Abbreviations Used for Military Rank and Job Designations

The information shown here was derived from the book St. Paul and of Ramsey County in the War, published in Minnesota in the 1920's.

This webpage, originally created for his U. S. Domestic Military Facilities of the First World War book, has been donated to the Society by Bob Swanson.

Military Abbreviation Listing

The text listing of the abbreviations follows the "table of contents" links. :

.. 1 .. .. A .. .. B .. .. C .. .. D .. .. E .. .. F .. .. G .. .. H .. .. I .. .. J .. .. K .. .. L .. .. M .. .. N .. .. O .. .. P .. .. Q .. .. R .. .. S .. .. T .. .. U .. .. V .. .. W .. .. X .. .. Y .. .. Z ..

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1cChauf	1cSgt
1cMus	1cYeo
1cPvt	1st Sgt
1cSea

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-- A --

(a)	AmbCo
A. Fld Clk	AmbSv
(A.M.)	AMedSch
A.S.	AMISch
AABn	AmRecD
AABtry	AmRegSta
AAFS	AmROCamp
AAirSv	AmTn
AAMGBn	AO
AARD	AOD
AArt	Ap
AArtPk	APO
AAS	apptd
AASect	ARC
AC	ARD
acc.	Art
AConstr	Art.Ob.
ACS	ArtSch
Act.	AS
Adj	ASA
AdmLCo	ASAP
Adv.Engr.	ASC
AdvSchDet	ASFSch
AEF	ASM
AeroRpl	ASMA
AeroSch	ASMS
AeroSq	ASPC
AFFW	ASSC
AFS	ASSch
Ag	ASSRC
AGasPk	Asst
AGDept	ASupSq
AGunSch	Av-Pilot
AirPk	AvGrdSv
AirSv	AvRepDep
AirSvFSch	AvSch
AirSvPC	AvSec
ALbSch	AW

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-- B --

B&CSch	BLConstrCo
B.M.	Bmkr
Ba1Sch	Bn
Ba1Sq	Bn Sup. Sgt
BakCo	Bn. Sgt-Maj
BalCo	BnEngrs
BalDiv	Brig
Band Corp	Brig. Gen.
Band Ldr	BRTC
Band Sgt	BSec
Batt	Bsmth
Bd.Mr.	Bsn
BEF	Bug
BHosp	BurStEng
Bkr	ButchCo
Bks

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-- C --

(c)	Capt
C. of EducSv	CARC
C. of Engrs	CArtPk
C. of O.	Cas
C. of O.Expl.	Cas. O.
C. of S.	CASch
C.B.M.	CATC
C.C.	Cav
C.C.M.	CavTrTrp
C.C.Std	CBLCo
C.El.	CBSch
C.G.	CCycBn
C.G.M.	CE
C.G.O.	CEF
C.Ldr	CgeDiv
C.M.	Ch.Cl.
C.M.A.A.	Chap
C.M.M.	Chauf
C.Mech.	ChemSec
C.O.	CHosp
C.O.O.	CHQ
C.P.O.	ChWS
C.Ph.M.	CInfCo
C.Prtr	Ck
C.Q.M.	ClassCp
C.S.K.	ClerDet
C.S.O.	Cm.El.
C.Std	CMCo
C.Surg.	CMVHosp
C.T.C.	Co-ordSec
C.W.T.	Co.
C.Yeo.	Co. Interp.
CA	COD
Cab. Stew	Col.
CabDiv	Col.Sgt.
CAC	Com'n O.
CACMSec	Com.
Cad.	ComlSvSec
CamHigh	comsd
CanArmy	Constr
CanASC	Constr. O.
Cand	Constr. Q. M.
Cand. Of.	conv. of govt
CandDet	ConvCent
CanDiv	ConvCp
CandSch	ConvDep
CanEngrs	ConvHosp
CanEngrsRBn	Corp
CanFAmbCo	Corp.Bug.
CanForCps	COTS
CanInf	Cox
CanLabBn	Cp
CanMRif	Cp.Sm.
CantDiv	Cp.Surg.
CAORC	CSurgOf
CAOTS	CUOf

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-- D --

D	Det
D.Q.M.	detd
D.R.O.	DetSv
DBn	DevBn
DBrig	disch.
DC	Dist
DDet	Div
DeckSch	DivGasSch
DemobGrp	DivSch
DentCo	DR&I
Dentlnf	DRC
Dep	DSC
DeptConstr&For	DSM
DeptME&ESup	DtnCp
des

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-- E --

(e)	enrd
E.O.	Ens
E.R.	Ens (E)
El	EOTC
Eng.	ERC
Engr	EReplTrps
EngrDDet	ETn
EngrgBr	ETR
EngrMTS	EvacAmbCo
Engrs	EvacHosp
enl

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-- F --

F	Fld
F [with dates]	FldRmSq
FA	FMedSupDep
FACOTS	FNR
FAmb	For
FAOTS	For&RyConstrRegt
Far	ForCorps
FARC	FSBn
FARD	FSvBn
FASec	Ft
FDet	FT&HCo.
FHosp	FTn
FinDept	furld

