BSM = Battery Sergeant Major
ACPO = Assistant Command Post Officer
BC = Battery Commander
CRA = Commander Royal Artillery (the artillery commander at the divisional level)
OR = Orderly Room (or Other Ranks depending on the context)
CMO = Counter Mortar Office
GPO = Gun Position officer - PA = Personal Assistant
NDHQ = National Defence Headquarters
MT = Motor Transport
AGRA = Army Group Royal Artillery
RCCS = Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
NAAFI = Navy Army and Air Force Institute
IG = Instrustor Gunnery
CIB = Canadian Infantry Brigade (i.e. 10CIB)
WAAF = Womens Auxiliary Air Force
2) The 23rd Fd Regt. consisted of the 31st, 36th and 83rd Btys. The Regiment would move people around to wherever they are needed so there is nothing unusual about this.
3) A signaller is a radio operator. It is one of the most important positions in an artillery Regiment. All of the Command and control depends on good signals.
Last edited by John McGillivray; 01-06-06 at 01:08.
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