Transcription of Abbreviation A Unit Country
1 abbreviations used in the First World War medal index cards These abbreviations are taken from The Collector and Researcher's Guide to the Great War by Howard Williamson, with kind permission of the author. Unit Information transcribed from the medal index cards includes every unit or corps listed on an individual's card. On the card this may be given in an abbreviated form, but there may be a number of different abbreviations for the same unit. To make it easier to search, we have expanded these abbreviations to their full form. The following list gives the Abbreviation and full unit name as well as Country . Abbreviation A Unit Country A & SIG. SQUN. AIF Australia & New Zealand Signal Squadron AIF AUS A. CYC. CORPS Army Cyclist Corps A.
2 CYCLIST CORPS Army Cyclist Corps A. EMP. COY. Army Employment Company AUS A. GYM. ST. Army Gymnastic Staff A. MULE DEPOT. Army Mule Department I A. PROV. Army Provost Corps AIF AUS A. & S. HIGHRS. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders A. & Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Australian Auxiliary Hospital AIF AUS Army Auxiliary Nursing Service Australian Army Nursing Service AUS CPS. Army Bearer Corps I Army Bearer Corps I SECT. Armoured Car Section AUS Army Chaplains Department CORPS Army Dental Corps Australian Dermatalogical Hospital AUS Army Education Corps Australian Field Artillery AIF AUS Australian Flying Corps AUS 'S OFFICE Adjutants Generals Office AUS Australian General Hospital AIF AUS CORPS Army Hospital Corps Army Hospital Corps Australian Imperial Force AUS RY.
3 Australian Light Railway AIF AUS Army Medical Corps AIF AUS Assam Military Police I Australian Mechanical Transport Service AIF AUS & Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force AUS Army Ordnance Corps Army Ordnance Corps AIF AUS Army Ordnance Depot Ancient Order of Foresters Army Pay Corps Army Pay Department Army Printing and Stationery Services Army Physical Training Corps Assam Rifles I Australian Red Cross Society AUS Australian Remount Unit AUS Army Service Corps Army Service Corps AIF AUS Australian Stationary Hospital AIF AUS ENG. Army Tunnelling Engineers AIF AUS Army Veterinary Corps Australian Veterinary Evacuating Station AIF AUS Australian Veterinary Hospital AIF AUS ACTIVE CITIZEN F.
4 Active Citizen Force ADEN TRP Aden Troop I AFR. N. MED. C. African Native Medical Corps Alta Regiment Alberta Regiment Can ALWAR INFY. Alwar Imperial Service Infantry I AMB. MANNERS Ambulance Manners AMER. AMB. HOSP. American Ambulance Hospital AM ANSON BTTN. Anson Battalion Royal Naval Division ANTWERP Antwerp ARAB RIF. Arab Rifles EA ARM CAR Armoured Cars Royal Navy ARM. C. COY. Armoured Car Company ARTILLERY Artillery Egyptian Army EG ARTY Garrison Artillery Indian Defence Force I ASHBURNERS Ashburner's Light Horse ASSAM RIF. Assam Rifles I ATTD. DIV. Attached Royal Naval Division ATTD. Attached Royal Naval Division AUS. VOL. HOSP. Australian Volunteer Hospital AUS AYR YEO Ayrshire Yeomanry Abbreviation B Unit Country B & RY BN.
5 Bombay & Central Indian Railway Battalion Indian Defence Force I British Columbia Regiment CAN Bermuda Contingent Royal Garrison Artillery BER RYS. Broad Gauge Railway AIF AUS Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company AIF AUS POLICE Burma Military Police I Rif. Bengal Mounted Rifles I Bertram Mackennal GB ATTD. 15/SIKHS Burma Military Police Attached 15th Sikhs I Burma Military Police I British Red Cross & O. ST. British Red Cross Society & Order of St John of Jerusalem British Red Cross Society Berede Skutters British South African Police British South African Police Bridging Train I BAGANDA RIF. Baganda Rifles EA BAL. INFY Baluchistan Infantry I BALUCH.