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-- G --

G	GrDiv
G&FCo	GrdSch
g.c.m.o.	Gren
G.M.	Grp
GasRegt	GrRyDiv
GasSch	GRSec
GCM	GRSv
Gd	GRU
GenServInf	GS
GHosp	GSC
GHQ	GSS
Gn.Capt.	Gun.
Gn.Comdr	Gun.Sgt
Gn.Ptr

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-- H --

H.A.	HMS
HA	Hosp.Sgt
HADiv	HospTn
HDet	HP&ESec
Hdq	HPTrD
HdqTrp	Hs
Hist. Data Sec.	HTankCorp
HMORSh

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-- I --

I	Insp.
I-G	InspSec
I.S.	Instr.
ICOTS	Int.
inact.	IntDept
ind.	IntSec
Inf	InvSec
Infirm	IORC
InfRC	IP
InfReplTrps	ISRC
InfT&RTrps

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-- J --

J.A.	JAGDept
(j.g.)	Je
J1	JeARD
Ja

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-- K --

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-- L --

L.Corp.	Lds.Yeo.
LabBn	LiaisSch
LAHosp	Lt
LDept	Lt-Col
Lds	Lt-Com
Lds.El.	LTankCorps
Lds.M.M.	LtdSv
Lds.Q.M.

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-- M --

(m)	Mil.
M&VDiv	MilTn
M.A.A.	MLU
M.Att	(mm)
(m.b.)	MMRegt
M.E.	MMSch
M.Hosp.Sgt	MNG
M.M.	Mobil.Sta.
M.Ob.	MORSh
M.S.E.	MOSch
MailDet	MotBn
Maj	MOTC
Maj.Gen	MOTS
MAmb	MP
Mar.	MPC
MC	Mr
MCC	Mr.Eng.
MCDS	Mr.Gun.
MCR	Mr.Sgt
MCycCo	MRC
MD	MRep1U
MDet	MRShU
ME&ESup	MSec
Mech	MSU
MedSury	MSupD
MERC	MSupTn
Mess O.	MSupU
MetSec	MTC
MGBn	MTrCo
MGOTS	MTS
Mgr	MTSch
MGSch	Mus
MGTC	Must.Of.
MHosp	MVSec
Mid	My
MIDiv

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-- N --

N	NBGr
NA	Neur.
NARF	NHosp
NARSch	NNC
NAS	NRF
NASch	NTS
NASta	NTSta
NBase

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-- O --

O.O.	OMS
OARD	OPCo
Ob	ORC
ObSq	Ord.Sgt
Oct	OrdBn
OD	OrdOf
ODCo	OrdSch
ODep	ORSh
ODet	ORShDet
ODRC	OSBn
OEC	OSCasDet
Of	OTBn
OhPkDet	OTC
Oil.	OTR
OMRSh	OTS

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-- P --

P	phys. dis.
P.&F.	phys.disqual.
P.I.	PInf
P.O.	PkBat
P.Q.M.	PMTrCo
PAeroSq	POBn
PAmbCo	PODCo
Pat.Mkr	PonBn
Paymr	PonTn
PayOfSch	pr. sv.
PBat	PRegt
PBn	prom
PC	ProvCo
PE	ProvGrd
Per.Adj.	Provl
Per.Of.	Prtr
PerSch	PS&TDiv
PerSec	PsychBd
PES	PsychCo
PFHospCo	PT&RRegt
PgCo	Ptr
PGr	PurOf
Ph.M.	Pvt
PHosp	PWECo
PhSec

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-- Q --

Q.M.	QMORC
Q.M.G.	QMRC
Q.M.Sgt	QMSch
QMC	QMSupCo
QMDet

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-- R --

(r)	RepU
R&IU	res.
(r.op.)	ResEngrs
Rad	RFC
Rad O.	RFslrs
RAF	RhDet
RdSv	RhSupDet
Rec.	RhSv
RecCo	RmD
ReclDept	RmSq
RecrSta	ROTC
Reg.	RPlCo
Regt	(rr)
Regtl Adj.	RR&CCo
Regtl Sgt-Maj.	RR&CSv
Regtl Sup.Sgt	RS
RegtSch	RSU
REngrs	RU
Repl	RussRySv
ReplDft	Ry
ReplU	RyOp
RepSq	RyTransCorps

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-- S --

S	Sgt-Maj
S. of E.	Sgt.Bug.
S.C.	Sgt.Chauf.
s.c.d.	Sig.O.
s.c.m.	SMA
S.F.	SMP
(s.g.)	SnC
S.K.	SnSch
S.M.M.	SnSq
S.M.O.	SnTn
Sad	SOf
SAFS	SOS
SAP	SP
Sap.	SPD
SARD	Spec.Asst
SATC	Spec.Mech
SAUM	SprDiv
SB	SprSq
Sb.Op.	Sq
SC	Sr.Instr
SchAerGun	Ss
SchAerOb	Sta
SchF	Stab.Sgt.
SchL	StEngSch
SchM	Str.
SchN&BD	Stud
Sea	Stv
Sea.Gun	(sub.enc.)
Sea.Sig.	SubChsrDet
SeaGunSch	SubSch
Sec	Sup.Sgt
SecBase	SupCo
Sect	SupTn
Secy	Surg.
SepBn	SvBn
SepMGBn	SvPkU
serv.	SvSq
SGOf	Swgt
Sgt