Chris Heaton Posted 1 July , 2020 Share Posted 1 July , 2020 On a Roll of Honour I am transcribing I have a sapper whose unit is given as 'Signalling ci., HQ section'. Can anyone tell me what the abbreviation 'ci' means in this context. I have not been able to find it or work it out from any of the standard lists of abbreviations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 1 July , 2020 Share Posted 1 July , 2020 Are you sure it is ‘ci’? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 2 July , 2020 Share Posted 2 July , 2020 'Clerk'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Heaton Posted 2 July , 2020 Author Share Posted 2 July , 2020 'ci' could possibly be 'cl' and therefore clerk but before considering other possibilities I thought I had better rule out the possibility that 'signalling ci' was a known abbreviation which I had simply failed to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 2 July , 2020 Share Posted 2 July , 2020 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Chris Heaton said: 'ci' could possibly be 'cl' and therefore clerk but before considering other possibilities I thought I had better rule out the possibility that 'signalling ci' was a known abbreviation which I had simply failed to find. I think that Steven is correct and it refers to Signals clerk, which was a common role responsible for maintaining signals logs and very important for the purpose of communications audit trails. Edited 2 July , 2020 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 2 July , 2020 Share Posted 2 July , 2020 It is not at all uncommon to find non-standard abbreviations on local memorials and rolls of honour. I would suspend judgment for the time being, especially as "Signalling" is much less common than "Signals" in the names of such units. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 2 July , 2020 Share Posted 2 July , 2020 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Ron Clifton said: It is not at all uncommon to find non-standard abbreviations on local memorials and rolls of honour. I would suspend judgment for the time being, especially as "Signalling" is much less common than "Signals" in the names of such units. Ron Yes I agree, although with the HQ Section connotation, I think that there's a good chance that Steven was correct given the RE association. At least the OP now has something to consider. Edited 2 July , 2020 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Heaton Posted 2 July , 2020 Author Share Posted 2 July , 2020 Thank you all for your comments - and for the reassurance that I had not simply missed a standard abbreviation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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