Acronym on War Diaries

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  1. Charley Fortnum

    Charley Fortnum Dreaming of Red Eagles

    There are too many possibilities for 'G.C.' for me (at least) to guess GCR without seeing a lot more context.

    Your best bet here is to post pictures of the original documents with a list of all the abbreviations you don't know in one post and we'll collectively chip away at them for you.
     
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  2. Charley Fortnum

    Charley Fortnum Dreaming of Red Eagles

    RDF?

    Are you sure that isn't Radio Direction Finder/Finding?
     
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  3. Lee1983

    Lee1983 Well-Known Member

     

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  4. Charley Fortnum

    Charley Fortnum Dreaming of Red Eagles

    That is one sparse War Diary!

    My suggestion would be to search other pages for another instance of GCR and see whether there are more contextual clues.

    Likely after a unit move/relocation.
     
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  5. Lee1983

    Lee1983 Well-Known Member

    Anyone able to help with the FCI's acronym in the following sentence.
    SITE EQUIPMENT: SPIDERS WEB, BARRAGE BOOKS, SITE FIGHTING BOOKS INCLUDING GUN LAYING CALIIBRATION CHARTS TO BE HANDED OVER TO INCOMING UNIT. 306TH BATTERY WILL TAKE TWO COMPLETE SETS OF FCI’S.
     
  6. Lee1983

    Lee1983 Well-Known Member

    WARNING “BLACK” FROM ROYAL AIR FORCE acronym if anyone could explain what this means would be great.
     
  7. Charley Fortnum

    Charley Fortnum Dreaming of Red Eagles

    Fire Control Instruments, I think.
     
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  8. Lee1983

    Lee1983 Well-Known Member

    Anyone able to shed light on the acronym SMO in the following please. Would it be Senior/Staff Medical Officer or Security Management Officer? BRIGADIER, GENERAL STAFF PAIFORCE VISITED 306TH BATTERY. SMO REPRESENTATIVE INSPECTED SITES KK1 AND KK2 AT 306TH BATTERY.
     
  9. idler

    idler GeneralList

    GCR could be Gun Control Radar?

    A Gun Control Room might be a little optimistic in a field position. And I feel like I should've checked the theatre before ruling out the Gold Coast Regiment...
     
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  10. Tony56

    Tony56 Member Patron

    Senior Medical Officer?
     
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  12. Lee1983

    Lee1983 Well-Known Member

    GUN CONTROL RADAR SOUNDS LOGICAL AS THE REGIMENT IS 75TH HAA ROYAL ARTILLERY
     
  13. Charley Fortnum

    Charley Fortnum Dreaming of Red Eagles

  14. Lee1983

    Lee1983 Well-Known Member

    Can anyone help with the meaning of O2 in the following sentence. LIEUTENANT J. L. DAWE VISITED GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, O2 AND PAYMASTER. OBSOLETE CENSOR STAMPS TO GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, MIDDLE EAST FORCE.
     
  15. Lee1983

    Lee1983 Well-Known Member

    Does anyone know the meaning of O's F.C. in the following paragraph. INSTRUCTIONS RECEIVED FROM 21ST ANTI-AIRCRAFT BRIGADE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR HANDING OVER OF GUNS, FIRE CONTROL INSTRUMENTS AND G.1098 STORES TO 5TH BASE ORDNANCE DEPOT. INSTRUCTIONS RECEIVED TO SEND ALL O’S F.C. TO BASE DEPOT ROYAL ARTILLERY ON 27TH MAY 1944.
     
  16. Lee1983

    Lee1983 Well-Known Member

    Does the DRV OPS in the following sentence mean Driver Operatives or something else.
    21 DRV OPS AND 18 OTHER TRADESMAN AND REGIMENTAL SERGEANT MAJOR MCKAY FOR BASE DEPOT ROYAL ARTILLERY FOR TRANSFER TO ROYAL ARTILLERY (FIELD).
     
  17. Lee1983

    Lee1983 Well-Known Member

    Can any shed light on the meaning of MEOSB in this sentence.
    POSTING ORDERS RECEIVED FOR 75 OTHER RANKS TO HEADQUARTERS 56TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 164 OTHER RANKS TO BASE DEPOT ROYAL ARTILLERY FOR FURTHER DISPOSAL, 30 NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS TO MIDDLE EAST INFANTRY TRAINING DEPOT AND 5 NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AWAITING FOR MEOSB.
     
  18. Derek Barton

    Derek Barton Senior Member

    Dvr Ops are Driver/Operator i.e. Drivers who are trained to operate a radio. MEOSB I would guess to be Middle East Officer Selection Board. O's FC again a guess but could be Operators Fire Control.
     
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  19. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Maybe Middle East Officer Selection Board.
     
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  20. Lee1983

    Lee1983 Well-Known Member

    Thank you. Would you know the meaning of O2 in this sentence.
    LIEUTENANT J. L. DAWE VISITED GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, O2 AND PAYMASTER. OBSOLETE CENSOR STAMPS TO GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, MIDDLE EAST FORCE.
    and the meaning of
    WARNING “BLACK” FROM ROYAL AIR FORCE.
     

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