
CTCRCE	Canadian Tunnelling Company, Royal Canadian Engineers
CTCSPCProC	Canadian Traffic Control Section Provost, Canadian Provost Corps
CTCURCACMF	Canadian Traffic Control Unit, Royal Canadian Artillery, Central Mediterranean Force
CTCW	Canadian Transit Camp Wing
CTD	Canadian Training Division
CTDCPC	Canadian Tobacco Depot, CPC (see above for various meanings of CPC)
CTDS(ER)	Canadian Tank Delivery Squadron (Elgin Regiment)
CTDSSD	Canadian Tank Delivery Squadron Signals Detachment
CTDUCAC	Canadian Tank Demonstration Unit, Canadian Armoured Corps
CTF	Commander Task Force
CTFARCAMC	Canadian Training Field Ambulance, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CTH	Canadian Troops Hereford
CTLC	Canadian Technical Liaison Group
CTMU	Canadian Town Major Unit
CtnAsst	Canteen Assistant
CtnMngr	Canteen Manager
CTO	Central Telegraph Office
CTO	Chief Treasury Officer
CTO(N)	Chief Treasury Officer (Navy)
CTOO/S	Canadian Treasury Office Overseas
CTP	Canadian Transport Platoon
CTP	Course Training Plan
CTPCRCASC	Corps Troops Petrol Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CTPRCASC	Canadian Tipper Platoon, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CTPRCASC	Canadian Transport Platoon, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CTps	Corps Troops
CTRCA	Calibration Troop, Royal Canadian Artillery
CtRep	Court Reporter
CTS	Canadian Training School
CTS	Clothe the Soldier
CTS	Composite Training School
CTS	Conversion Training Squadron
CTSC	Corps Troops Supply Column
CTSCRCASC	Corps Troop Supply Column, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
CTTC	Canadian Tank Transport Company
cttee	Committee
CTTW/SRCEME	Canadian Tank Troops Workshop, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
CTTW/SRCOC	Canadian Tank Troops Workshop, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
CTU	Commander Task Unit (U.S.)
CU	Camp Utopia
CU	Caribbean-United Kingdom Convoy
CU	Conducting Unit
CU	Conversion Unit
CUNEF	Canadian Component United Nations Emergency Force (Middle East)
CUS	Course (U.S.)
CUT	Cutter (U.S.)
CV	Aircraft Carrier (U.S.)
CV	Communicator (V)
CV	Cross of Valour
CVA&CG	Canadian Vehicle Assembly & Control Group
CVD	Commercial Vessel Defensive
CVDtURCAMC	Canadian Venereal Disease Treatment Unit, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
CVE	Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier (U.S.)
CVE	Carrier Vessel Escort
CVHGCASF	Company Veterans Home Guard, Canadian Active Service Force
CVIRCEME	Canadian Vehicle Inspectorate, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
CVO	Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
CVO	Royal Victorian Order (Commander)
CVP	Convoy Programme
CVSM	Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
CVWS	Canadian Vehicle Waterproofing School
CW	Chemical Warfare
CW	Commissioned Warrant
CW	Communicator (W)
CW(No)	Admiralty Record Office File
CW/S&PC	Canadian Workshop and Park Company
CWAAF	Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force
CWAC	Canadian Women's Army Corps
CWACBTC	Canadian Women's Army Corps, Basic Training Centre
CWACCS	Canadian Women's Army Corps, Composite Stores
CWACDO	Canadian Women's Army Corps, District Orders
CWACMB	Canadian Women's Army Corps, Military Band
CWACO	Canadian Women's Army Corps, Ottawa
CWACPB	Canadian Women's Army Corps, Pipe Band
CWACTC	Canadian Women's Army Corps, Training Centre
CWB	Canadian Wives Bureau
CWC	Chemical Warfare Course
CWDL	Chemical Warfare Defence Laboratory
CWGC	Commonwealth War Graves Commission
CWL	Chemical Warfare Laboratories
CWM	Canadian War Museum
CWNS	Canadian War Narrative Section
CWRO	Canadian War Records Office
CWS(IC)	Canadian Wireless Section (Intelligence Corps)
CWSF	Commander Western Sea Frontier
CWSRCE	Canadian Works Section, Royal Canadian Engineers
CWTC	Chemical Warfare Training Centre
CWTD	Cold Weather Test Trail Detachment
CWTV	Calibration Wireless Telegraph Vessel
CXO	Chief Examination Officer
Cy	Company
Cyc	Cyclist
CYS	Chief Yeoman of Signals
CZ	Canal Zone (Panama) (U.S.)
