APPENDIX 4
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
AA - Anti Aircraft
AA & QMG - Assistant Adjutant & Quarter Master General
ADC - Aide-de-Camp
ADLS - Air Despatch Letter Service
AFHQ - Armed Forces Headquarters
AG - Adjutant General
AQMG - Assistant Quarter Master General
ASSU - Air Support Signal Unit
AT - Animal Transport
BEM - British Empire
Medal
BM - Brigade Major
BOR - British Other Rank(s)
CAFSO - Chief Air Formation Signal Officer
CGS - Chief of General Staff
CHM - Company Havildar Major
C-in-C - Commander-in-Chief
CQMH - Company Quarter Master Havildar
CRA - Commander Royal Artillery
CSO - Chief Signal Officer
CW - Continuous Wave
cwt - hundredweight (112 lbs.)
DAA & QMG - Deputy
Assistant Adjutant & Quarter Master General
DAQMG - Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General
DCGS - Deputy Chief of General Staff
DCSO - Deputy Chief Signal Officer
DDSD - Deputy Director of Staff Duties
DF - Direction Finding
DR - Despatch Rider
DRLS - Despatch Rider Letter Service
D Sigs - Director of Signals
DSO -
Distinguished Service Order,
Duty Signal Officer
ELS - Express Letter Service
FFR - Frontier Force Regiment
FFW - Fitted For Wireless
GCB - Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Bath
GCSI - Knight Grand Commander of the Most
Exalted Order
of
Star of India
GHQ - General Headquarters
GOC - General Officer Commanding
GOC-in-C - General Officer Commanding-in-Chief
GSO 1 - General Staff Officer, Grade
1(Lieutenant Colonel)
GSO 2 - General Staff Officer, Grade 2
(Major)
GSO 3 - General Staff Officer, Grade 3
(Captain)
HF - High Frequency
HLI - Highland Light Infantry
HQ - Headquarters
IAF - Indian Air Force
ICO - Indian Commissioned Officer
IDSM - Indian Distinguished Service Medal
IEF - Indian Expeditionary Force
IMA - Indian Military
Academy
INA - Indian National Army
IOM - Indian Order of Merit
IOR - Indian Other Rank(s)
ISC - Indian Signal Corps
JCO - Junior Commissioned Officer
Km - Kilometer
KW - Kilowatt
KCIO - King’s Commissioned Indian Officer
KCMG - Knight Commander of the Order of St.
Michael and
St.
George
L of C - Line of Communication
LMG - Light Machine Gun
MBE - Member of (the order of) the British Empire
MC - Military Cross, Motor Cycle
Mc/s - Megacycles per second
MEO - Military Evacuation Organisation
MGO - Master General of Ordinance
MM - Military Medal
MMG - Medium Machine Gun
MT - Mechanical Transport
No - Number
NCO - Non Commissioned Officer
NC (E) - Non Combatant (Enrolled)
NWFP - North West Frontier
Province
OBE - Officer of (the order of) the British Empire
OBI - Order of British
India
OC - Officer Commanding
OCTU - Officer Cadet Training Unit
OR - Other Rank(s)
OT (W) - Operator Telegraph (Wireless)
OT (L) - Operator Telegraph (Line)
OTS - Officers’ Training School
OV - Operator Visual
Pt - Point
lb - Pound (Weight)
PBF - Punjab
Boundary Force
PL - Permanent Line
POW - Prisoners Of War
PRC - Permanent Regular Commission
P & T - Posts and Telegraphs
PWRIMC - Prince of Wales
Royal Indian
Military College
QM - Quarter Master
QMG - Quarter Master General
RA - Royal Artillery
RAF - Royal Air Force
RAP - Regimental Aid Post
RHM - Regimental Havildar Major
RIAF - Royal Indian Air Force
RIN - Royal Indian Navy
RQMH - Regimental Quarter Master Havildar
RQMS - Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant
RT - Radio Telephony
RTT - Radio Teleprinter Transmission
SAAT - Signal Assistant Animal Transport
SDS - Signal Despatch Service
SO 1 - Staff Officer, Grade 1 (Lieutenant
Colonel)
SO 2 - Staff Officer, Grade 2 (Major)
SO 3 - Staff Officer, Grade 3 (Captain)
STRAN - Static Radio Army Network
STC - Signal Training Centre
STC (I) - Signal Training Centre (Indian)
SWAN - Static Wireless Army Network
TA - Territorial Army
TEV - Terminal Equipment Vehicle
TMO - Technical Maintenance Officer
TRC - Tape Relay Centre
TSIC - Temporary School
UG - Under Ground
VC - Victoria Cross
VCOs - Viceroy’s Commissioned Officer
VHF - Very High Frequency
WAC (I) - Womens Auxiliary Corps (India
WS - Wireless Set
WT - Wireless Telegraphy
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