Abbreviations

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Military forces all over the world use abbreviations to speed things up, reduce writing, and theoretically to reduce confusion.

Military personnel using these everyday soon get used to them but often they are a complete mystery to researchers.

Here are scans of original Canadian manuals. These were in turn reprints of the British manuals.

Abbreviations keep changing and so one wants to look for manuals of the period.

Field Service Pocket Book Part I - Pamphlet No. 3 ABBREVIATIONS 1943 (Canadian Army reprint of British manual approved 9 January 1943.) This copy had Amendment No. 1 changes of 5 June 1943 entered by the soldier. He missed some of the changes and I will note these in future. I compared it with another unmodified one and explanatory note are shown below of the changes. Click on thumbnail photos to enlarge them.

Cover	"Contents" and introductory "Notes." Pages ii and 1	Pages 2 & 3 Table I - Regiments and Corps of the British Army Original abbreviation for 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoons Guards was "5 INNIS DG"


Pages 4 & 5 Page 5 - Original name version for QUEENS regiment was "Queen's Own Royal Regiment". In Amdt 1, "Own" was deleted and (West Surrey) added after the name.	Pages 6-7 with 1943 insert amdt (i.e. Amendment) 1 of June 1943.	Page 7 revealed after amendment insert has been folded over to left.


Pages 8-9 Page 8 Amdt. 1 second from bottom. Amdt. 1 deleted Embarkation medical officer - EMO". Page 9 - Half way down the page Amdt. 1 deleted "Gliderborne troops - glider tps"	Pages 10-11 Page 10 - Amdt. 1 Lorry command vehicle - LCV became Lorry command- CV" (I suspect the soldier made a mistake when amending his manual) Page 11 - Pounder abbreviation "pdr" became "pr". Second in command changed from 2 IC to 1IC (i.e. no space after the 2).	Pages 12-13 page 12 Amdt. 1 Supply loading point - SLP became Supply landing point - SLP.


Page 14 (last page)

Amendment No. 1 -- 5th June 1943
UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Amendment No. 2 - 6 May 1944
UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Field Service Pocket Book Part I Pamphlet No. 3 ABBREVIATIONS 1944
(Bi-lingual English-French, dated 16th September 1944. Superceded all of the above manuals and amendments.)
UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Military forces all over the world use abbreviations to speed things up, reduce writing, and theoretically to reduce confusion.

Military personnel using these everyday soon get used to them but often they are a complete mystery to researchers.

Here are scans of original Canadian manuals. These were in turn reprints of the British manuals.

Abbreviations keep changing and so one wants to look for manuals of the period.

Field Service Pocket Book Part I - Pamphlet No. 3 ABBREVIATIONS 1943 (Canadian Army reprint of British manual approved 9 January 1943.)

This copy had Amendment No. 1 changes of 5 June 1943 entered by the soldier. He missed some of the changes and I will note these in future.

I compared it with another unmodified one and explanatory note are shown below of the changes.

Amendment No. 1 -- 5th June 1943

Amendment No. 2 - 6 May 1944

Field Service Pocket Book Part I Pamphlet No. 3 ABBREVIATIONS 1944

(Bi-lingual English-French, dated 16th September 1944. Superceded all of the above manuals and amendments.)

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Military forces all over the world use abbreviations to speed things up, reduce writing, and theoretically to reduce confusion.

Military personnel using these everyday soon get used to them but often they are a complete mystery to researchers.

Here are scans of original Canadian manuals. These were in turn reprints of the British manuals.

Abbreviations keep changing and so one wants to look for manuals of the period.

Field Service Pocket Book Part I - Pamphlet No. 3 ABBREVIATIONS 1943 (Canadian Army reprint of British manual approved 9 January 1943.)

This copy had Amendment No. 1 changes of 5 June 1943 entered by the soldier. He missed some of the changes and I will note these in future.

I compared it with another unmodified one and explanatory note are shown below of the changes.

Amendment No. 1 -- 5th June 1943

Amendment No. 2 - 6 May 1944

Field Service Pocket Book Part I Pamphlet No. 3 ABBREVIATIONS 1944

(Bi-lingual English-French, dated 16th September 1944. Superceded all of the above manuals and amendments.)

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Copyright © Colin Stevens Updated: April 17, 2008
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