 | Alignment Any straight line on which a body of troops
is formed, or is to form. |
 | Battalion The administration unit of infantry,
consisting of headquarters, four companies, and machine gun section. |
 | Brigade Headquarters and four Battalions. |
 | Change of Position A movement by which a body of troops
takes up a new alignment. |
 | Column Bodies of troops on parallel and successive
alignments, at a distance from one another equal to their own
frontage. |
 | Company Column A company in column of sections. |
 | Quarter Column Companies on parallel and successive
alignments, at a distance from one another of six paces. |
 | Company The tactical unit of infantry, consisting of
four platoons. |
 | Covering The act of one or more men placing themselves
correctly in rear of one another. |
 | Deploying interval The lateral space between units in
quarter column or in column on the same alignment, the space being
equal to the frontage of a unit in line. |
 | To Deploy To change formation from column to quarter
column into line on the same alignment. |
 | Depth The space occupied by a body of troops from front
to rear. |
 | Direction (Battalion, Platoon, Company, Section or File
of) The battalion, platoon, company, section or file, responsible
for keeping the direction of the line of march. |
 | To Dress To take up the alignment correctly. |
 | Drill The execution of movements in unison. |
 | Echelon A formation of successive and parallel units
facing in the same direction: each on a flank and to the rear of the
unit in front of it. |
 | File A front rank man and his rear rank man. |
 | Frontage The extent of ground covered laterally by
troops |
 | Inner Flank That nearer to the point of formation or
direction |
 | Interval The lateral space between men, units, or
corps, measured from flank to flank |
 | Line Troops formed on the same alignment |
 | Outer flank That opposite to the inner or directly
flank. |
 | Patrol A body of men sent out to reconnoitre or to
guard against surprise |
 | Platoon Fourth of a company. |
 | Point of formation the point on which a formation is
based. |
 | Rank A line of men, side by side |
 | Rifle Ranges: |
 | Distant 2,800 to 2,000 yards |
 | Long 2,000 to 1,400 yards |
 | Effective 1,400 to 600 yards |
 | Close 600 and under. |
 | Section The quarter of a Platoon |
 | Squad A small number of men, formed for drill or for
work. |
 | Supernumeraries The non-commissioned officers, etc.
forming the third rank. |
 | Wheeling A movement by which a body of troops brings
forward a flank on a fixed or moving pivot. |
 | AB Army Book |
 | ADC Aide-de-Camp to the King |
 | Adjt Adjutant |
 | AF Army Form |
 | AG Adjutant-General |
 | AL Army List |
 | AMO Administrative Medical Officer |
 | Ammn.Col Ammunition Column |
 | APC Army Pay Corps |
 | ASC Army Service Corps |
 | Aux. Auxiliary |
 | AVC Army Veterinary Corps |
 | Batt. Battery |
 | Bde. Brigade |
 | Bn. Battalion |
 | Cav Cavalry |
 | CF Chaplain of the Forces |
 | CO Commanding Officer |
 | Co. or Coy Company |
 | Col Column or Colonel according to context |
 | Corpl Corporal |
 | CVO Companion of the Royal Victorian Order |
 | DAA Deputy Assistant Adjutant (General) |
 | DCM Distinguished Conduct Medal |
 | DG Dragoon Guards |
 | Dns Dragoons |
 | DSO Companion of the Distinguished Service Order |
 | Fd Field |
 | GOC General Officer Commanding |
 | GOC-in-C General Officer Commanding in Chief |
 | Gent-at-Arms Hon Corps of Gentlemen at Arms |
 | (H) Qualified at School of Musketry |
 | HAC Honourable Artillery Company |
 | hp Half Pay |
 | Hrs Hussars |
 | Inf Infantry |
 | L 1st Class Interpreter in a language |
 | ISC Indian Staff Corps |
 | Lce-Corpl Lance Corporal |
 | MC Military Cross |
 | MMP Mounted Military Police |
 | MT Mechanised Transport |
 | NCO Non-Commissioned officer |
 | OC Officer Commanding |
 | OTC Officer Training Corps |
 | p Certificate of Proficiency |
 | ps Passed School of Instruction |
 | Pc Attended Cavalry Officers Pioneer Class |
 | PMO Principal Medical Officer |
 | PVO Principal Veterinary Officer |
 | QMG Quarter Master General |
 | QMS Quarter Master Sergeant |
 | R Reward for Distinguished and Meritorious Service |
 | RA Royal Artillery |
 | RAMC Royal Army Medical Corps |
 | RE Royal Engineers |
 | Res Reserve |
 | RFA Royal Field Artillery |
 | RFC Royal Flying Corps |
 | RGA Royal Garrison Artillery |
 | RHA Royal Horse Artillery |
 | Rif Rifle or Rifles |
 | RNAS Royal Naval Air Service |
 | RND Royal Naval Division |
 | S Qualified as Instructor in Signalling |
 | SAA Small Arms Ammunition |
 | SM Sergeant Major |
 | Sco Scottish |
 | Sergt Sergeant |
 | Sqdn Squadron |
 | TD Territorial Decoration |
 | TF Territorial Force |
 | T & S Transport and Supply |
 | Unattd Unattached |
 | VC Victoria Cross |
 | VD Volunteer Decoration |
 | VTC Volunteer Training Corps
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