Abbreviations Used in Military Documents and for Medal Inscriptions - Abbreviations: M
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M |
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| M | Minelayer, Minister, Miscellaneous, Major, Matron |
| M & D | Medals and Decorations |
| M & S | Munitions and Supply |
| M & SM RY Rif | Madras & Southern Mahratta Railway Battalion |
| M BTY | Mountain Battery |
| M CYCLIST | Motor Cyclist |
| M FARMS D | Military Farms Department |
| M GNR, MR GR | Master Gunner |
| M MECH | Motor Mechanic |
| M RIF, MR | Mounted Rifles |
| M VET SECT | Mobile Veterinary Section |
| M&BC | Mining & Boring Company |
| M&D | Medals & Decorations, Medicine and Return to Duty |
| M&JWS | Mountain & Jungle Warfare School |
| M&Wasst | Munitions and Weapons Assistant |
| M&Wtech | Munitions and Weapons Technician |
| M(N) | Minister for Naval Services |
| M(No) | Captain "M" (Number) Mine Laying Squadron |
| M, MTR | Master |
| M/A | Meal Allowance |
| M/C | Motor Cycle |
| M/F | Medium Frequency |
| m/n | Marginally Named |
| M/S | Minesweeper(s) |
| M/SAux | Minesweepers Auxiliary |
| M/SBan | Minesweepers Bangor |
| M/SBas | Minesweepers Bassett |
| M/SMotor | Minesweepers Motor |
| M/SWood | Minesweepers Wooden |
| M/T | Motor Transport |
| M1 | Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport Section |
| M2 | Army Service Corps, Electricians |
| MA | Medical Assistant, Master, Meal Allowance, Military Academy |
| MA/SBI | Motor Torpedo Boat fitted with asdic set and depth charges |
| MA/STU | Mobile Asdic Training Unit |
| MAA | Medium Anti Aircraft, Master at Arms |
| MAAF | Mediterranean Allied Air Forces |
| MAC | Merchant Aircraft Carriers |
| MAC | Minesweeping Craft, Minesweeping Attendant, Motor Ambulance Convoy (or Car, Company) |
| MAC | Motor Ambulance Car |
| MACEDONIAN MULE C, MACEDONIAN MULE CPS | Macedonian Mule Corps |
| Mach | Machinist |
| MachAccOp | Machine Accounting Operator |
| MACR(A)D | Manitoba Armoured Car Regiment (Armoured) Division |
| MACRCAMC | Motor Ambulance Convoy, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps |
| MACRI | Maritime Atlantic Coastal Routing Instructions |
| MAD | Military Accounts Department, Magnetic Air Detector |
| MADRAS MTR CYC | Madras Motor Cyclist |
| MADRAS S & M | Madras Sappers & Miners |
| MAFEKING CC | Mafeking Cadet Corps |
| MAFEKING DF | Mafeking Defence Force |
| MAFEKING RV | Mafeking Railway Volunteers |
| MAFEKING SPC | Mafeking Special Police Contingent |
| Mag | Magnetic, Magazine |
| MAGADI DF | Magadi Defence Force |
| MAGU | Master Gunner |
| MAHRATTAS | Mahrattas |
| maint | Maintenance |
| MAJ GEN | Major General |
| MAJ KPLN | Major Chaplain |
| Maj, MAJOR | Major |
| MALAY S GDS | Malay States Guides |
| MALAY S GDS ART | Malay States Guides Artillery |
| MALER KOTLA I-S SPRS | Malerkotla Imperial Service Sappers |
| MALMESBURY DF | Malmesbury Defence Force |
| MALTA RE | Malta Royal Engineers |
| MALTESE LC | Maltese Labour Corps |
| MAMS | Mobile Air Movement Section |
| MAN | Manitoba |
| MAN R | Manitoba Regiment |
| MANCH R, MANCH, MANCHR | Manchester Regiment |
| MANSR | Miramichi Area North Shore Regiment |
| MAO | Medical Associate |
| MARATGANI MR | Maratgani Mounted Rifles |
| MARCOM | Maritime Command |
| MARE | Maritime Engineer |
