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ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THESE VOLUMES
| D.C.M. = | Distinguished Conduct Medal (British). | |
| Del. = | Delaware. | |
| dept. = | department. | |
| D.E.S. = | Direction d'Étapes et de Services = Directing staff of a line of communications of an army (French). | |
| Dev. = | Devonshire. | |
| D.F.C. = | Distinguished Flying Cross (British). | |
| D.F.M. = | Distinguished Flying Medal (British). | |
| D.G. = | Director-General (e.g. D.G.A.M.S. = Director-General Armv Medical Service). | |
| D.G.V.O. = | Director-General of Voluntary Organizations. | |
| DI. = | Divsion d'Infanterie = Infantry Division (French). | |
| DIC. = | Divsion d'Infanterie Coloniale = Colonial Infantry Division (French). | |
| Div. = | Division. | |
| Dopp.Z. = | Doppelzünder = Time and percussion fuze (German). | |
| D.O.R.A. = | Defence of the Realm Act (British). | |
| D.O.R.E. = | District Officer Royal Engineers (British). | |
| Dorset. = | Dorsetshire. | |
| D.Q.M.G. = | Deputy Quartermaster-General. | |
| DR. = | Division de Réserve = Reserve Division (French). | |
| D.R.F. = | Depression Rangefinder. | |
| D.S.C. = | Distinguished Service Cross (U.S.A. and British). | |
| D.S.M. = | Distinguished Service Medal (U.S.A. and British). | |
| D.S.O. = | Distinguished Service Order (British). | |
| Dur. = | Durham. | |
| E | ||
| E. = | East. | |
| Ed. = | Editor. | |
| E.E.F. = | Egyptian Expeditionary Force. | |
| e.g. = | exempli gratia = for example (Latin). | |
| E.M.F. = | Electro-motive force. | |
| E.N.E. = | Éléments non endivisionnées = Troops not included in divisions ("corps troops" or "army troops") (French). | |
| Ess. = | Essex. | |
| Esth. = | Esthonia. | |
| et seq. = | et sequntia = and the following (Latin). | |
| F | ||
| F.A.N.Y.S. = | First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Service (British). | |
| FEKA. = | Fernkampfartillerie = Super-heavy artillery (German). | |
| fig. = | figure or figures (illustration). | |
| Fla. = | Florida. | |
| FLAK. = | Flugabwehrkanone = Anti-aircraft gun (German). | |
| F.M. = | Field Marshal; Fusil Mitrailleur = French light machine-gun. | |
| F.M.L. = | Field-Marshal-Lieutenant (Austro-Hungarian). | |
| f.o.b. = | free on board. | |
| Fr.Eq.Afr. = | French Equatorial Africa. | |
| F.S.R. = | Field Service Regulations (British). | |
| ft. = | foot or feet. | |
| ft.2 = | square feet. | |
| ft.3 = | cubic feet. | |
| fur. = | furlong or furlongs. | |
| F.W.D. = | Four-wheel Drive. | |
| G | ||
| "G" = | General Staff branch of the Staff, and its functions (British). | |
| G . = | Gold. | |
| Ga. = | Georgia. | |
| G.A. = | Groupe d'Armées = Group of Armies (followed by E = Est, N = Nord. etc.) (French). | |
| gal. = | gallon or gallons. | |
| Gal. = | Galicia. | |
| G.A.R. = | Grand Army of the Republic (U.S.A.). | |
| G.B.E. = | Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire. | |
| G.d.A. = | General der Artillerie | |
| G.d.I. = | General der Infanterie | |
| G.d.K. = | General der Kavallerie | |
| = "full" general (German and Austro-Hungarian). | ||
| Gen. = | General. | |
| G.H.Q. = | General Headquarters (British and U.S.A.). | |
| GI,GII,GIII. = | Maintenance, Intelligence and Operation branches; General Staff (U.S.A.). | |
| G.Kdo. = | General-Kommando = Army corps headquarters (German). | |
| Glos. = | Gloucestershire. | |
| G.M.T. = | Greenwich Mean Time. | |
| G.O. = | Generaloberst = General in Command (German). | |
