CHA - Commander Heavy Artillery
CHDAVC - Convalescent Horse Depot Army Veterinary Corps
C-in-C - Commander in Chief
CID - Committee of Imperial Defense
CIGS - Chief of the Imperial GEneral Staff
CLC - Chinese Labor Corps
CLLE - Charger-Loading Lee-Enfield (rifle)
CLLM - Charger-Loading Lee-Metford (rifle)
CLRO - Corps Light Railway Officer
CME - Chief Mechanical Engineer
CMG - Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George
Bibliography
Call-to-Arms: The British Army 1914-18, Charles Messenger, Cassell Military Books, 2005
Friday, March 25, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
British Army Acronyms, WWI, Cs
CB - Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, also Confinement to Barracks, also Counter Battery.
CBE - Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
CBSO - Counter-Battery Staff Officer
CC - Confinded to camp(punishment) also, Chief Censor
CCD - Commander of Coast Defenses
CCRA - Corps Commander Royal Artillery
CCS - CAsualty Clearing station
CDS - Corps dressing station
CE - Chief Engineer
CEF - Canadian Expeditionary Force
CPEC - Chief Engineer Port Construction
CF - Chaplain to the Forces
CFC - Chief Field Censor, also Canadian Forestry Corps
CGI - Corrugated Galvanized Iron
CGS - Chief of General Staff
Bibliography
Call-to-Arms: The British Army 1914-18, Charles Messenger, Cassell Military Books, 2005
CBE - Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
CBSO - Counter-Battery Staff Officer
CC - Confinded to camp(punishment) also, Chief Censor
CCD - Commander of Coast Defenses
CCRA - Corps Commander Royal Artillery
CCS - CAsualty Clearing station
CDS - Corps dressing station
CE - Chief Engineer
CEF - Canadian Expeditionary Force
CPEC - Chief Engineer Port Construction
CF - Chaplain to the Forces
CFC - Chief Field Censor, also Canadian Forestry Corps
CGI - Corrugated Galvanized Iron
CGS - Chief of General Staff
Bibliography
Call-to-Arms: The British Army 1914-18, Charles Messenger, Cassell Military Books, 2005
Monday, March 21, 2011
Lost WWI Bible to return home
NZHerald.co.nz: Lost WWI Bible to return home
A New Zealand soldier's Bible - lost and found in the trenches in World War One - will be returned to his homeland this week by the family of the British soldier who found it.
On April 12 1918, Herbert Hodgson fell into a shell hole during an attack near Messines in Belgium. There he found a Bible encrusted with mud.
In his memoirs he wrote: "There was no name inside it but the army service number 34816 had been written across the top outer edges of the pages". He was told by an officer the original owner would be impossible to trace and he should keep it for luck.
His family without success tried to trace the number until last June his publisher Geoffrey Hodgson (no relation) identified the original owner of the Bible as Richard Cook, of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
Mr Cook died in a hospital in France in October 1917 of wounds received a few days earlier in battle near Passchendaele in Belgium. He is buried in the war cemetery in Etaples in France. Passchendaele was one of the major battles of World War One.
Herbert Hodgson survived the war, became an acclaimed printer and eventually wrote his memoirs entitled Impressions of War, which were published last year.
His family will donate the Bible to the National Army Museum in Waiouru at a ceremony on Wednesday.
His son David, publisher, and relatives of Mr Cook will attend.
A New Zealand soldier's Bible - lost and found in the trenches in World War One - will be returned to his homeland this week by the family of the British soldier who found it.
On April 12 1918, Herbert Hodgson fell into a shell hole during an attack near Messines in Belgium. There he found a Bible encrusted with mud.
In his memoirs he wrote: "There was no name inside it but the army service number 34816 had been written across the top outer edges of the pages". He was told by an officer the original owner would be impossible to trace and he should keep it for luck.
His family without success tried to trace the number until last June his publisher Geoffrey Hodgson (no relation) identified the original owner of the Bible as Richard Cook, of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
Mr Cook died in a hospital in France in October 1917 of wounds received a few days earlier in battle near Passchendaele in Belgium. He is buried in the war cemetery in Etaples in France. Passchendaele was one of the major battles of World War One.
Herbert Hodgson survived the war, became an acclaimed printer and eventually wrote his memoirs entitled Impressions of War, which were published last year.
His family will donate the Bible to the National Army Museum in Waiouru at a ceremony on Wednesday.
His son David, publisher, and relatives of Mr Cook will attend.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
News: WWI submarine found off Dutch coast
The Local: Germany's News in English: WWI submarine found off Dutch coast
A German submarine from World War I has been discovered off the north coast of the Netherlands, where it sank in 1917, and will become an official war grave, the Royal Dutch Navy said Wednesday.
