Battle for Egypt
Glossary
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Glossary
AA and QMG | Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General |
Abar, Abyar | Wells (plural of Bir) |
ADS | Advanced Dressing Station |
AFV | Armoured Fighting Vehicle |
Alam | Cairn; rock |
ASC | Army Service Corps |
A-tk | Anti-tank |
Bab | Pass; gate |
Bde | Brigade |
Bir | Well; cistern |
BM | Brigade Major |
BTE | British Troops in Egypt |
Bullet | Pool |
Burg | Fort; tower; hill resembling tower |
Buweib | Pass (dim. of Bab) |
CGS | Chief of the General Staff |
CIGS | Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
CO | Commanding Officer |
Comd | Commander; commanding |
CRA | Commander Royal Artillery |
CRE | Commander Royal Engineers |
Deir | Depression |
Duweir | Group of hills |
FDL | Forward Defended Locality |
Gabr | Tomb |
Gebel | Hill; mountain |
GOC | General Officer Commanding |
HQ | Headquarters |
Inf | Infantry |
IO | Intelligence Officer |
Kafr | Village |
Maaten | Shallow wells |
MDS | Main Dressing Station |
Mersa | Port; anchorage |
Minqar, Munqar | Cliff; bluff |
MT | Mechanical Transportpage 390 |
Naqb | Pass; cutting |
p.w. | Prisoner of war |
Qabr, pl. Qubur | Grave |
Qaret | Low hill |
RA | Royal Artillery |
RAP | Regimental Aid Post |
Raqabet | Dry watercourse |
Ras | Headland; cape |
RHA | Royal Horse Artillery |
RMO | Regimental Medical Officer |
RMT | Reserve Mechanical Transport |
RTR | Royal Tank Regiment |
Sanyet | Deep well |
SDR | Special Despatch Rider |
Sidi | Saint |
Tell | Mound (usually artificial) |
Wadi | Watercourse (dry) |
Wishka | Palm |