by Brad St. Croix
2 i/c - Second in Command
ADM - Admiralty
AG - Adjutant-General
AQMG Assistant Quartermaster-General
BDE - Brigade
Bn - Battalion
Brig - Brigadier
CAB - Records of the Cabinet Office (UK)
CASF - Canadian Active Service Force
Capt - Captain
CBC - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CEF - Canadian Expeditionary Force
CGS - Chief of the General Staff
CID - Committee of Imperial Defence
CIGS - Chief of the Imperial General Staff
C-in-C Commander-in-Chief
CMHQ Canadian Military Headquarters
CO - Commanding Officer
Col - Colonel
COS - Chief of Staff
Comd - Commander
Coy - Company
CWM - Canadian War Museum
DHH - Directorate of History and Heritage, Department of National Defence
DMO & I Director of Military Operations and Intelligence
DMT - Director(ate) of Military Training
DMT & SD Director of Military Training and Staff Duties
DND - Department of National Defence
DO - Dominions Office
DOC - District Officer Commanding
DVA - Department of Veterans Affairs
FECB - Far Eastern Combined Bureau
Gen - General
GHQ - General Headquarters
GOC - General Officer Commanding
GOC-in-C General Officer Commanding-in-Chief
GSO - General Staff Officer
HKVA - Hong Kong Veterans’ Association
HKVCA Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association
HKVDC Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps
HMS - His Majesty’s Ship
HQ - Headquarters
IDC - Imperial Defence College
IJA - Imperial Japanese Army
Inf - Infantry
JPC - Joint Planning Committee
LAC - Library and Archives Canada
LCol - Lieutenant-Colonel
LMG - Light Machine Gun
Lt - Lieutenant
Maj - Major
MD - Military District
MG - Manuscript Group or Machine Gun
MGen - Major-General
MND - Minister of National Defence
MP - Member of Parliament
MT - Mechanical Transport or Motor Transport
NCO - Non-Commissioned Officer
NDHQ National Defence Headquarters
NFB - National Film Board
NPAM Non-Permanent Active Militia
NRMA National Resources Mobilization Act
OC - Officer Commanding
OIC - Officer in Command
Op(s) - Operation(s)
ORs - Other Ranks
POW - Prisoner of War
Pte - Private
QMG - Quartermaster-General’s Branch
RAF - Royal Air Force
RCAF - Royal Canadian Air Force
RCN - Royal Canadian Navy
RFC - Royal Flying Corps
RG - Record Group
RMC - Royal Military College
RN - Royal Navy
RRC - Royal Rifles of Canada
TNA - The National Archives (United Kingdom)
TOET - Test(s) of Elementary Training
Tps - Troops
UK - United Kingdom
UN - United Nations
UNHRC Human Rights Committee
USS - United States Ship
VC - Victoria Cross
WD - War Diary
WO - War Office
WG - Winnipeg Grenadiers