| G.O.C. = | General Officer Commanding (British). | |
| Gov. = | Governor. | |
| G.Q.G. = | Grand Quartier-Général = General Headquarters (French Field Armies). | |
| gr. = | gramme or grammes. | |
| G.R. = | Gare régulatrice = Regulating station—rail transport (French). | |
| G.S. = | General Staff (British and U.S.A.); General Service (British). | |
| G.S.G.S. = | Geographical Section General Staff (British). | |
| G.S.O. = | Gas-Schutz-Officer = Anti-gas Officer (German). | |
| G.S.O.1,2,3 = | General Staff Officer, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade (British). | |
| G.V.C. = | Gardes des Voies de Communication = Line-of-Communication defence troops (French). | |
| H | ||
| H. = | Honvéd (as prefix in Austro-Hungarian designations); "Heure" = Zero hour, hour set for attack (French). | |
| H.A. = | Heavy Artillery; less frequently, horse artillery; high-angle (gun). | |
| Hants. = | Hampshire. | |
| H.E. = | High Explosive. | |
| Hereford. = | Herefordshire. | |
| Herts. = | Hertfordshire. | |
| H.G. = | Heeresgruppe = Group of armies (German). | |
| hhd. = | hogshead or hogsheads. | |
| H.M.S. = | His Majesty's Ship (British). | |
| H.Q. = | Headquarters (British and U.S.A.). | |
| H.Qu. = | Hauptquartier = Headquarters (German). | |
| H.P. = | Horse-power. | |
| H.R. = | Hors rang =Supernumerary (French Army). | |
| Hunts. = | Huntingdonshire. | |
| H.T. = | Horse Transport. | |
| H.V. = | High Velocity (gun). | |
| I | ||
| I. = | Instantantée = Instantaneous (in French fuze designations); Island. | |
| Ia. = | Iowa. | |
| i.A. = | im Auftrage = By order, on behalf of (German). | |
| I.A. = | Indian Army. | |
| ib. or ibid. = | ibidem = in the same place (Latin). | |
| I.D. = | Infanterie-Division = Infantry Division (German). | |
| i.e. = | id est = that is (Latin). | |
| I.H.P. = | Indicated Horse-power. | |
| Ill. = | Illinois. | |
| I.L.P. = | Independent Labour Party (British). | |
| in. = | inch or inches. | |
| in.2 = | square inches. | |
| in.3 = | cubic inches. | |
| Ind. = | Indiana. | |
| Inf. = | Infantry. | |
| Is. = | Islands. | |
| I.W.W. = | Industrial Workers of the World. | |
| J | ||
| "J" = | "Jour" = "Zero day" fixed for attack (French). | |
| J.C.A. = | Jewish Colonization Association. | |
| K | ||
| K. = | Königlich = Royal, or Kaiserlich = Imperial (German). | |
| Kan. = | Kansas. | |
| K.B.E. = | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. | |
| K.D. = | Kavallerie-Division = Cavalry Division (German). | |
| kgm. = | kilogram or kilograms. | |
| K.K. = | Kaiserlich-Königlich = Imperial-Royal (Austrian Landwehr). | |
| km. = | kilometre or kilometres. | |
| K.R. = | King's Regulations (British Army). | |
| K.T.D. = | Kavallerie-Truppendivision= Cavalry Division (Austro-Hungarian). | |
| K.u.K. = | Kaiserlich und Königlich = Imperial and Royal (Austrian and Hungarian designation of common army). | |
| kw. = | kilowatt or kilowatts. | |
| Ky. = | Kentucky. | |
| L | ||
| L. = | Landwehr (German and Austrian). | |
| La. = | Louisiana. | |
| Latv. = | Latvia. | |
| lb. = | pound or pounds. | |
| Lancs. = | Lancashire. | |
| L.C.C. = | London County Council. | |
| Ldst. = | Landsturm (Austro-Hungarian and German). | |
| Lith. = | Lithuania. | |
| L.M.G. = | Leichtes Maschinengewehr = Light machine-gun (German). | |
| L. of C. = | Line of Communications (British). | |
| Leics. = | Leicestershire. | |
| Lincs. = | Lincolnshire. | |
| Lt. = | Lieutenant. | |
| Lt.-Comm. = | Lieutenant-Commander. | |
| Lt-Gen. = | Lieutenant-General. | |