CZ	Clyde Division - Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
CZT	Civil Zone Time

D - Abbreviation begining with the letter D

Abbreviations	Meaning
D	Destroyer
D	Deffered
D	Dragoon Guards and Dragoons Regimental Number Prefix
D(iv)HQ	Divisional Headquarters
D/C	Depth Charge
D/DEMS	Director of Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships
D/DSR	Deputy Director of Scientific Research
D/DWT	Deputy Director of Warfare and Training
D/F	Direction Finding / Finder
D/G	Degaussing
D/JAP	Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet
D/WRCNS	Director of Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service
d/wt	Dead-weight
D:CTRCASC	Drivers: Corps Troops, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
DA	Distributing Authority
DA	Dominion Arsenal
DA	Director of Accounts (Air)
DA	Disturbance Allowance
DA&PC	Division Ammunition & Petrol Company
DA&QMG	Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General
DA/S	Director of Anti-submarine
DAAG	Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General
DAAG(Sigs)	Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (Signals)
DAANDQMG	Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General
DAAP	Dependent's Allowance & Assigned Pay
DAB	Dependent's Allowance Board
DAB12	Dependent's Allowance Board Claimant's Statement
DAB28	Dependent's Allowance Board (Medical Examiner's Report) Statutory Declaration
DAC	Divisional Ammunition Column - organization responsible for supplying ammunition to a division
DAC	Divisional Ammunition Company - organization responsible for supplying ammunition to a division
DACRCAMC	Division Ammunition Company, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
DAD(Svy)	Deputy Assistant Director of Surveys
DAD(Tn)	Deputy Assistant Director of Transportation
DADAPS	Deputy Assistant Director Army Postal Services
DADCS	Deputy Assistant Director of Chaplain Services
DADES	Deputy Assistant Director of Engineer Services
DADMS	Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services
DADOS	Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnances Services
DADR	Deputy Assistant Director of Roads
DADST	Deputy Assistant Director Supply & Transport
DADVS	Deputy Assistant Director of Veterinary Services
DAE	Director of Aeronautical Engineering
DAEF	Distributing Authority, Eastern Fleet
DAEM	Distributing Authority, Eastern Mediterranean
DAFM	Director of Air Force Manning
DAFR	Director of Air Force Recruiting
DAG	Deputy Adjutant General
DAG(M)	Deputy Adjutant General (National Resources Mobilization Act of 1940)
DAGB	Defended Area Goose Bay
DAI	Director of Aeronautical Inspection
DAL&KINGC	Dalhousie & King Contingent
DAO	District Audit Office
DAO	Director of Air Organization
DAO	Dental Associate
DAOD	Defence Administrative Orders and Directives
DAP	Director of Air Personnel
DAP	Divisional Aid Post
DAP(P2)	P.2 Branch, Director of Air Personnel (Civilian Personnel Administration)
DAPA	Director of Air Personnel Administration
DAPS	Director of Airmen Personnel Services
DAQMG	Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General
DAR	Designation of Acting Ranks
DAS	Director of Air Signals
DASD	Director of Air Staff Duties
DASO	Deputy Armament Supply Officer
DASRS	Director of Air Sea Rescue Services
DAT	Director of Air Training
DataP	Data Processor
DB	Discharge Badge (For Services Rendered)
DBS	Distressed British Seaman
DBURCASC	Division Bath Unit, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
DC	Duty Captain
DC	Director of Contracts
DCAS	Deputy Chief of the Air staff
DCAS	Detachment Canadian Auxiliary Section
DCASEU(AS)	Detachment Canadian Auxiliary Section Entertainment Unit (Army Show)
DCC	District Cadet Camp
DCCMSC	Detachment Corps, Corps of Military Staff Clerks
DCCO	Deputy Chief of Combined Operations
DCCR	Depot Canadian Cavalry Regiment