| MarEngT | Marine Engineering Technician |
| MARI | Mercantile Atlantic Routing Instructions |
| MARICO CDO | Marico Commando |
| MARITZBURG AMB C | Maritzburg Ambulance Corps |
| MARS | Maritime Surface and Sub-surface |
| MARSHALL'S H | Marshall's Horse |
| MARURCOC | Mobile Ammunition Repair Unit, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps |
| MAS | Motor Ambulance Section |
| MASON | Mason |
| Mat | Material |
| MATATIELE EUR RES | Matatiele European Reserve |
| MATATIELE NC | Matatiele Native Contingent |
| MATP | Mobilization Assignment Training Plan |
| MATRON | Matron |
| MB | Medal of Bravery, Military Band, Motor Boat, Mountain Battery, Motorboatman |
| MB SCTS | Mounted Brigade Scouts |
| MB(M) | Motordrome Barracks (Montreal) |
| MB, MED BD | Medical Board |
| MBC | Motorboat Crewman |
| MBDS | Main Bench Dressing Station |
| MBE | Member of the Order of the British Empire |
| MBLRCAMC | Mobile Bacteriological Laboratory, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps |
| MBM1 | Soldiers Pay Book |
| MBRCA | Medium Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery |
| MBRGA | Mountain Battery Royal Garrison Artillery |
| MBSSM | Medical Board Sault St Marie |
| MBT | Main Battle Tank |
| MBTC | Mines Booby Traps Course |
| MBURCOC | Mobile Bath Unit, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps |
| MC | Memorial Cross, Military Cross, Mobile Canteen, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Course, Mule Corps |
| MC of S | Military College of Science |
| MC(I) | Mule Convoy (India) |
| Mc/s | Megacycles |
| MCC | Military Career Counsellor |
| MCD | Manager Constructive Dept |
| MCDV | Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel |
| MCH | Malton Convalescent Hospital |
| MCI | Mercantile Convoy Instructions |
| MCM | Mine Countermeasures |
| MCMHRCAMC | Macdonald College (or Maple Creek) Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps |
| MCMV | Mine Countermeasures Vessels |
| MCRCAMC | Medical Centre, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps |
| MCS(C) | Movement Control Staff (Canada), Motor Landing Craft Carrying Ship |
| MCSP | Maintenance |
| MD | Military District, Military Depot, Manning Depot, Mahendra Dhal Regiment |
| MD 1 | Military District 1, Western Ontario (London) |
| MD 11 | Military District 11, British Columbia (Victoria) |
| MD 12 | Military District 12, Saskatchewan (Regina) |
| MD 13 | Military District 13, Alberta (Calgary) |
| MD 2 | Military District 2, Central Ontario (Toronto) |
| MD 3 | Military District 3, Eastern Ontario (Kingston) |
| MD 4 | Military District 4, Western Quebec (Montreal) |
| MD 5 | Military District 5, Eastern Quebec (Quebec) |
| MD 6 | Military District 6, Maritime Provinces (Halifax) |
| MD#5&CCVC | Military District #5 & Camp Commander Valcartier Camp |
| MDB | Military Detention Barracks |
| MDBBO | Military Detention Barracks Brampton, Ontario |
| MDBSBCPC | Military Detention Barracks Stanley Barracks Canadian Provost Corps |
| MDC | Mobile Deperming Craft |
| MDG | Medical Director-General |
| Md'Hon | Medaille d'Honneur (France) |
| MDHQS | Military District Headquarters Staff |
| MDS | Main Dressing Station |
| MDU | Mobile Deperming Unit |
| ME | Mechanical Engineer, Middle East |
| MEAC | Military Engineers Association of Canada |
