Royal Artillery Glossary: Historical and Modern

by Philip Jobson, J B A Bailey

Overview

Since its creation in 1716, the Royal Artillery has been a cornerstone of the British Armed Forces, as their motto Ubique, 'Everywhere' implies. In this book Philip Jobson has collated the enormous and complex artillery lexicon which has accumulated since that day, as dynamic as its subject to keep pace with technical and tactical innovation. The development of indirect fire, counter battery, anti-tank and anti-aircraft fire all required a novel vocabulary, as did advances in survey and locating. Changes in communication from shouts, to flags, to line, to radio, to compressed data transmission all left their mark on the language. Epic in scope and detail, even the most expert Gunner would be likely to fail an unseen test based on this work. It will therefore be a pleasure to those who think themselves expert to browse this volume, and will serve as an invaluable reference for historians and researchers to ensure that they use the correct term and understand its true meaning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750980074
Publisher:	The History Press
Publication date:	09/02/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Philip Jobson is Secretary of the Royal Artillery Association. He spent twenty years researching this book. Major General J B A Bailey was Director of Doctrine and Force Development for the British Army.
PHILIP JOBSON is Secretary of the Royal Artillery Association. He spent twenty years researching this book. Major General J B A Bailey was Director of Doctrine and Force Development for the British Army.

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Royal Artillery Glossary

Of Terms and Abbreviations (Historical and Modern)

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By Philip Jobson

The History Press

Copyright © 2008 Philip Jobson
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-7509-8007-4

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INTRODUCTION

I have produced this book as a consequence of my personal interest in the language of the Royal Regiment. I have taken the terms and abbreviations from documents, books and training manuals in my possession and also from discussions with serving and retired gunners of all ranks. I initially started out to list just the abbreviations, but it soon became apparent that there were many historical terms that meant little or nothing to me. I therefore embarked on the production of this vade mecum of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, little knowing what a major drain on my time and patience it would become.

It became necessary to include a number of non-artillery terms and abbreviations in the book, this has been occasioned by the diverse nature of the roles undertaken by the Regiment. I have, however, endeavoured to keep these to a minimum. There are also a number of Commonwealth Artillery terms included in this book. As with the non-artillery terms, I have tried to keep these to a minimum, as to have included all the commonwealth variations would have meant the book never coming to fruition.

When using this book, it should be borne in mind that the terms and abbreviations given may have had a relatively short usage life and indeed may have had different meaning at different times. I have endeavoured to indicate the period during which they were used, but this has not always proved possible.

Whilst details of many of the artillery pieces used by the Regiment are included in the book, I have not attempted to include every artillery piece ever employed. This would have made the book excessively large and changed the scope of it dramatically.

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Table of Contents

Contents

Introduction,
Acknowledgements,
Section Headings,
Foreword,
Numbers,
A – Ack – 1904/1927; Able – 1943; Alpha – 1956,
B – Beer – 1904/1927; Baker – 1943; Bravo – 1956,
C – Charlie – 1927/1943/1956,
D – Don – 1914/1927; Dog – 1943; Delta – 1956,
E – Edward – 1927; Easy – 1943; Echo – 1956,
F – Freddie – 1927; Fox – 1943; Foxtrot – 1956,
G – George – 1927/1943; Golf – 1956,
H – Harry – 1927; How – 1943; Hotel – 1956,
I – Ink – 1927; Item – 1943; India – 1956,
J – Johnnie – 1927; Jig – 1943; Juliet – 1956,
K – King – 1927/1943; Kilo – 1956,
L – London – 1927; Love – 1943; Lima – 1956,
M – Emma – 1904; Monkey – 1927; Mike – 1943/1956,
N – Nuts – 1927; Nan – 1943; November – 1956,
O – Orange – 1927; Oboe – 1943; Oscar – 1956,
P – Pip – 1927; Peter – 1943; Papa – 1956,
Q – Queen – 1927/1943; Quebec – 1956,
R – Robert – 1927; Roger – 1943; Romeo – 1956,
S – Esses – 1904; Sugar – 1927/1943; Sierra 1956,
T – Toc – 1904/1927; Tare – 1943; Tango – 1956,
U – Uncle – 1927/1943; Uniform – 1956,
V – Vic – 1904/1927; Victor – 1943/1956,
W – William – 1927/1943; Whiskey – 1956,
X – X-Ray – 1927/1943/1956,
Y – Yorker – 1927; Yoke – 1943; Yankee – 1956,
Z – Zebra – 1927/1943; Zulu – 1956,
The Legend of Saint Barbara,
Origins of the Lanyard by Brigadier K. A. Timber,
Master Gunners Whitehall & St. James's Park,
Members of the Royal Artillery awarded the Victoria Cross,
Directors Royal Artillery,
Royal Artillery Sergeant-Majors,
Bibliography,
Useful Internet Sites,