DCCRCAMC	Division Composite Company, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
DCCWAC	Depot Company, Canadian Women's Army Corps
DCCWAC(CSW)	Depot Company, Canadian Women's Army Corps (Composite Stores Wing)
DCDRCASC	Debert Camp Detachment, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
DCDS	Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff
DCE(PB)	Deputy Chief Engineer (Permanent Bridges)
DCE(Wks)(Adm)(Rear)	Deputy Chief Engineer (Works) (Administration) (Rear)
DCFC	Detachment Canadian Forestry Corps
DCGS	Deputy Chief of the General Staff
DCIA	Deputy Chief Inspector of Armament
DCLI	Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
DCM	District Court Martial
DCM	Distinguished Conduct Medal - medal for bravery awarded to other ranks (non-officers)
DCMC	District Course Methods of Coaching
DCNS	Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff
DCO	Deputy Commanding Officer
DCO	District Cadet Orders
DCOR	Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles (28th Armoured Regiment)
DCOS	Deputy Chief of Staff
DCP	Director of Civilian Personnel
DCRCASC	District Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
DCRCH	6th Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian Hussars
DCRE	Deputy Commander, Royal Engineers
DCS	Director of Chaplain Services
DCS	Damage Control School
DCS	District Chaplain Services
DCS	Daily Casualty Summary
DCSO	District Camp School Orders
DCT	Director Combined Training
DCTS	District Course Training Staff
DCVM	District Course Vehicle Maintenance
DCW&S	Director Chemical Warfare & Smoke
DD	District Depot
DD	Deputy Director
DD	Destroyer Division (U.S.)
DD	Discharge Dead
DD	Duty Discipline
DD(A)WD	District Depot (Active) Windsor Detachment
DD(NRMA)	District Depot (National Resources Mobilization Act of 1940)
DD(Svy)	Deputy Director of Surveys
DD(tanks)	Duplex-Drive (amphibious)
DDAD	Deputy Director of Aircraft Development
DDArmD	Deputy Director of Armament Development (Air)
DDC	Division Dental Company
DDCDC	Dental Detachment Canadian Dental Corps
DDED	Deputy Director of Engine Development (Air)
DDEM	Director(ate) of Design, Equipment and Mechanization
DDES	Deputy Director of Engineer Services
DDH	Destroyer, Helicopter Carrying
DDHS	Deputy Director Historical Section
DDMO(O)	Deputy Director of Military Operations (Overseas)
DDMP	Deputy Director of Maintenance Plans
DDMS	Deputy Director of Medical Services
DDPD	District Depot Provost Detachment
DDRD	Deputy Director of Radio Development (Air)
DDS	Director Dental Services
DDSM	Deputy Director of Service Maintenance (Air)
DDSP	Deputy Director of Supply Planning (Air)
DDSS	Deputy Director of Supply Services (Air)
DDTCO	Deputy Director Training Combined Operations
DDVET	Deputy Director of Victualling, Eastern Theatre
DDWB	District Depot Wolseley Barracks
DE	Deckhand
DE	Convoy Escort Vessel
DE	Destroyer Escort Vessel (U.S.)
DE&CD	Director Electrical & Communication Designs
DEAL	Deal Division, Royal Marines
Dec	Decoration
DED	Director(ate) of Engineer Development
DEE	Director of Electrical Engineering
Def	Defence
Defensor	National Defence Headquarters (Address used in telegrams)
DEMS	Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships
DEMTech	Dental Equipment Maintenance Technician
DenbighYeo	Denbigh Yeomanry
DEngrs	Director(ate) of Engineers
DENT	Dental
DentA	Dental Assistant
DentA	Dental Association
DentClA	Dental Clinic Assistant
Dents	Director Dental Services
Dents(Air)	Staff Officer Dental Services (Air)
DentThr	Dental Therapist
DEO	District Engineer Officer
DEO	Direct Entry Officer
DEOVR	Duke of Edinburgh's Own Volunteer Rifles
Dep	Depot
DEP	Director Engineering and Personnel
Dept	Department
DERCA	District Establishment, Royal Canadian Artillery
DERCAHAD	District Establishment, Royal Canadian Artillery, Halifax Armament District
Des	Destroyers
DES	Director of Engineer Services
DES	Drummer Sergeant
DESOIL	Diesel Oil (U.S.)
