WW II Military Pamphlets

[Jon Skagfeld]

Open question. Hopefully some-one within this Forum (the knowledge data base of which is awesome to behold), can provide further information about the following publications:

These 13 or so pamphlets are identified as being Field Service Pocket Books, dated 1939, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, and are slim volumes of about 30 pp each.

Sample titles are "Glossary of Military Terms and Organization in the Field", "Orders and Intercommunication", "The "T" Panel Code", "Billets, Camps and Bivouacs, Camp Cooking and Water Arrangements", " Discipline, Office Work and Burial Parties (!)"...and so on.

Some pams have the "Not To Be Publlished" warning, others have the admonition "This Document Must Not Fall Into Enemy Hands" and "Not To Be Taken Into Front Line Trenches".

Most of them indicate that they have been "Notified in A.C.Is for the week ending......

There are no War Office number references.

Any info, any-one?

[Rob van Meel]

Hi all,

Field Service Pocket Book Pamphlets (PART I & II) that I have are the following. They normally come in a folder (red linnen cover, marked Field Service Pocket Book 1938. The contents vary with date of issue and unit in which the officer served. Since the are supposed to be in a folder, there is no cardboard cover. The War Office code is on the front eg. 26/Publications/3780 or 26/GS/852


1939
26/Pub/3780 Pamph. 2: Orders and intercommunication ( p.)
26/Pub/3780 Pamph. 3: Intelligence-information and security ( p.)
26/GS/194 Pamph. 4: Field Engineering (68 p.)
26/Pub/3780 Pamph. 5: Billets, camps and bivouacs (40 p.)
26/Pub/3780 Pamph. 6: Mechanized movement by road ( p.)
26/GS/110 Pamph. 7: Movement by sea, rail and air (20 p.)
26/GS/180 Pamph. 8: Protection against gas ( p.)
26/GS/98 Pamph. 9: Supply/replenishment of material field (28 p.)
26/GS/514 Pamph. 9: Supply/replenishment etc.(repr ‘41) (14 p.)
26/GS/213 Pamph. 9A: Ammunition code (44 p.)
26/GS/134 Pamph. 10: Medical services (30 p.)
26/GS/534 Pamph. 10: Medical services (reprint 1941) (28 p.)
26/GS/154 Pamph. 11: Discipline, office work, burial parties(20 p.)
26/GS/533 Pamph. 11: Discipline, office work (repr ‘41) (20 p.)
26/GS/272 Pamph. 12: Amendments no. 1 (12 p.)

1940
26/GS/249 Pamph. 1: Glossary of military terms/organisation/field.
26/GS/414 Pamph. 9A: Ammunition abbreviations.
26/GS/888 Part 1, Pamph. 7: Field engineering.
26/GS/284 Pamph. 13: Notes for staff officers (96 p.)

1941
26/GS/593 Pamph. 6: Mechanized movement by road (50 p.)
26/GS/557 Pamph. 8: Protection against gas (16 p.)

1943
26/GS/846 Part I, Pamphlet 3: Abbreviations (12 p.)
26/GS/852 Part I, Pamphlet 4: Appreciation/orders/messages etc.
26/GS/845 Part II, Pamphlet 5: Mech movement by road (20 p.)
26/GS/931 Part I, Pamphlet 6A: Conventional milit symbols(19 p.)
26/GS/844 Part I, Pamphlet 9: Movement by road and rail (20 p.)
26/GS/881 Part I, Pamphlet 10: Gas (8 p.)
26/GS/863 Part I, Pamphlet 13: Discipline, office work/burial (28 p.)

1944
26/GS/1204 Part I, Pamphlet 1: Glossary of military terms(10 p.)
26/GS/1275 Part I, Pamphlet 3: Abbreviations (23 p.)
26/GS/1053 Part I, Pamphlet 3A: Ammunition abbreviations (36 p.)
26/GS/1214 Part I, Pamphlet 4: Appreciation/orders/messages(36 p.)
26/GS/1194 Part I, Pamphlet 5: Signal codes (36 p.)
26/GS/1196 Part I, Pamphlet 6: Intelligence/inform/security (30 p.)
26/GS/931 Part I, Pamphlet 6A: Conventional military symbols
26/GS/888 Part I, Pamphlet 7: Field engineering (68 p.)
26/GS/1304 Part I, Pamphlet 12: First aid and hygiene (8 p.)
26/GS/1101 Part II, Pamphlet 4A: Staff organisat/duties U.S. (27 p.)
26/GS/1261 Part II, Pamphlet 6: Administration. (74 p.)

Most are available as repros.

Regards, Rob

[Jon Skagfeld]

Thanks Rob, for your information. Obviously, there exist more than I have, so I can watch for possible additions at various shows.

[John Robertson]

Jon
I must have about two dozen of these publications. What information are you after?