Abbreviations - Regiments

The names of regiments are frequently abbreviated, especially on shoulder titles which are often visible in photographs.  You may find this list of British Army regiments useful:

ACC = Army Cyclist Corps
AOC = Army Ordnance Corps
ASC = Army Service Corps
A&SH = Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
CG = Coldstream Guards
DCLI = Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
DLI = Durham Light Infantry
GG = Grenadier Guards
HAC = Honourable Artillery Company
HLI = Highland Light Infantry
IG = Irish Guards
KOSB = King's Own Scottish Borderers
KOYLI = King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
KSLI = King's Shropshire Light Infantry
MGC = Machine Gun Corps
RA = Royal Artillery
RAMC = Royal Army Medical Corps
RAVC = Royal Army Veterinary Corps
RB = Rifle Brigade
RE = Royal Engineers
RFA = Royal Field Artillery
RFC = Royal Flying Corps
RGA = Royal Garrison Artillery
RHA = Royal Horse Artillery
RMA = Royal Marine Artillery
RMLI = Royal Marine Light Infantry
RSF = Royal Scots Fusiliers
RWF = Royal Welsh Fusiliers
SG = Scots Guards
SLI = Somerset Light Infantry
SWB = South Wales Borderers
VAD = Voluntary Aid Detachment
WG =Welsh Guards