Desp	Mentioned in Despatches
Despatches	Mentioned in Despatches
Det	Detachment
Detn	Detention
Det'n	Detention
DEU	Distinctive Environmental Uniform
DevonR	Devonshire Regiment
DF	Destroyer Flotilla
DF	Direction Finding
DFASS	Director of Fleet Accounting, Supply and Secretariat
DFC	Distinguished Flying Cross
DFD	Detailed for Duty
DFM	Distinguished Flying Medal
DFMS	Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships
DG	Degaussing
DG	Director General
DG	Degaussing Gear
DG	Delivery Group
DG	Dragoon Guards
DGAD	Director General Arsenals Division
DGC&AA	Director General Coast and Anti-Aircraft Defences
DGDS	Director General Dental Services
DGES	Director General of Engineer Services
DGHS	Director General Health Services
DGISD	Director-General India Stores Department
DGMC	Director General Military Careers
DGMS	Director General of Medical Services
Dgns	Dragoons
DGO	Degaussing Officer (Naval)
DgofMS	Director General of Medical Services
DGPA	Director General Personnel Administration
DGPA	Director General (Public Affairs)
DGPandI	Director-General of Ports and Lights
DGPCO	Director General Postings and Careers Officers
DGPCOR	Director General Postings and Careers Other Ranks
DGRC	Director General (Reserves and Cadets)
DGSP	Director General Strategic Planning
DGSR	Director-General of Shipbuilding and Repairs
DH	Depot Hussars
DH	Deck Hand
DH(No)	His/Her Majesty's Canadian Ship " Scotian", Base Files
DHD	Director of Harbour Defence
DHD	Deck Hand
DHGMR	Drill Hall Guarding Maisonneuve Regiment
DHH	Directorate of History and Heritage
DHist	Director Historical Section
DHMD	District Headquarters Manning Depot OR Military District
DHQCFC	District Headquarters Canadian Forestry Corps
DHQS	District Headquarters Staff
DHQSS	District Headquarters Subordinate Staff
DHS	Director of Historical Section
DI	Daily Inspection (Vehicle)
DI	Drill Instructor
DIB	"D" Infantry Battalion
DID	Detail Issue Depot (Royal Canadian Army Service Corps)
DiedofW	Died of Wounds
Diem	Day
Diet	Dietician
DIList	Dangerously Ill List
DIN	Defence Information Network
DIO	Director of Internment Operations
DIPC	Director International Plans Coordination
Dir	Director
DirGen	Director General
DIRMITRAIN	Director of Military Training
DIRU	Division Infantry Reinforcement Unit
dis	Discharged - released from the military service, or from a hospital
DIS	Division Intelligence Section
disch	Discharged
Discip	Disciplinarian
Disemb	Disembarked
DISO	Defence Information Services Organization
Dist	District
DistEngrs	District Engineers
Distr	District
DIT	Director Individual Training
Div	Divisional Ammunition Column
Div	Division or Divisional - unit of approximately 12,000 men commanded by a major-general
Div	Divisional
Div(nl)	Division(al)
DivBrPl(Tp)	Divisional Bridge Platoon (Troop)
DivSig	Divisional Signal(s) (Company)
DivStr	Divisional Strength
DJAG	Deputy Judge Advocate General
DlabTech	Dental Laboratory Technician
DLADRCOC	Division Light Aid Detachment, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
DLCO	Deck Landing Control Officer
DLI	Durham Light Infantry
DLOY	Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry
DLP	Director of Electrical Personnel
DLS	Dominion Land Surveyor
DM	Driver of Mechanized Transport
DM	Defence Medal
DM	Light Mine Layer (High Speed) (U.S.)
