Page copy protected against web site content infringement by Copyscape

 

 

A BRIEF HISTORY OF LIFE IN REME

 

A Craftsman’s Story 1948 to I953

 

 Contributed by: Phil KEMPSTER

 

Chapter Eighteen.

Abbreviations And Army Slang

 

ATS

Auxiliary Territorial Service

A/A

Ack / Ack (Anti Aircraft Gun)

BN

Battalion

C B

Confined to Barracks

CFN

Craftsman (REME)

L/CPL

Lance Corporal

CPL

Corporal

SGT

Sergeant

S/SGT

Staff Sergeant

CQMS

Company Quarter Master Sergeant

ASM

Artificer Sergeant Major

CAPT

Captain

LT/COL

Lieutenant Colonel

CO

Commanding Officer

CSM

Company Sergeant-Major

FARELF

Far East Land Forces

GHQ

General Headquarters

KOYLI

Kings Own Yeoman Light Infantry

MO

Medical Officer

MP

Military Police

NCO

Non- Commissioned Officer

OC

Officer Commanding

OCTU

Officer Cadet Training Unit

QARANC

Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps

QM

Quartermaster

RA

Royal Artillery

RAMC

Royal Army Medical Corps 

RASC

Royal Army Service Corps

REME

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

RMP

Royal Military Police

RSM

Regimental Sergeant-Major

SQUAD

Section of Soldiers

TA

Territorial Army

T&TTC

Trade and Trade Testing Centre

W/Sps       

Workshops (REME)

WRAC

Women’s Royal Army Corps

 

 

Brummies

Birmingham Area

Geordies

From Newcastle Area

Ginger

Red Hair

Jock

Scotsman

Lofty

A Tall Person

Paddies

Ireland

Squadie

Private Soldier {Slang}

Taffies

Wales

 

 

Published: 1st November 2007