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 |