General Abbreviations
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| AA | Assistant Adjutant - Anti-aircraft or Army Act. |
| AAC | Army Air Corps. |
| AAD | Advanced ammunition depot-Antiaircraft Defense. |
| A air SC | Army air support control. |
| AATDC | Army Air Transport Development Centre |
| A. and D. | Admission and discharge. |
| AB | Army book. |
| AB 64 | Soldier's Service and Pay Book. |
| ABCA | The Army Bureau of Current Affairs (ABCA) |
| ABPO | Army Base Post Office. |
| ABRO | The Army Base Repair Organisation |
| ac | Aircraft. |
| ACC | Army Catering Corps. |
| A.Cdt.F. A.C.F. |
Army Cadet Force. |
| ACIGS | Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff. |
| accn | Accommodation. |
| ACI | Army Council Instruction. |
| Ack | Acknowledge or acknowledged. |
| AcSM | Academy Sergeant Major. |
| AC sqn | Army co-operation squadron. |
| actg | Acting. |
| ACV | Armoured command vehicle. |
| A. Cyc. Corps | Army Cyclist Corps. |
| A.D. AD Corps |
The Army Dental Corps. |
| ADC | Aide de camp. |
| AD Corps | The Army Dental Corps. |
| addrsd | Addressed. |
| addsd | Addressed. |
| A.D.H. | Assistant Director of Hygiene. |
| A.D.H.S. | Assistant Director of Medical Services. |
| Adj | Adjutant. |
| adjt | Adjutant. |
| a/m | Above mentioned. |
| a/n | Above named. |
| adm | Administration or administrative. |
| Adm | Admitted (soldiers entering hospital for medical treatment). |
| admin O | Administrative Order. |
| A.D.P. | Assistant Director of Pathology. |
| ADS | Advanced Dressing Station. |
| A.D.S.O. | Assistant Director Ordnance Services. |
| adv | Advance. |
| AE | Army Equipment. |
| AEC | Army Educational Corps. |
| AF | Army Form. Almost always followed by the forms identification number. |
| AFDC | Airborne Forces Development Centre. |
| A.F.I. | Auxiliary Force, India. |
| AFL | Anti-Fascist Leage. |
| AFV | Armoured fighting vehicle/s. |
| A.G. | Anti-gas, Adjutant-General's Branch or Adjutant General. |
| AGRA | Army Group, Royal Artillery. |
| AGRE | Army Group, Royal Engineers. |
| AIF | Australian Imperial Force. |
| airtps | Airborne troops. |
| allces | Allowances. |
| A.L.F.S.E.A. | Allied Land Forces South East Asia, Created November 12th, 1944. |
| ALG | Advanced landing ground. |
| allces | Allowances. |
| ALO | Air liaison officer. |
| AL sec | Air liaison section. |
| a/m | Above Mentioned. |
| amb | Ambulance. |
| amdt | Amendment. |
| amn | Ammunition. |
| a/n | Above named. |
| annx | Annexure. |
| AO | Army Order. |
| AOC | Air officer commanding. |
| AOD | Advanced ordnance depot. |
| A.O.E. | Accumulation of everything. |
| AOP | Air Observation Post. |
| AP | Ammunition point or armour piercing. |
| A per | Anti-personnel. |
| APIS | Army photographic interpretation section. |
| A.P.M. | Assistant Provost-Marshal. |
| APM (ATS) | Assistant Provost Marshal (Auxiliary Territorial Service) |
| APO | Army Post Office. |
| approx | Approximately. |
| appx | Appendix. |
| APTC | Army Physical Training Corps. |
| A. and Q. | Assistant Adjutant and Quarter-Master-General's Branch. |
| A/Q | Acting Quatermaster. |
| A.R.A. | Army Rifle Association. |
| A.R.C.M. | Associate, Royal College of Music. |
| ARG | Armoured replacement group. |
| ARH | Ammunition railhead. |
| armd | Armoured. |
| armd C | Armoured Car. |
| ARO | Army routine order. |
| ARP | Air raid precautions or ammunition refilling point. |
| arty | Artillery. |
| arty R | Artillery reconnaissance. |
| art wks coy | Artizan works company. |
| ARV | Armoured Recovery Vehicle. |
| ASD | Ammunition sub depot. |
| aslt | Assault. |
| ASPT | Army School of Physical Training |
| A. Sig. Serv. | Army Signal Service. |
| A/S.S.M. | Acting Staff Sergeant Major. |
| ASSU | Air support signal unit. |
| AT | Animal transport. |
| A/T | Anti-tank. |
| ATI | Army Training Instruction or Instructor. |
| A tk or A/tk | Anti-tank. |
| ATM | Army Training Memorandum. |
| A tps | Army Troops. |
| att | Attached. |
| att'd | Attached (to be made part of a specific unit on a temporary basis). |
| Atpr | Airtrooper. |
| A tps | Army Troops. |
| Aus | Australia or Australian. |
| auth | Authorized or authority. |
| aux | Auxiliary or auxiliaries. |
| AVRE | Assault vehicle, Royal Engineers. |
| AWD | Advanced workshop detatchment. |
| AWOL | Absent without leave. |
Abbreviations