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List of Abbreviations Used in Military Service Files
| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| B & GFU | Bombing and Gunnery Flying Unit |
| B & GS | Bombing and Gunnery School |
| B of the MG of the ONDHQ | Branch of the Master General of the Ordnance, National Defence Headquarters Company |
| B Report | Burial Report |
| BA | Bermuda Area |
| BA | Bandsman |
| BAC | British Air Commission |
| BAC | Brigade Ammunition Column |
| BAD | British Admiralty Delegation |
| BADR(PC) | British Admiralty Delegation Representative, Pacific Coast |
| BAFO | British Air Force Overseas |
| BAKS | Barracks (US) |
| BAM | Large Minesweeper |
| BAMR | British Admiralty Maintenance Representative |
| BAMS | Broadcasts to Allied Merchant Ships |
| Bandsmn | Bandsman |
| Bandsmn(Prob) | Bandsman (Probationer) |
| BAO | Base Accounting Officer |
| BARM | British Advisory Repair Mission |
| BARS | Salvage Vessel |
| BarTdr | Bar Tender |
| BAS(O) | British Army Staff (Officers) |
| BAS(OR) | British Army Staff (Other Ranks) |
| BASM | Battalion Sergeant Major |
| BASR | British Admiralty Supply Representative |
| BASR | British Admiralty Supply and Repairs |
| BAT | Beam Approach Training |
| BATM | British Admiralty Technical Mission |
| Batt | Battalion |
| Batt | Battery |
| Batt’n | Battalion |
| BATUS | British Army Training Unit, Suffield |
| BAV | Boom Attendant Vessels |
| BB | Battleship (US) |
| BB | Bugle Band |
| BB | Bailey Bridge |
| BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| BC | Battery Commander |
| BC | British Columbia |
| BCA | Battery Commander Assistant |
| BCA | Biscay and Channel Area |
| BCD | British Columbia Dragoons |
| BCH | Barriefield Camp Hospital |
| Bcook | Boy Cook |
| BCPO | Base Civilian Personnel Officer |
| BCQ | Base Commander, Queensborough |
| BCR | British Columbia Regiment |
| BCRCASC | Bridge Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps |
| BCRD | British Columbia Regimental Depot |
| BCRM | British-Canadian Recruiting Mission |
| BCSO | British Central Scientific Office |
| BD | Base Depot |
| BD | Blood Donor |
| BD | Bandsman |
| BDB | Branch Detention Barracks |
| BDC | Battle Drill Course |
| BDCASS | "Bandoliers" Detachment - Canadian Auxiliary Services Section |
| BDCRE | Bomb Disposal Company Royal Engineers |
| BDD | Boom Defence Depot |
| BDE | Balloon Development Establishment |
| BDE | Convoy Escort Vessel |
| Bde | Brigade |
| Bde | Bombardier |
| BdeGp | Brigade Group |
| Bdm | Bandsman |
| BDO | Boom Defence Officer |
| BDofMS | Base Depot of Medical Stores |
| Bdr | Bombardier |
| BDS | Battle Drill School |
| BDS | Bomb Disposal School |
| BD-SE | Band Sergeant |
| Bdsm | Bandsman |
| BDTC | Battle Drill Training Centre |
| BDV | Boom Defence Vessel |
| BDZ | Commander in Chief Netherlands Navy, London |
| BEC | British Escort Craft |
| BEC | Basic Electronics Course |
| BedfR | Bedfordshire Regiment |
| BedfYeo | Bedfordshire Yeomanry |
| BEF | British Expeditionary Force |
| BEM | Basic Electronics Mechanic |
| BEM | British Empire Medal |
| BerksR | Berkshire Regiment |
| BerksYeo | Berkshire Yeomanry |
| BET | Basic Educational Test |
| BF | Bring Forward |
| BFA | Battle First Aid |
| BFA | Blank Firing Attachment |
| BFPO | British Forces Post Overseas |
| BFTS | British Flying Training Schools |
| BG | Base Gagetown (Theatres of Service) |
| BG | Brigade Group |
| BG | Battle Group |
| BG | Brigadier-General |
| BGC(C)RCASC | Brigade Group Company (Company) Royal Canadian Army Service Corps |
| BGGS | Brigadier General of General Staff |
| BGH | British General Hospital |
| Bglr | Bugler |
| BGRAM | Basegram |
| BGS | Bombing and Gunnery Schools |
| BGS | Brigadier, General Staff |
| BH&MDATKRRCA | Beachy Head & Michel Dean Anti-Tank Ranges Royal Canadian Artillery |
| bhp | Brake Horse Power |
| BHQ | Brigade Headquarters |
| BHQS | Barriefield Headquarters Staff |
| BHRRCA | Beachy Head Ranges, Royal Canadian Artillery |
| BHX | Bermuda Portion of Halifax (New York) to United Kingdom Convoy |
| BI | Bandsman Instrumentalist |
| BIB | "B" Infantry Battalion |
| BIC | Bowmanville Interment Camp |
| BioTech | Biosciences Technician |
| BItoCSGHQEAGP | (Brussels) Increment to Canadian Section General Headquarters Echelon Army Group |
| BJCB | British Joint Communications Board |
| BK | Blacksmith |
| BK | Battery Captain |
| BKR | Baker |
| Bks | Barracks |
| BL | Breech Loading |
| bldg(s) | Building(s) |
| Bldmth | Blacksmith |
| BLK | Blacksmith |
| BLOC | Basic Logistics Officers Course |
| BLP | Bombing Landplane (US) |
| BM | Band Master |
| BM | Brevet Major |
| BM | Brigade Major |
| BMA | Band Master |
