| Abreviation | Description |
|---|
| (sgd) | Signed |
| 2/Lt or 2/LT | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Auth or Authy | Authority |
| B.E.F. | British Expeditionary Foece. |
| Batt'n | Battalion |
| Bde | Brigade |
| Box Respirator | Gas Mask |
| C of E | Church of England |
| C.G. or CG | Phosgene Gas |
| C.S.C. R.E. | Commanding Special Companies, Royal Engineers. |
| Coy | Company |
| demob | Demobilizasion |
| Divn | Division |
| G.B.D. | ? |
| G.H.Q. | General Head Quarters |
| G.S.O. | ? |
| H.Q. or HQ | Head Quarters |
| Hosp | Hospital |
| K in A | Killed in Action |
| lacrymator chamber | Device for testing effectiveness of box respirators (gas masks) |
| limber | the detachable front part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels and an axle, a pole, and a frame holding one or more ammunition boxes. |
| Lt or LT | Lieutenant |
| M.C. or MC | Military Cross |
| M.M. or MM | Military Medal |
| mph | Miles per Hour |
| N.C. or NC | ? |
| N.F. | Northumberland Fussiliers |
| O.C. ot OC or O/C | Officer in charge |
| O.R. or OR | Other Rank |
| Parados | a bank behind a trench or other fortification, giving protection from being fired on from the rear |
| Pioneer | a soldier employed to perform engineering and construction tasks. |
| R.E. or RE | Royal Engineers |
| RD | Road |
| S.C.R.E. or SCRE | Special Companies, Royal Engineers |
| S.O.S. or SOS | Struck off Strength |
| sap | A small trench or dug out. |
| Sapper | A Private in the Royal Engineers |
| SC | ? |
| Scabies | A contagious skin infection caused by a parasitic mite. It developed in the field during the First World War because the medical profession were unfamiliar with its early signs, and many soldiers only reported sick after the condition became too painful to endure, by which time they were probably sharing the disease with their company mates. |
| Spec | Special |
| stinks | Soldiers handling gas. |
| T.O.S. or TOS | Taken on Strength |
| W in A | Wounded in Action |
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