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| AA | | Artillery Adviser |
| BEF | | British Expeditionary Force |
| BGRA | | Brigadier-General, Royal Artillery (a Corps level officer) |
| BL | | breech-loading, true for all World War I guns, but normally used only for guns when shell and propellant charges were loaded separately in a two-step process. |
| CB | | counter-battery |
| CBSO | | Counter-Battery Staff Officer |
| CDS | | Central Distribution Section |
| CHA | | Commander, Heavy Artillery (a Corps level officer) |
| CRA | | Commander, Royal Artillery (a divisional level officer) |
| FAT | | Field Artillery Training |
| FS Company, FSC | | Flash Spotting Company |
| GAT | | Garrison Artillery Training |
| GHQ | | General Headquarters of the BEF |
| GOC | | General Officer Commanding |
| GOCRA | | General Officer Commanding, Royal Artillery (a Corps level officer) |
| HE | | high explosive |
| KBS | | Kite Balloon Squadron |
| MGO | | Master General of the Ordnance, the senior officer in charge of weapons and equipment procurement for the Royal Artillery |
| MGRA | | Major-General, Royal Artillery (Army- and GHQ-level officers)
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| PSC | | Passed Staff College; post-nominals for fully-trained staff officers |
| QF | | quick-firing, describing the first guns that had recoil mechanisms that returned the gun to its firing position after each round. As a result, guns could fire up to 20 rounds per minute, but only 8 rounds sustained because otherwise the barrels became dangerously overheated and were liable to fire shells before the breech was closed. QF guns revolutionized artillery around the turn of the twentieth century, but due to budget constraints the Territorial Force began the war with older guns modified into QFs. |
| RAF | | Royal Air Force (from 1 April, 1918) |
| RAHQ | | artillery headquarters of a Division |
| RE | | Royal Engineers |
| RFC | | Royal Flying Corps (until 1 April, 1918) |
| SR Section, SRS | | Sound Ranging Section |
| SS | | Stationery Services |
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"The Infantry cannot do with a gun less": The Place of the Artillery
in the British Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918
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