| O.R’s | Other Ranks |
| Pte. | Private |
| Gnr. | Gunner |
| Dvr. | Driver |
| L/Cpl. | Lance Corporal |
| L/Bdr. | Lance Bombardier |
| N.C.O. | Non Commissioned Officer |
| Cpl. | Corporal |
| Bdr. | Bombardier |
| Bdr. Ack. | Bombardier Assistant (to Officer) |
| Sgt. | Sergeant |
| W.O. | Warrant Officer |
| R.S.M. | Regimental Sergeant Major |
| B.S.M. | Battery Sergeant Major |
| B.Q.M.S. | Battery Quarter Master Sergeant |
| B/C. | Battery Commander |
| 2/Lt. | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Lt. | Lieutenant |
| Capt. | Captain |
| Maj | Major |
| Adj. | Adjutant |
| G.O.C | General Officer Commanding |
| C.O. | Commanding Officer |
| Coy.Com | Company Commander |
| C.R.A | Commander Royal Artillery |
| 2i/C | 2nd in Command |
| Brig. | Brigadier |
| Lt.Col | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Lt.Gen | Lieutenant General |
| A/Cap/Lt/etc. | Acting Captain etc. |
| T/Capt/Lt/etc. | Temporary Captain etc. |
| W/S/Capt/Lt/etc. | War Substantive Captain etc. |
| I/O. | Intelligence Officer |
| M.T.O. | Motor Transport Officer |
| W.T.O. | Weapons Training Officer |
| M.O. | Medical Officer/ Messing Officer |
| Q.M | Quarter Master |
| F.O.P | Forward Observation Post |
| F.O.O | Forward Observation Officer |
| C.P | Command Post |
| C.P.O | Command Post Officer |
| Div. | Division |
| (s) Div | 15th (Scottish Division) |
| Bde | Brigade |
| Regt. | Regiment |
| Bn. | Battalion |
| Coy. | Company |
| Pl. | Platoon |
| Bty. | Battery |
| Tp. | Troop |
| Sec. | Section |
| Sub.Sec | Sub-Section |
| H.Q | Headquarters |
| R.H.Q | Regimental Headquarters |
| B.H.Q | Battalion Headquarters |
| Inf. | Infantry |
| Inf.Bde | Infantry Brigade |
| S.E.A.C | South East Asia Command |
| R.A | Royal Artillery |
| R.E | Royal Engineers |
| R.S | Royal Signals |
| R.A.M.C | Royal Army Medical Corps |
| R.E.M.E | Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
| R.A.O.C | Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
| R.H.A | Royal Horse Artillery |
| L.A.A | Light Anti-Aircraft (Regt) |
| L.C.I | Landing Craft Infantry |
| L.C.T | Landing Craft Tank |
| H.E | High Explosive |
| Anti-Tk | Anti-Tank |
| A.P | Armour Piercing |
| K.I.A | Killed In Action |
| K.O.A.S | Killed On Active Service |
| L.G | London Gazette |
| S.D | Service Dress (cap) |
| F.S | Field Service (cap) |
| D.S.O | Distinguished Service Order |
| M.C | Military Cross |
| M.M | Military Medal |
| D.F.C | Distinguished Flying Cross |
| M.I.D | Mention in Dispatches |
| K.S.L.I | King’s Shropshire Light Infantry |
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