Help with deciphering a word please

[John_Farrar]

Hello

I am in the process of transcribing pages of a War Diary and have come across the word 'grm'

Quote "B,C & D Batteries moved 1 grm each into new position"

Can anyone tell me what 'grm' stands for please?

Many thanks

John

[Tom Morgan]

Are you transcribing a handwritten document, John? If so, could it be "gun"?

Tom

[johnboy]

You may be better posting the page. There are many on here that are good at deciphering handwriting and the context of it might be helpful,

[Ron Clifton]

I agree with Tom - "gun" fits the context of a move to new positions.

Ron

[John_Farrar]

Many thanks for your replies. Yes, 'gun' does seem to be the obvious choice but the writing does not suggest that.

Image attached for you.

Thank you again

John

[keithfazzani]

Look at the word "under" in the line a above, the u starts with an upstroke which is probably the bit that looks like "r" the "u" in "gun" is scribbled, but the "n" is identical.

[John_Farrar]

Good spot Keith. Gun it is which makes sense anyway.

Much obliged

John

[PhilB]

Although "gun" makes sense, I would say that the "under" makes it less likely to be "gun". If he`d wanted to, he could equally well have started the U in gun just like he started the U in under?

[Doc2]

Looks like "gun" to me as well.

[johnboy]

GMN? Gun Mounted/ mounting something.

Perhaps a bigger section of the report is needed for writing comparison.

[John_Farrar]

Thank you all for your input over my little query. I think that this example from an earlier date confirms the word is 'gun/s'

Thanks again

John

[johnboy]

Could the g be a j? the g in brigade looks different in both pages,