Crete
Glossary
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Glossary
Many abbreviations are used in orders, reports, signals, and other messages quoted in this history; others appear in the text and in footnotes.
| AA | anti-aircraft |
| AA & QMG | Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General |
| A/Q | Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General |
| ADMS | Assistant Director of Medical Services |
| ADS | Advanced Dressing Station |
| ADW (E & M) | Assistant Director of Works (Equipment and Maintenance) |
| AFV | Armoured Fighting Vehicle |
| AMES | Air Ministry Experimental Station1 |
| amn | ammunition |
| Arty | Artillery |
| ASC | Army Service Corps |
| A-tk | anti-tank |
| Bde | Brigade |
| BGS | Brigadier, General Staff |
| BHQ | Battery Headquarters |
| BM | Brigade Major |
| Bn | Battalion |
| Bty | Battery |
| CAS | Chief of Air Staff |
| CD | Coast Defence |
| CGS | Chief of the General Staff |
| CIGS | Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| C-in-C | Commander-in-Chief |
| CO | Commanding Officer |
| Comd(r) | command/Commander |
| COS | Chiefs of Staff |
| Coy | Company |
| CRA | Commander Royal Artillery |
| CRE | Commander Royal Engineers |
| CSM | Company Sergeant-Major |
| DADMS | Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services. |
| DADOS (E) | Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (Equipment) |
| DAQMG | Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General |
| DCGS | Deputy Chief of the General Staff |
| DDMS | Deputy Director of Medical Services |
| det | detachment |
| DID | Detail Issue Depot |
| EFI | Expeditionary Force Institute |
| FAA | Fleet Air Arm |
| FDL | Forward Defended Locality |
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| FO | Foreign Office |
| FPC | Field Punishment Centre |
| fwd | forward |
| GHQ | General Headquarters |
| Gk | Greek |
| GOC | General Officer Commanding |
| GOC-in-C | General Officer Commanding-in-Chief |
| GOR | Gun Operations Room |
| Gp | Group |
| GPO | Gun Position Officer |
| GS | General Staff |
| GSO 1 | General Staff Officer (1st Grade) |
| HAA | Heavy Anti-aircraft |
| HQ | Headquarters |
| 3H | 3 Hussars |
| Hyg | Hygiene |
| inf | infantry |
| Inst | instruction |
| I (Int) | Intelligence |
| I tanks | infantry tanks |
| JIC | Joint Intelligence Committee |
| JPS | Joint Planning Staff |
| Ju | Junkers |
| junc(t) | junction |
| km | kilometre |
| LAA | Light Anti-Aircraft |
| LMG | Light Machine Gun |
| LO | Liaison Officer |
| Lt | light |
| MDS | Main Dressing Station |
| ME | Middle East
also General Headquarters Middle East |
| Me | Messerschmitt |
| Med | Mediterranean |
| MG (mg) | machine gun |
| MLC | Motor Landing Craft |
| MMG | medium machine gun |
| MNBDO | Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation |
| MO | Medical Officer |
| MT | Mechanical Transport |
| MTB | Motor Torpedo Boat |
| Mtn | Mountain |
| NH | Northumberland Hussars |
| OC | Officer Commanding |
| OO | Operation Order |
| OP | Observation Post |
| Op Inst | Operation Instruction |
| ORs | other ranks |
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| Para | Parachute |
| Pl | Platoon |
| PM | Prime Minister (United Kingdom) |
| PM NZ | Prime Minister of New Zealand |
| POL | petrol, oil, and lubricants |
| posn | position |
| PW | prisoner of war |
| RA | Royal Artillery |
| RAE | Royal Australian Engineers |
| RAP | Regimental Aid Post |
| RASC | Royal Army Service Corps |
| RE | Royal Engineers |
| recce | reconnaissance |
| Regt | Regiment |
| RHA | Royal Horse Artillery |
| RHQ | Regimental Headquarters |
| RM | Royal Marines |
| RMO | Regimental Medical Officer |
| RMT | Reserve Mechanical Transport |
| RQMS | Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant |
| R/T | radio telephony |
| RTR | Royal Tank Regiment |
| RV | rendezvous |
| SC | Staff Captain |
| sec | section |
| 2 i/c | second-in-command |
| sig(s) | signal(s) |
| SL | squadron leader (tank) |
| S/L | searchlight |
| SMG | sub-machine gun |
| Sqn | Squadron |
| TG | tommy gun |
| tks | tanks |
| TLC | Tank Landing Craft |
| TM | trench mortar |
| TOO | time of origin |
| tps | troops |
| tpt | transport |
| WD | war diary |
| WO | War Office |
| W/T | wireless telegraphy |
| x | yards |
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