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1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment
War Diaries 1944-1945
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Glossary of Terms
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| A/ |
Acting |
| A/C |
Air Command |
| Adjt. |
Adjutant |
| B.H.Q |
Battalion Headquarters |
| Boches |
Germans |
| Br |
British |
| Capt. |
Captain |
| C.C.S. |
Casualty Clearing Station |
| Chinese
Party |
Fire plan activity intended to expose enemy
M.G. positions |
| Civvies or
Civs |
Civilians |
| C.O. |
Commanding Officer |
| Col. |
Colonel |
| Conc. |
Concentration (area) |
| Coy |
Company |
| D.C.L.I. |
Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry |
| Deproof |
De-waterproof vehicles |
| Div |
Division |
| D.P. |
Displaced Person |
| D.R. |
Despatch Rider |
| D.S.O. |
Distinguished Service Order |
| DUKW |
Duplex-Drive Amphibious Truck (commonly know as “Duck”) |
| Embussed |
To put troops on a bus |
| E.N.S.A. |
Entertainments National Service Association |
| FUP |
Forming Up Point |
| H
hour |
Scheduled time for start of an operation or action |
| H.E. |
High Explosive |
| H.L.I. |
Highland Light Infantry |
| H.Q. |
Headquarters |
| “I” |
Intelligence |
| I.O. |
Intelligence Officer |
| Kangaroos |
Turret less tank used as a troop carrier |
| K.O’d. |
Knocked Out |
| K.O.S.B. |
Kings Own Scottish Borderers |
| K.R.R. |
Kings Royal Rifles |
| K.R.R.C |
Kings Royal Rifles
Corps |
| L.C.A. |
Landing Craft Assault |
| L of
C |
Lines of Communications |
| L.I. |
Light Infantry |
| LK |
Location (Area) |
| L.M.G |
Light Machine Gun |
| Lt. |
Lieutenant |
| Lt.-Col. |
Lieutenant Colonel |
| lt.
Inf. |
Light Infantry |
| Mad
Minute |
All artillery, mortars and small arms, fire for 1 minute. |
| Maj. |
Major |
| M.C. |
Military Cross |
| M.G. |
Machine Gun |
| M.M. |
Military Medal |
| M.M.G. |
Medium Machine Gun |
| M.O. |
Medical Officer |
| M.T.O. |
Motor Transport Officer |
| N.E. |
North East |
| O.C. |
Officer Commanding |
| “O”
Group |
Orders Group meeting |
| Op |
Operation |
| O.P. |
Observation Post |
| O.R’s. |
Other ranks |
| Petard |
Explosive device used to break down a gate or wall |
| PIAT |
Projector Infantry Anti-Tank (hand-held anti-tank weapon) |
| P.R.I. |
President of the Regiment Institute |
| P.T.C. |
Primary Training Centre |
| R |
Regiment |
| “R” |
Recce (Reconnaissance) |
| rd |
Road |
| R.V. |
Rendezvous |
| P.O.W. |
Prisoner of War |
| P.W. or
P’s.W. |
Prisoner of War |
| R.A. |
Royal Artillery |
| R.A.M.C. |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| R.A.P. |
Regimental Aid Post |
| R.E. |
Royal Engineers |
| Recce |
Reconnaissance |
| “R”
Group |
Reconnaissance Group |
| RHU |
Regiment Holding Unit |
| R.S.F. |
Royal Scottish Fusiliers |
| Spandau |
German Machine Gun |
| S.E. |
South East |
| Sjt. |
Sergeant |
| slits |
Slit Trenches |
| S.L. |
Start-Line (starting position for an attack or advance) |
| S.O.S. |
Struck Off Strength |
| Sp |
Support |
| S.P. |
Self Propelled (gun) |
| Spandau |
German MG34 or MG42 machine-gun |
| Stonk or
Stonking |
Military slang for a concentrated artillery bombardment |
| S.S. |
Schutzstaffel (Literally Protection Force or
Defence Squad) |
| S.
Sas. Regt. |
The South Saskatchewan Regiment |
| T/ |
Temporary |
| Tac |
Tactical |
| T.C. |
Transport Control |
| T.C.V. |
Troop Carrying Vehicles |
| TEWT |
Tactical Exercise Without Troops |
| TK |
Tank or Tanks |
| T.O.S. |
Taken On Strength |
| Tpt or
tpt |
Transport |
| Typhoons |
British single-seat fighter aircraft (Hawker Typhoon) |
| VE |
Victory in Europe |
| Worc |
Worcestershire |
| WS |
War Substantive rank |
| X
rds |
Cross
Roads |
| 2i/c |
Second-in-Command |
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