| MEC, MECH | Mechanic, Mechanician, Mechanized, Mechanical, Director of Mechanization |
| Mech Eqpt (Pk) (Coy) | Mechanical Equipment (Park) (Company) |
| MECH S SJT | Mechanist Staff Sergeant |
| MechTpr, MECH TPT | Mechanical Transport |
| MED | Medium, Medical |
| MED | Medium, Medical, Manager Engineering Dept, Mediterranean and Red Sea Area |
| MED CORPS EA | Medical Corps Egyptian Army |
| MedA | Medical Assistant |
| MedCTR | Medical Centre |
| Med-Evac | Medical Evacuation |
| Meds | Director General of Medical Services |
| MEF | Mesopotamian (or Mediterranean) Expeditionary Force, Middle East Forces |
| MEIC | Middle East Intelligence Centre |
| MEIRI | Mercantile East Indies Routing Instructions |
| MENNIES SCTS | Mennie's Scouts |
| MEO | Mercantile Equipment Office (Naval) |
| MERWARAS | Merwara Infantry |
| MES | Military Engineering Services |
| MESO R, MESO RYS, MESPOT RLYS | Mesopotamian Railways |
| MESPSRCE | Mechanical Equipment Spare Parts Section, Royal Canadian Engineers |
| MESRCECMF | Mechanical Equipment Section, Royal Canadian Engineers, Central Mediterranean Force |
| MESS MARSHAL | Mess Marshal |
| MESS STD | Mess Steward |
| MESupt | Mobile Equipment Superintendent |
| MET | Meteorology |
| METech | Mobile Equipment Technician |
| METH | Methodist |
| METI | Meti |
| MetO | Meteorological Observer |
| MetTech | Meteorological Technician |
| MEW | Ministry of Economic Warfare |
| MEXE | Mechanical Equipment Experimental Establishment |
| MF | Military (or Militia) Form, Mediterranean Fleet |
| MFA | Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary |
| MFB | Master File Maintenance |
| MFC | Mortar Fire Controller |
| MFD | Military Farms Department, Military Forwarding Department |
| MFM | Master File Maintenance |
| MFO | Military Forwarding Officer |
| MFP | Military Foot Police |
| MFRC | Military Family Resource Centre |
| MFV | Motor Fishing Vessel |
| MG | Machine Gun |
| MG | Medical Guard |
| MG | Messenger |
| MG BN | Machine Gun Battalion |
| MG COY | Machine Gun Company |
| MG DETACHT | Machine Gun Detachment |
| MG SQN, MG SQUN | Machine Gun Squadron |
| MGA | Major General in charge of Administration |
| MGB | Motor gun boat |
| MGBD | Machine Gun Base Depot |
| MGC | Machine Gun Corps |
| MGC (CAV), MGC CAV | Machine Gun Corps Cavalry |
| MGCRNVR | Machine Gun Company Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
| MGCT | Major-General Combined Training |
| MGEN | Major General |
| MGGS | Major General General Staff |
| MGHU | Machine Gun Holding Unit |
| MGRA | Major General Royal Artillery |
| MGRU | Machine Gun Reinforcement Unit |
| MGS | Machine Gun School, Machine Gun Squadron |
| MGTC | Machine Gun Training Centre |
| MGTC(NRMA) | Machine Gun Training Centre (National Resources Mobilization Act of 1940) |
| MGTC(RF) | Machine Gun Training Centre (Reserve Fleet) |
| MH | Military Hospital |
| MHC | Military Hospitals Commission, Military Harbour Craft |
| MHC | Miscellaneous Harbour Craft |
| MHCC | Military Hospitals Commission of Canada |
| MHHRCAMC | Montmagny (or Montreal, Mulgrave) Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps |
| MHLRCAMC | Mobile Hygiene Laboratory, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps |
| MHQ | Maritime Headquarters |
| MHTS | Mahrattas |
| MI | Military Intelligence, Mounted Infantry |