DM	Deputy Minister
DM&A	Director(ate) of Mechanization and Artillery
DM(A)	Deputy Minister (Air)
DM(N)	Deputy Minister (Naval)
DMech	Driver Mechanic
DMGO	Deputy Master General of Ordnance
DMH	Dartmouth Military Hospital
DMHRCAMC	Debert Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
DMHRCAMC	Dundurn Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
DMI	Director Military Intelligence
Dmin	Deputy Minister
Dmn	Draughtsman
DMNA	Director Manning and Naval Assistant
DmnAE	Draughtsman Aeronautical Engineering
DmnCE	Draughtsman Construction Engineering
DmnGA	Draughtsman Graphic Arts
DMO	Director(ate) of Military Operations
DMO&I	Director(ate) of Military Operations and Intelligence
DMO&P	Director(ate) of Military Operations and Planning
Dmr	Drummer
DMRD	Director of Medical Research and Development
DMS	Director of Merchant Seaman
DMS	Director of Medical Services
DMS	Mine Sweeper (High Speed) (U.S.)
DMS	Driver Mechanics School
DMS	Department of Munitions and Supply
DMS	Driver Maintenance Staff
DMS(Air)	Director of Medical Services (Air)
DMT	Director(ate) of Military Training
DMT	District Mounted Troops
DMT&SD	Directorate of Military Training and Staff Duties
DNA	Director of Naval Accounts
DNA	Director of Naval Appropriations
DNC	Director Naval Construction
DNC	Director of Naval Communications (U.S.)
DNCSEAC	Deputy Naval Commander South East Asia Command
DNCXF	Deputy Naval Commander Expeditionary Force
DND	Department of National Defence
DNE	Director Naval Education
DNES	Director of Naval Engineering Service
DNHS	Director of the Naval Historical Section
DNI	Director of Naval Intelligence
DNI	Director Naval Information
DNI	Director of Naval Intelligence & Trade
DNI and P	Director of Naval Intelligence and Plans
DNK	Date Not Known
DnkyMn	Donkeyman
DNLO	Dutch Naval Liaison Officer
DNO	Director Naval Ordinance
DNO	Director of naval Ordnance (Torpedoes Mines)
DNO	Destroyer Navigating Officer
DNOT	Director of Naval Operations and Training
DNP	Director of Naval Personnel
DNPA	Director of Naval Pay Accounting
DNR	Director of Naval Reserves
DNS	Director of Naval Stores
DNS	Director of Naval Services
DNS	Dragoons
DNSO	Deputy Naval Store Officer
DNT	Director of Naval Training
DO	Dental Officer
DO	Duty Officer
DO	Daily Order
DO	Daily Order (Of a Unit) - administration orders issued to mark personnel changes of a unit (transfers, hospitalizations, etc.)