| BMCA | British Maintenance Commander, Argentina |
| BMD | Bengal Medical Department |
| BMET | Bio-Medical Engineering Technician |
| BMH | Brandon Military Hospital |
| BMH | Brantford Military Hospital |
| BMH(PHI) | Brockville Military Hospital (PHI) |
| BMHRCAMC | Botwood Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps |
| BMHRCAMC | Bowmanville Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps |
| BMHRCAMC | Brampton Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Military Hospital |
| Bmn | Bandsman |
| BMQ | Basic Military Qualification |
| Bmr | Bandmaster |
| BMS | Brigade Medical Station |
| BMSM | British Merchant Shipping Mission |
| BMV | Boom Maintenance Vessels |
| BMWT | British Ministry of War Transport |
| BMWTR | British Ministry of War Transport Representative |
| BN | Battalion (US) |
| BN | Boatswain |
| Bn | Battalion |
| BN & PSHRCAMC | Basingstoke Neurological & Plastic Surgery Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps |
| BNA | British Naval Attache |
| Bndsmn | Bandsman |
| BNH | Basingstoke Neurological Hospital |
| BNLO | British Naval Liaison Officer |
| BNLO | British Naval Liaison Officer to French Naval Headquarters, London |
| BNLO(RHN) | British Naval Liaison Officer (Royal Hellenic Navy) |
| BO | Bombardier |
| BOC | Base Officer, Chasseurs |
| BOD | Base Ordnance Depot |
| BOH | British Official History |
| BOI | Boiler (US) |
| Bomb | Bombardier |
| BOR | Battalion Orderly Room |
| BordR | Border Regiment |
| BOS | Battalion Orderly Sergeant |
| Bosn | Boatswain |
| BOTC | Basic Officers Training Course |
| BOW | Base Ordnance Workshop |
| Boy1 | Boy 1st Class |
| BoySig | Boy Signaller |
| BPA | Bureau of Pensions Advocates |
| BPC | Beach Protection Craft |
| BPC | Base Planning Committee |
| BPET | Battle Physical Efficiency Test |
| BPO | Base Post Office |
| BPOCPC | Base Post Office Canadian Postal Corps |
| BPSO | Base Personnel Selection Office |
| BPT | Battle Practice Target |
| BPT | Vosper Motor Torpedo Boat |
| BPV | Beach Protection Vessel |
| BQMS | Battery Quartermaster-Sergeant |
| BR | Book of Reference |
| BR | Brockville Rifles |
| Br | Bomber |
| BR | Bombing and Reconnaissance Squadron |
| br(s) | Bridge(s) |
| BRCA | Battery Royal Canadian Artillery |
| BRCE | Battalion Royal Canadian Artillery |
| BRCHA | Battery Royal Canadian Horse Artillery |
| BrColRgt | British Columbia Regiment |
| BRCS | British Red Cross Society |
| BRCS&OStJJ | British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem |
| BRG | Bearing (US) |
| Brig | Brigadier |
| Brig-Gen | Brigadier-General |
| Brit | British |
| BRLO | British Routing Liaison Officer |
| BRO | British Routing Officer |
| BrockR | Brockville Rifles |
| BRPRCOC | Boot Rebuilding Plant, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps |
| BRSqn | Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force |
| BS | Battle Squadron |
| BS | Brigade School |
| BS(M)RCASC | Bakery Section (Mechanical), Royal Canadian Army Service Corps |
| BSA | Barents Sea Area |
| BSASSRCS | Base Sub Area Signal Section, Royal Canadian Signals |
| BSC | Base Staging Camp |
| BSD | Base Supply Depot |
| BSD | Brandon Supply Depot |
| BSM | Battery Sergeant-Major |
| BSMA | Brigade Sergeant Major |
| BSO | (Commander in Chief) Netherlands Forces in the East |
| BSO | British Staff Officer |
| BSRCE | Boring Section, Royal Canadian Engineers |
| BSS | Base Supply Ship |
| BTC | Basic Training Centre |
| BTC(A) | Basic Training Centre (Active) |
| BTC(R) | Basic Training Centre (Reserve) |
| Btln | Battalion |
| Btswn | Boatswain |
| Btty | Battery |
| Bty | Battery |
| BU | Bugler |
| BUACPATSO | British Units Affecting Canadian Personnel Army Trades School Officers |
| BucksYeo | Buckinghamshire Yeomanry |
| BUDOCKS | Bureau of Yards and Docks (US) |
| BUMA | Bugle Major |
| BUMED | Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (US) |
| BUPERS | Bureau of Naval Personnel (US) |
| BUPTE | Bugler Private |
| BUSANDA | Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (US) |
| BUSE | Bugle Sergeant |
| BUSHIPS | Bureau of Ships (US) |
| BUSRA | British US Routing Agreement |
| BUSRS | British-United States Routing Agreement |
| BUSUP | Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (US) |
| Butcher | Butcher |
| BW | Black Watch |
| BW(RHC) | Black Watch (Royal Highlanders of Canada) |
| BWI | British West Indies |
| BWRCEME | Base Workshop Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
| BX | Boston-Halifax Convoy |
| BYHC | Buckinghamshire Cavalry Hussars |
| BYMS | British "Y" Class Minesweeper |
| BZ | Bristol Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
| BZA | Brazilian Area |