The U-106 was discovered in the North Sea, north of the Dutch island of Terschelling, in October 2009 by a Dutch naval ship mapping the sea floor, the navy said in a statement.
The find was not announced earlier because the German government needed time to find and inform the next-of-kin of the 41 crew who sank with the boat.
"The ship will be left where it was found, and will become an official war grave," the statement said.
The submarine of 838 tonnes, 71.5 metres (234 feet) long, took to the water for the first time in July 1917, commanded by "Kapitänleutnant" Hans Hufnagel, fresh from submarine school.
It is believed to have hit a British mine on the night of October 7 after it lost radio contact in a British undersea mine field.
Last Surviving U.S. Veteran of World War I Laid to Rest
Fox News: Last Surviving U.S. Veteran of World War I Laid to Rest
The nation is saying farewell Tuesday to the last surviving U.S. veteran of World War I.
President Obama and Vice President Biden made an unscheduled stop at Arlington National Cemetery to honor Army Cpl. Frank Buckles, whose body was laying in honor inside the chapel at the cemetery.
Buckles will be buried with full military honors later Tuesday. A private service for his family is planned for 4 p.m.
Buckles, who was born in Bethany, Mo., lied about his age to enlist in the army at age 16. He died last month at age 110 at his farm in West Virginia
The nation is saying farewell Tuesday to the last surviving U.S. veteran of World War I.
President Obama and Vice President Biden made an unscheduled stop at Arlington National Cemetery to honor Army Cpl. Frank Buckles, whose body was laying in honor inside the chapel at the cemetery.
Buckles will be buried with full military honors later Tuesday. A private service for his family is planned for 4 p.m.
Buckles, who was born in Bethany, Mo., lied about his age to enlist in the army at age 16. He died last month at age 110 at his farm in West Virginia
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
British Army Acronyms, WWI, Bs
BAC - Brigade Ammunition Column
BAPO - Base Army Post Office
BC - Battery Commander, also Base Commandant
BCA - Battery Commander's Assistant
BEF - British Expeditionary Force
BGGS - Brigadier General General Staff
BGHA - Brigadier GEneral Heavy Artiller
BGRA - Brigadier General Royal Engineers
BL - Breech Loading
BLC - Breech Loading Converted
BM - Brigade Major
BOR - British Other Rank
BRCS - British Red Cross Society
BADM - Battery Sergeant Major
BWIR - British West Indies Regiment
Bibliography
Call-to-Arms: The British Army 1914-18, Charles Messenger, Cassell Military Books, 2005
BAPO - Base Army Post Office
BC - Battery Commander, also Base Commandant
BCA - Battery Commander's Assistant
BEF - British Expeditionary Force
BGGS - Brigadier General General Staff
BGHA - Brigadier GEneral Heavy Artiller
BGRA - Brigadier General Royal Engineers
BL - Breech Loading
BLC - Breech Loading Converted
BM - Brigade Major
BOR - British Other Rank
BRCS - British Red Cross Society
BADM - Battery Sergeant Major
BWIR - British West Indies Regiment
Bibliography
Call-to-Arms: The British Army 1914-18, Charles Messenger, Cassell Military Books, 2005
Sunday, March 13, 2011
British Army Acronyms, As contined
APC - Army Pay Corps, also Assistant Principal Chaplain
APD - Army Pay Department
APM - Assistant Provost Marshall
APMMC - Almeric Paget Military Massage Corps
APO - Army Post Office
AQMG - Assistant Quartermaster GEneral
ARMW - Army Reserve Munitions Worker
ARO - Artillery REconnaisance Officer
ARP - Ammunition Refilling Point
ARS - Advanced Regulating Station
ASC - Army Service Corps
ASD - Army Schools Department
A&SH - Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
ASO - Area Searchlight Officer
ASP - Ammunition Sub-Park
AT - Army Troops
AVC - Army Veterinary Corps
Bibliography
Call-to-Arms: The British Army 1914-18, Charles Messenger, Cassell Military Books, 2005
APD - Army Pay Department
APM - Assistant Provost Marshall
APMMC - Almeric Paget Military Massage Corps
APO - Army Post Office
AQMG - Assistant Quartermaster GEneral
ARMW - Army Reserve Munitions Worker
ARO - Artillery REconnaisance Officer
ARP - Ammunition Refilling Point
ARS - Advanced Regulating Station
ASC - Army Service Corps
ASD - Army Schools Department
A&SH - Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
ASO - Area Searchlight Officer
ASP - Ammunition Sub-Park
AT - Army Troops
AVC - Army Veterinary Corps
Bibliography
Call-to-Arms: The British Army 1914-18, Charles Messenger, Cassell Military Books, 2005
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