DO	Daily Order (Same as Part II Orders)
DO	District Orders
DOC	District Officer Commanding
DOC	Died of Other Causes
DOC	Driver Operation Course
DOCO	Drafting Officer Combined Operations
DOD	Director Operations Division
DOD	Died of Disease
Dof P	Director of Plans
DofCornLI	Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry
DofLancsOY	Duke of Lancashire's Own Yeomanry
DofP	Director of Plans
DOFP	Divisional Ordnance Field Park, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
DofPR	Director of Public Relations (Air)
DofPR	Director of Public Relations (Army)
DofT	Director of Trade
DofT&M	Director(ate) of Transport and Movements
DofUERE	Director of Underwater Experimental Research Establishment
DofW	Died of Wounds - official cause of death
DofW	Duration of War
DOH	Dominion Orthopaedic Hospital (Toronto)
DomAff	Dominion Affairs
Dominion	High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom (Address Used in Telegrams)
DomOrthHosp	Dominion Orthopaedic Hospital (Toronto)
DoO&R	Director of Organization & Recruiting
DOR	Director of Operational Research
DORA	Defence of the Realm Act
DOrg	Director(ate) of Organization
DOrg	Director of Organization
DorsetR	Dorset Regiment
DorsetY	Dorset Yeomanry
DOS	Director Ordnance Services
DOS(A)	Director of Ordnance Services (Administration)
DOS(GS)	Director of Ordnance Services (General Stores)
DOS(TS)	Director of Ordnance Services (Technical Stores)
DOTP	Dental Officer Training Plan
DOW	Duration of war
DOW	Died of Wounds
DP	Defence Platoon
DP	Developmental Period
DP	District Paymaster
DPA	Director of Procurement (Aircraft)
DPB	Defence Purchasing Board
DPCRCASC	Division Petrol Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
DPCRCASC	Depot Pacific Command, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
DPD	Director of Plans Division
DPE	Director of Procurement (Equipment) (Air)
DPED	Director Professional Education and Development
DPersServ	Director(ate) of Personal Services
DPGRCOC	Detachment Proving Grounds, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
DPI	District Pay Instruction
DPM	Deputy Provost Marshal
DPO	Director of Plans and Operations (Air)
DPofG	Defended Port of Gaspe
DPofS	Defended Port of Shelburne
DPR	Director of Postings and Records (Air)
DPR	Director of Personnel Records
DPS	Director of Personnel Selection
DPSE	District Paymaster Sergeant
DPTE	Drummer Private
DPW	Director, Prisoners of War in Canada
D-QLine	Drocourt-Quéant Line
DQMG	Deputy Quartermaster General
DQS	Director(ate) of Quartermaster General Services
Dr	Driver
DR	Director Records
DR	Despatch Rider or motor cyclist
DR	Dead Reckoning (U.S.)
DR	Officer In Charge Records
DR	Dresser
DR(WD)	Director of Records (War Diaries)
DRAE	Director of Royal Aircraft Establishment
DraftingEO	Drafting Engineer Officer
DRB	Division Recce Battalion
DRC	District Rest Camp
DRC	District Recruiting Company
DRD	District Recruiting Detachment
DRD	Director Reserve Divisions
DRD&MRU	District Recruiting Detachment & Mobile Recruiting Units
DREE	Director of Research and Experimental Establishment
Dresser	Dresser of Wounds
DRET	Directorate of Recruiting, Education and Training
DRI	Driver
DrillCoy	Drilling Company
DRLS	Despatch Rider Letter Service
DRO	District Record Officer
DRO	District Routine Orders
DRO	Daily Routine Orders
DRO	Divisional Routing Order
DROCAD	Divisional Routine Orders Canadian Armed Division
DRPATAA&TS	Detention Rooms Port Arthur the Armouries Administration & Training Staff
Drs	District Recruiting Services
DRS	District Recruiting Staff
DRS	Divisional Rest Station
DRS(LC)RCCS	Despatch Rider Section (Light Car) Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
DRTD	District Recruit Training Depot
DRU	Drummer
DRV	Driver
DS	Dutch Ship
DS	Dressing Station
DS"Z"F	Dental Section "Z" Force
DS&TO	District Supply & Transport Officer
DS(Records)	Discharge Section (Records)
DSA	Director of Supply Administration (Air)