| MI ROOM, MIR | Medical Inspection Room |
| MI, ML | Mile |
| MI5 | Military Intelligence 5 (UK, Internal Security) |
| MI6 | Military Intelligence 6 (UK, External Security) |
| MIA | Missing in Action, Mounted Infantry |
| MIC | Medical Instructions Camp |
| MICS | Miscellany, Miscellaneous |
| MID | Mentioned-in-Despatches |
| MID, MIDS | Midshipman |
| MIDDLEBURG CDO | Middleburg Commando |
| MIDD'X R, MIDD'XR, MIDDX | Middlesex Regiment |
| MIDLAND MR | Midland Mounted Rifles |
| MIDLANDSE R | Midlandse Ruiters |
| MidR | Midland Regiment |
| MIL HOS, MILHOS, MilHos | Military Hospital |
| MIL M CYC C | Military Motor Cyclists Corps |
| MIL, MILY | Military |
| MILE | Military Engineer |
| MILO | Military Intelligence Liaison Officer |
| Min | Minister |
| Min(A) | Minister for Air |
| MIO | Maritime Interdiction Operations |
| MIRALAI | Colonel |
| MIS | Mercantile Intelligence Section (or Service), Ministry of Information |
| MIS | Military Intelligence Service |
| MIS | Ministry of Information |
| Misc | Miscellaneous |
| Miss | Missing |
| Mit | Mitrailleuses |
| MJ | Major |
| MJGE | Major General |
| MK | mark |
| ML | Missing List, Motor Launch |
| ML CPS, MLC | Mekran Levy Corps |
| ML&BU | Mobile Laundry & Bath Unit |
| ML&FDU | Mobile Laundry & Forward Decontamination Unit |
| MLC | Motor Landing Craft, Macedonian Labour Corps, Mekran Levy Corps |
| MLDR | Moulder |
| MLI | Mahratta Light Infantry |
| MLO | Military Liaison Officer, Military Landing Officer |
| MLOC | Minimum Level of Capability |
| MLRU | Mobile Land Repair Units |
| MLV | Mine Laying Vessels |
| MLVW | Medium Logistics Vehicle Wheeled |
| MLWRGHT | Millwright |
| MM | Military Medal, Motor(man) Mechanic,Meteorologist's Mate |
| MMG | Medium Machine Gun, Motor Machine Gun |
| MMGC | Motor Machine Gun Corps |
| MMGS | Motor Machine Gun Service |
| MMGS (RA) | Motor Machine Gun Service (Royal Artillery) |
| MMHRCAMC | Magantic (or Mewata, Mimico, Monteith) Military Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps |
| Mmil | Medaille Militaire (France) |
| MML | Manual of Military Law |
| MMM | Member of the Order of Military Merit |
| MMN | Machineman |
| MMP | Miscellaneous Military Personnel, Military Mounted Police |
| MMPITest | Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Test |
| MMR | Manitoba Mounted Rifles, Mercantile Marine Reserve |
| MMS | Mercantile Movements Section (Naval) |
| MMS | Motorcycle Maintenance School |
| MMTP | Military Medical Training Plan |
| MMU | Multi-National Medical Unit |
| MN | Merchant Navy, Midnight |
| MNB | Mobile Naval Base |
| MNBDO | Mobile Naval Base Defence Organization |
| MNC | Merchant Navy Code |
| MND | Minister of National Defence |
| MNEU | Mission Navale Etats Unis, Washington |
| MNI | Madras Native Infantry |
| MNOPF | Merchant Navy Officer's Pension Fund |
| MNP | Merchant Navy Privilege |
| MNS | Manager of Naval Stores |
| MNSK | Private |
| Mnvre | Manoeuvre |
| MO | Medical Officer, Militia Order, Month, Meteorological Observer, Meteorological Technician |
| MO(D) | Medical Officer (Dental) |
| MO(s) | Militia Order |
| MOB | Man Overboard |
| Mob | Mobile |
| MOB | Mobile, Mobilization |
| Mobn | Mobilisation |
| MOC | Military Operation (or Occupation) Code |
| MOCHI | Mochi |
