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GLOSSARY
ASC Army Service Corps.
AWOL Absent without leave.
Battalion Infantry group of about 1,000 officers
and men.
BEF British Expeditionary Force – the army
sent to France in late 1914.
Brigade Generally three battalions – about 3,000
men.
Company Quarter of a battalion – about 250 men.
Cook Son & Co Large linen warehouse and distribution
centre in London. John Groome Howes,
of Kings Cliffe was a partner and found
work for many Cliffe men there.
Corps 3 to 4 divisions – about 50,000 men.
CQMS Company Quarter Master Sergeant.
Division 3 to 4 Brigades – about 12,000 men.
Dreadnought Name of the first of a new class of more
powerful battleship.
Drugg Specialist horse drawn cart for hauling
timber.
Femur Thigh bone.
FGMC Field General Court Martial.
LNWR London North Western Railways – Ran
line through Kings Cliffe.
Mortar Short range field gun that fires with a
high trajectory – a “lob”.
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ASC Army Service Corps.
AWOL Absent without leave.
Battalion Infantry group of about 1,000 officers
and men.
BEF British Expeditionary Force – the army
sent to France in late 1914.
Brigade Generally three battalions – about 3,000
men.
Company Quarter of a battalion – about 250 men.
Cook Son & Co Large linen warehouse and distribution
centre in London. John Groome Howes,
of Kings Cliffe was a partner and found
work for many Cliffe men there.
Corps 3 to 4 divisions – about 50,000 men.
CQMS Company Quarter Master Sergeant.
Division 3 to 4 Brigades – about 12,000 men.
Dreadnought Name of the first of a new class of more
powerful battleship.
Drugg Specialist horse drawn cart for hauling
timber.
Femur Thigh bone.
FGMC Field General Court Martial.
LNWR London North Western Railways – Ran
line through Kings Cliffe.
Mortar Short range field gun that fires with a
high trajectory – a “lob”.
261