DSA	Draw Subsistence Allowance
DSANF	Director South African Naval Forces
DSB	Director Shipbuilding
DSC	District Shipyard Controller
DSC	Distinguished Service Cross
DSC(L)	Director of Small Craft (Levant)
DSCACOW/SRCOC	Divisional Section Canadian Armoured Corps Ordinance Workshop, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
DSCR	Department of Soldiers Civil Re-establishment
DSCRCASC	Division Supply Column, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
DSD	District Sub-Depot
DSD	Director Signals Division
DSD	Director(ate) of Staff Duties
DSD	Desirable Sailing Date
DSDF	Director of Seaward Defence Force
DSG	Deputy Surgeon General
DSISCIC	District Security Intelligence Section, Canadian Intelligence Corps
DSM	Distinguished Service Medal
DSM	Drill Sergeant Major
DSMD	District Staff Military District
DSO	Companion of the Distinguished Service Order
DSO	District Supply Officer
DSO	Duty Signal Officer
DSO	District School Orders
DSO	Distinguished Service Order
DSP	Director of Seaman Personnel
DSPC	Divisional Signals Pacific Command
DSPD	Deputy Superintendent Pembroke Dock
DSQ	Dockyard Sick Quarters
DSR	Director of Ship Repairs
DSRC	Division Section Reception Camp
DSRCCS	District Signals, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
DSS	Director of Special Services
DSSD	Director of Supply Staff Duties (Air)
DSSRCOC	District Stores Section, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
DST	Director(ate) of Supply and Transport
DSTO(X)	Divisional Sea Transport Officer, Alexandria
DTC	Discharge Transit Centre
DTD	Director of Trade Division
DTM	Director of Technical Maintenance (Air)
DTNA	Director Training and Naval Assistant
DTO	Director of Technical Division (Naval)
DTPG	Draw Trades Pay Group
DTPR	Director of Training Plans and Requirements (Air)
DTR	Director(ate) of Technical Research
DTSS	Dockyard Tower Signal Station
DTT	Director of Technical Training (Air)
DTTC	Dental Technical Training Centre
DU	Discrimination Unit
DUKW	Duck wagon (An amphibious six-wheeled vehicle of six-ton capacity)
DurhLI	Durham Light Infantry
DV	Diver
DVA	Department of Veterans Affairs
DVGofC	Detachment Veterans Guard of Canada
Dvr	Driver - designation or rank of a soldier who drives vehicles
DvrSigs	Driver Signals
DW	Director of Works
DWA	Director(ate) of Works and Accommodation
DWB	Director of Works and Building
DWC	Director(ate) of Works and Construction
DWD	Director of Welding Development
DWR	Director of Weapons and Tactics
DWS	Director of Women's Service
DWT	Director of Warfare and Training
DWTF	District Welfare Trust Fund
DWTO	District Weapons Training Officer
DYRCH	17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars

E - Abbreviation begining with the letter E

Abbreviations	Meaning
E	East
E&M (Coy)	Electrical and Mechanical (Company)
E&SCID	Eastern & Southern Commands Infantry Depot
EA	Enemy Action
EA	Electrical Artificer
EA	Enemy Aircraft
EA	Air Electrical Technician
EA	Electrical Technician (Air)
EA	Emergency Aerodromes
EA(No)	Distinguishing letters on files of Permanent Joint Board on Defence
EA,1c(or2c,3c,4c,5c)	Electrical Artificer, 1st Class (or 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th Class)
EAC	Eastern Air Command
EACC	Enemy Alien Concentration Camp
EAFC	Empty Anti-Freeze Containers
EAM	Executive Assistant to the Honourable Minister
EAM/BMO	Electrical Anti-mining Base Maintenance Officer
EAMGO	Executive Assistant to the Master General of Ordnance
EARS	Enemy Alien Receiving Station
EATS	Equipment Accounting Training School
EBSRVR	East Bengal State Railway Volunteer Rifles
EC	Eastern Canada
EC	Educational Company
ech	Echelon
ECMCourse	Electronics Countermeasures Course
ECr	Engineer Commander
ED	Efficiency Decoration
ED	Equipment Depot
ED	Excused Duties
ED&T	Exempt From Drill and Training
EDC	Elementary Driving Corps
EdmFus	Edmonton Fusiliers
EDR	Radar Display Room
EdServ	Educational Services