| MOCOMP | Maintenance of Competency (Physicians Only) |
| MOD | Ministry of Defence |
| MOEF | Mid-Ocean Escort Force |
| MOF | Master of the Fleet |
| MofWT | Ministry of War Transport |
| MOG | Medical Officer of the Guard |
| MOHR | Mohr |
| MOI | Ministry of Information |
| MOMBASA DF | Mombasa Defence Force |
| MOMBASA IVC | Mombasa Indian Volunteer Corps |
| MOMBASA MARINE DF | Mombasa Marine Defence Force |
| MOMBASA TG | Mombasa Town Guard |
| MOMP | Mid Ocean Meeting Point |
| MON, MONMOUTH R | Monmouthshire Regiment |
| MONG Y, MONTGOM YEO | Montgomeryshire Yeomanry |
| MONTGOMERENCY'S SCTS | Montgomerency's Scouts |
| MORT | Maintenance Officer Rescue Tugs |
| MOSID | Military Occupation Structure Identification Code |
| MOT | Motor |
| MOTOR TRANSPORT RND | Motor Transport Royal Naval Division |
| MOTP | Medical Officer Training Plan |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MOULVI | Moulvi |
| Mov | Movement, Movement Control Staff |
| MP | Military Police(man), Muster Parade, Memorial Plaque |
| MP&DB | Military Prison & Detention Barracks, Main Party |
| MPB | Madras/Military Police Battalion |
| MPCC | Military Police Complaints Commission |
| MPCRI | Mercantile Pacific Coastwise Routeing Instructions |
| MPD | Military Prisons Department |
| MPF | Manitoba Patriotic Fund |
| MPH | Miles per hour |
| MPI | Mean Point of Impact |
| MPO | Moving Picture Operators |
| MPRI | Mercantile Pacific Routeing Instructions |
| MPS | Manning Priority System |
| MPSC | Military Provost Staff Corps, Military Police Staff Corps |
| MPSCAO/S | Mobile Printing Section Canadian Army Overseas |
| MQ | Married Quarters |
| MQMS | Mechanic Quartermaster-Sergeant |
| MR | Mounted Rifles, Manchester Regiment, Montgomeryshire Yeomanry, Master at Arms, Motor Regiment, Montmagny Regiment, Mobilization & Recruiting Section of Organization, Midland Regiment, Maisonneuve Regiment, Middlesex, Mister |
| MRC | Military Research Centre |
| MRD | Manitoba Regimental Depot, Moncton Recruiting Depot |
| MRF | Les Fusiliers de Mont-Royal |
| MRO | Military Reporting Officer |
| MRSS | Medium Regiment Signals Section |
| MS | Mechanical Specials', Military Secretary, Master Sergeant, Medical Staff, Medical Services |
| MS FMN | Machine Shop Foreman |
| MS MJR | Mechanist Sergeant Major |
| MS(No) | Senior Officer (Number) Minesweeping Flotilla |
| MSA | Military Service Act |
| MSB | Medical Selection Boards |
| MSB | Military Service Branch |
| MSC | Medical Staff Corps |
| MSD | Munitions & Supply Depot, Medical Stores Depot |
| MSE | Mobile Support Equipment |
| MSEO | Mobile Support Equipment Officer |
| MSEOP | Mobile Support Equipment Operator |
| MSFF | Moroccan Sea Frontier |
| MSG(No) | (Number) Minesweeping Group |
| Msgt | Master Sergeant |
| MSLC | Mount Saint Louis Contingent |
| MSLCHI | Masalchi |
| MSLSH | Mechanized Squadron Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) |
| MSM | Meritorious Service Medal, Mechanical Sergeant Major |
| MSRTM | Marine Superintendent Rescue Tugs Mediterranean |
| MSS | Mechanist Staff Sergeant |
| MSSC | Military Store Staff Corps |
| MSTech | Mechanical Systems Technician |
| MStGeo | Medal of Saint George (Russia) |
| MSTR MECH | Master Mechanic |
| MT | Military (or Motor) Transport, Military, Militia |
| MT CURRIE RES | Mount Currie Reserves |