6 INF. Baluchistan Infantry I BALUCHIS Baluchis I BALUCHIS Baluchistan Infantry I BARKLY W. CDO. Barkley West Commando BASRAH SURVEYS Basrah Surveys Department I BECHL'D. PROT. Bechuanaland Protectorate Mounted Police BECHUANALAND RIF Buchuanaland Rifles BEDDIE'S SCTS. Beddies Scouts BEDF YEO Bedford Yeomanry BEDF. R. Bedfordshire Regiment BEDFS & HERTS R. Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment BEDS & HERTS R. Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment BELFIELD SCTS. Belfield Scouts BELGIAN OX TPT. Belgian Ox Transport EA BENBOW BTTN. Benbow Battalion Royal Naval Division BENGALIS Bengalis I BEREDE BDE. Berede Brigade BEREDE BDE. De Berede Brigade BERKS YEO Berkshire Yeomanry BERMUDA ART.
7 Bermuda Artillery BER BERMUDA Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps BER BETHAL CDO. Bethal Commando BETHUNE'S Bethune's Mounted Infantry BHAMO BN Bhamo Battalion Burma Military Police I BHAVN. LRS. Bhavnagar Imperial Service Lancers I BHOPAL LRS. Bhopal Imperial Service Lancers I BHOPAL INF. Bhopal Infantry I BLACK WATCH Black Watch BLOEMHOF CDO. Bloemhof Commando BN Battalion (Infantry) AIF AUS BN. Battalion Egyptian Army EG BO. VOL. ART. Bombay Volunteer Artillery I BOMBAY ARTY Bombay Artillery Indian Defence Force I BOMBAY ARTY. Bombay Artillery Indian Defence Force I BOMBAY BN. Bombay Battalion Indian Defence Force I BOMBAY Bombay Light Horse I BOMBAY VOL. AR.
8 Bombay Volunteer Artillery I BOMBAY VOL. ART. Bombay Volunteer Artillery I BOMBAY VOL. RIF. Bombay Volunteer Rifles I BORD R Border Regiment BORDER H. Border Horse BORDER SCTS. Border Scouts BOTHA'S Botha's Berede Skutters BOTHA'S CDO. Botha's Commando BOTHA'S Botha's Hogeveldt Ruiters BOTHA'S M. RIF Botha's Mounted Rifles BOTHA'S NATAL H. Botha's Natal Horse BOTHA'S SCTS. Botha's Scouts BR. British West Indies Regiment BRABANT'S H. Brabant's Horse BRAHMANS Brahmans I BRAND'S CDO. Brand's Commando BRAND'S H. Brand's Horse BRAND'S Brand's Vry Staat Skutters BRANDS RFLS. Brand's Free State Rifles BRANDS RIFLES Brand's Free State Rifles BRANDS Brand's Free State Rifles BRANDS Brands Free State Rifles BRITSTOWN CDO.
9 Britstown Commando BUCKS YEO Buckinghamshire Yeomanry BURMA Burma Mounted Rifles I BURMA MIL. P. Burma Military Police I BURMA MOUNTED RFLS. Burma Mounted Rifles I BURMA MTD. RFLS. Burma Mounted Rifles I BURMA RIF. Burma Rifles I BUSH'LD BORD. Bushmanland Borderers BUSH. CBNRS. Bushveldt Carbineers BUTTFTN. CDO. Buttfontein Commando Abbreviation C Unit Country C. GDS. Coldstream Guards C. MG. BDE. Canadian Machine Gun Brigade CAN C. MTD. R. Cape Mounted Rifles C. OF GUIDES Corps of Guides I C. OF GUIDES INF. Corps of Guides Infantry I C. OF HRS. Corps of Hussars C. OF LOND. YEO. city of London Yeomanry C. OF LRS. Corps of Lancers C. OF MIL. ACC. Corps of Military Accountants C.
10 OF MILY ST. CLERKS Corps of Military Staff Clerks C. VOLS. city Volunteers C. OF Corps of Army Schoolmasters BDYGD. Commander In Chief's Bodyguard Canadian Army Dental Corps CAN Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport Corps Canadian Army Medical Corps CAN Canadian Army Service Corps CAN Canadian Army Veterinary Corps CAN ORD. DEPT. Cape Colony Ordnance Department Cape Corps Cape Colony Cyclist Corps Cape Command Signals Casualty Clearing Station AIF AUS Cape Command Staff Corps Regiment Canadian Engineers CAN Canadian Field Artillery CAN Canadian Forestry Corps CAN Cape Fortress Engineers Cape Garrison Artillery Cape Garrison Artillery Heavy Art Brigade HORSE Central Indian Horse I Canadian Infantry Brigade CAN Canadian Light Horse CAN Coastal Motor Boats BDE.