EDSRCASC	Echelon Division Supply, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
EE	Electrical Engineer
EE	Exercise Eskimo
EEAD	Chief Examiner of Armament Design
EEF	Egyptian Expeditionary Force
EERCE	Experimental Establishment, Royal Canadian Engineers
EES	Eastern Examination Service
EF	Eastern Fleet
EF	Edmonton Fusiliers
EFC	Expeditionary Forces Canteens
EFERCCS	Eastern Fortress Establishment, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
EFM	Expeditionary Force Message
EFTS	EFTS Elementary Flying Training School(s)
EGSTech	Electrical Generating Systems Technician
EGSUP	Eastern Group Supply Council
EHU	Engineer Holding Unit
EI	Essential Industry
EinC	Engineer-in-Chief
EInC	Engineer-in-Chief Naval Service
EINLO	Royal Indian Naval Liaison Officer
EIS	Equipment Issue Scale
EISIS	East Indies Merchant Shipping Intelligence
EL	Air Artificer (Electrics)
EL	Embarkation Leave
ElA/Lieut-Cdr	Electrical Acting Lieutenant-Commander
ELanR	East Lancashire regiment
ElCr	Electrical Commander
Elect	Electrician
ElL	Electrical Lieutenant
ElLCr	Electrical Lieutenant Commander
ElMTech	Electro-Mechanical Technician
ELOC	Essential Level of Capability
ElSL	Electrical Sub-Lieutenant
EM	Engineering Mechanic
EM	Electrical Mechanic
EM	Efficiency Medal
EM	Electrician's Mate
Emb	Embarked - went aboard ship for departure overseas; Canada to Britain or Canada to France
EmbL	Embarkation Leave
EmbLve	Embarkation Leave
EMH	Edmunston Military Hospital
EMH	Esquimalt Military Hospital
EMHRCAMC	Edmonton Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
EMHRCAMC	Espanola Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Emp	Employed
Emp	Employment
Empl'd	Employed
EN	Ensign
Engn	Engineman
Engr	Engineer
Engrs	Director of Engineer Services
Engrs	Engineers
Ens	Ensign
ENSA	Entertainments National Services Association
ent	Entitled
Entg.	Entrenching
EO	Enabling Objective
EO	Engineer Officer
EOFS	Engineer Officer French Ships
EOP	Engineer Officer Personnel (Naval)
EOR	Eastern Ontario Regiment
EORCE	Executive Officer, Royal Canadian Engineers
EORD	Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot -facility in England used to assemble men and to store and administer equipment and materials
EP	Employment Platoon
EP	Estimated Position
EPB	Exercise Polar Bear
EPZ	Enter Promotion Zone
Eqpm.Ass't	Equipment Assistant
Eqpt	Equipment
Equipt(N)	Equipment Division (Naval)
ER	Engine Room Artificer
ER	Engineering Technician
ER	Elgin Regiment
ER	Essex Regiment
ERA(A)	Engine Room Artificer (Apprentice)
ERA,1c(or2c,3c,4c,5c)	Engine Room Artificer, 1st Class (or 2nd,3rd,4th or 5th Class)
ERO	Emergency Repair Officer
ERofYorkY	East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry
ERRatings	Engine Room Ratings
ERU	Engineer Reinforcement Unit
ES	Emergency Service
ES&W	Engineer Services & Works
ES&WCoy	Engineer Survey and Works Company
ESBD	Engineer Stores Base Depot
ESCMFGHQ	Educational Services Central Mediterranean Force General Headquarters
ESO	Embarkation Staff Officer
ESR	Essex Scottish Regiment
EssexR	Essex Regiment
EssexYeo	Essex Yeomanry
ESSRCE	Engineer Stores Section, Royal Canadian Engineers
Est	Estimates
Est	Establish, established or establishment
Estab	Establishment
ESurrR	East Surrey Regiment
ET	Electrical Technician
ETA	Estimated / Expected Time of Arrival (U.S.)
ETC	Embarkation Transit Camp
ETD	Expected Time of Departure (U.S.)
ETech	Electrical Technician
ETech(A)	Electrical Technician (Air)
ETOUSA	European Theatre of Operations, U. S. A.
ETP	Estimated Time of Departure (U.S.)
ETQMS	Engineer Technical Quartermaster Sergeant
ETU	Embarkation Transit Unit
EU	Entertainment Unit
Evac	Evacuated
Ex	Expeditionary
EXFCECAN	Expeditionary Force Canteen
Exp	Expeditionary
Exptl	Experimental
Ext Aff	External Affairs
External	Canadian Department of External Affairs (Address used in telegrams)
ExVes	Examination Vessels
EYorkR	East Yorkshire Regiment