| MT DVR | Mechanical Transport Driver |
| MTA | Mauritius Territorial Artillery |
| MTAP | Military Training Assistance Program |
| MTB | Motor Torpedo Boat |
| MTC | Militia Training Centre, Military Trades Company, Motor Transport Corps |
| MTC(A&TS) | Military Training Centre (Administrative & Training Staff) |
| MTCDS | Military Training Centre District School |
| MTCRCOC | Mechanics Training Centre, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps |
| MTCT | Militia Training Centre Trainees |
| Mtd | Mounted |
| MTD BD SCTS | Mounted Brigade Scouts |
| MTD REG | Mounted Regiment |
| MTDGB(B) | Mechanical Transport Depot Guard Borden (Borden) |
| MTDRCOC | Mechanized Transport Depot, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps |
| MTE | Mechanical Training Establishment |
| MTE BKR | Bakers Mate |
| Mtech, MtlTech | Metals Technician |
| MTHU | Mechanical Transport Holding Units |
| MTICMHQRCOC | Mechanical Transport Inspectorate Canadian Military Headquarter, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps |
| MTIRCASC | Mechanical Transport Inspectorate, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps |
| MTIRCEME | Mechanical Transport Inspectorate, Royal Canadian Electrical and mechanical Engineers |
| MTMB | Medium Trench Mortar Battery |
| MTMU | Mechanical Training Mobile Unit or Mobile Torpedo Maintenance Unit |
| Mtn | Mountain |
| MTN BATTERY, MTN BATTY, MTN BTY | Mountain Battery |
| MTO | Motor (or Mechanical) Transport Officer |
| MTOC | Maintenance (or Mechanical) Training Officer Course |
| MTR | Mechanical Transport Regiment |
| MTR | Motor |
| MTR BOY | Motor Boy |
| MTS | Motor Transport Service |
| MTSDRCOC | Mechanical Transport Sub Depot, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps |
| MtStBSC | Mount St Bruno Summer Camp (Bruno Training Battalion & Bruno Summer Camp Headquarters) |
| MTTSCRCOC | Mechanical Transport Technical Stores Company, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps |
| MTVRD | Mechanical Transport Vehicle Reception Depot |
| MTW/SSRCOC | Mechanical Transport Workshop Section, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, Mobilization Training Centre, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, Movement Train, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps |
| MU | Maintenance Unit, Medically Unfit |
| MULAZIM A | Lieutenant |
| MULAZIM T | Second Lieutenant |
| MULE CPS | Mule Corps |
| MULETEER, MULTR | Muleteer |
| MURASLER | Soldier Servant |
| MURRAY'S H | Murray's Horse |
| MURRAY'S SCTS | Murray's Scouts |
| MURRAYSBURG CDO | Murraysburg Commando |
| Mus | Muslim |
| MUS, MUSN, MUSCN | Musician |
| MUSC | Music |
| MV | Motor vessel, Muzzle Velocity, Motor Vehicle |
| MVC | Motor Volunteer Corps |
| MVO | Member of the Royal Victorian Order (4th or 5th Class) |
| MVS | Mobile Veterinary Section |
| MvtCon | Movements Controller |
| MW | Maintenance Wing |
| MW,SSupt | Metals Workshops Superintendent |
| MWDEA | Military Works Department Egyptian Army |
| MWS | Military Works Service |
| MWT | (British) Ministry of War Transport |
| MWTelO, MW TEL O | Marine Wireless Telegraph Operator |
| MX | Memorial Cross |
| MXR | Middlesex Regiment |
| MY | Motor Yacht |
| MYBURGH'S CDO | Myburgh's Commando |
| MYIT BN BMP | Myit Battalion Burma Military Police |