| c |
circa ('around', of dates) |
| C of E |
Church of England |
| c/o |
care of |
| CA |
County Alderman; Chartered Accountant (Scotland and Canada); California |
| CAA |
Civil Aviation Authority |
| CAAV |
(Member of) Central Association of Agricultural Valuers |
| CAB |
Citizens' Advice Bureau; Centre for Agricultural and Biosciences (formerly Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau) |
| CAER |
Conservative Action for Electoral Reform |
| CAFOD |
Catholic Fund for Overseas Development |
| Calif |
California |
| CAM |
Medal of the Order of Australia |
| Cambridge |
Cambridge |
| Cambs |
Cambridgeshire |
| Cantab |
Cantabrigiensis (of Cambridge) |
| Capt |
Captain |
| Cards |
Cardiganshire |
| CARE |
Cottage and Rural Enterprises |
| Carmarths |
Carmarthenshire |
| CAS |
Chief of the Air Staff |
| Cav |
Cavalry |
| CB |
Companion, Order of the Bath; County Borough |
| CBC |
County Borough Council |
| CBE |
Commander, Order of the British Empire |
| CBI |
Confederation of British Industry |
| CBIM |
Companion, British Institute of Management |
| CBiol |
Chartered Biologist |
| CBS |
Columbia Broadcasting System; Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament |
| CC |
County Council(lor); Companion, Order of Canada; City Council; Cricket Club; Cycling Club; County Court |
| CCAB |
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies |
| CCBE |
Commission Consultative des Barreaux de la Coinmunaute Europeenne |
| CCC |
Corpus Christ! College; Central Criminal Court; County Cricket Club |
| CCF |
Combined Cadet Force |
| CCG |
Control Commission Germany |
| CChem |
Chartered Chemist |
| CCRA |
Commander Corps of Royal Artillery |
| CCS |
Casualty Clearing Station; Ceylon Civil Service; Countryside Commission for Scotland |
| CD |
Civil Defence; Canadian Forces Decoration; Commander, Order of Distinction (Jamaica) |
| CDA |
Co-operative Development Agency |
| CDipAF |
Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance |
| Cdr |
Commander |
| Cdre |
Commodore |
| CDS |
Chief of the Defence Staff |
| CE |
Civil Engineer |
| CEE |
Communaute Economique Europeen |
| CEED |
Centre for Economic and Environmental Development |
| CEF |
Canadian Expeditionary Force |
| CEGB |
Central Electricity Generating Board |
| CEMA |
Council for the Encouragement of Music and Arts |
| CEMR |
Council of European Municipalities and Regions |
| CEng |
Chartered Engineer |
| Centl |
Central |
| CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
| Cert |
Certificate |
| CF |
Chaplain to the Forces; Companion, Order of Fiji |
| CFA |
Canadian Field Artillery |
| CFE |
Central Fighter Establishment; College of Further Education |
| CFS |
Central Flying School |
| CGA |
Community of the Glorious Ascension; Country Gentlemen's Association |
| CGeol |
Chartered Geologist |
| CGIA |
Insignia Award of City and Guilds of London Institute |
| CGLI |
City and Guilds of London Institute |
| CGS |
Chief of the General Staff |
| CH |
Companion of Honour |
| Ch Ch |
Christ Church |
| ChB |
Bachelor of Surgery (Chirurgy) |
| CHC |
Community Health Council |
| Chllr |
Chancellor |
| ChM |
Master of Surgery |
| ChStJ |
Chaplain, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
| CI |
Imperial Order of the Crown of India; Channel Islands |
| CIA |
Chemical Industries Association; Central Intelligence Agency |
| CIArb |
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators |
| CIB |
Chartered Institute of Bankers |
| CIC |
Chemical Institute of Canada |
| CID |
Criminal Investigation Department |
| CIE |
Companion, Order of the Indian Empire; Confederation Internationale des Etudiants |
| CIGS |
Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| CIM |
China Inland Mission |
| CIMA |
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants |
| CIMgt |
Companion, Institute of Management |
| CIPD |
Companion, Institute of Personnel and Development |
| Civ |
civil |
| CJ |
Chief Justice |
| CL |
Commander, Order of Leopold |
| CLA |
Country Landowners' Association |
| CLit |
Companion of Literature (Royal Society of Literature Award) |
| CLY |
City of London Yeomanry |
| CM |
Member, Order of Canada; Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians); Master in Surgery; Certificated Master; Canadian Militia |
| CMA |
Canadian Medical Association; Cost and Management Accountant (NZ) |
| CMB |
Central Midwives' Board |
| CMC |
Certified Management Consultant |
| Cmd |
Command (e.g., Southern Command) |
| cmded |
commanded |
| cmdg |
commanding |
| Cmdt |
Commandant |
| CMF |
Commonwealth Military Forces; Central Mediterranean Force |
| CMG |
Companion, Order of St Michael and St George |
| CMLJ |
Commander of Merit, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem |
| CMP |
Corps of Military Police |
| CMS |
Church Mission (formerly Church Missionary) Society; Certificate in Management Studies |
| CMZS |
Corresponding Member, Zoological Society |
| CNAA |
Council for National Academic Awards |
| Cncl |
Council |
| Cncllr |
Councillor |
| CND |
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament |
| CO |
Commanding Officer; Commonwealth Office (after Aug 1966); Colonial Office (before Aug 1966): Conscientious Objector; Colorado |
| COHSE |
Confederation of Health Service Employees |
| COI |
Central Office of Information |
| Col |
Colonel |
| Coll |
College; Collegiate |
| Colo |
Colorado |
| Commn |
Commission |
| commnd |
commissioned |
| Commr |
Commissioner |
| CON |
Officer, Order of the Niger |
| Conf |
Conference |
| Conn |
Connecticut |
| Const |
Constitutional |
| COPUS |
Committee on the Public Understanding of Science |
| Corp |
Corporation |
| COS |
Chief of Staff; Charity Organization Society |
| COSLA |
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities |
| COSSAC |
Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commander |
| CP |
Central Provinces; Cape Province; Congregation of the Passion; Communist Party |
| CPA |
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association; Chartered Patent Agent; Certified Public Accountant (Canada) |
| CPC |
Conservative Political Centre |
| CPEng |
Chartered Professional Engineer (of Institution of Engineers of Australia) |
| Cpl |
Corporal |
| CPM |
Colonial Police Medal |
| CPRE |
Council for the Protection of Rural England |
| CPRS |
Central Policy Review Staff |
| CPRW |
Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales |
| CPS |
Crown Prosecution Service |
| CPsychol |
Chartered Psychologist |
| CQSW |
Certificate of Qualification in Social Work |
| CR |
Community of the Resurrection |
| cr |
created / creation |
| CRA |
Commander, Royal Artillery |
| CRAeS |
Companion, Royal Aeronautical Society |
| CRC |
Cancer Research Campaign; Community Relations Council |
| CRE |
Commander, Royal Engineers; Commission for Racial Equality; Commercial Relations and Exports |
| CREME |
Commander, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
| Cres |
Crescent |
| CRO |
Commonwealth Relations Office |
| CS |
Civil Service; Clerk to the Signet |
| CSCE |
Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| CSD |
Civil Service Department; Co-operative Secretaries Diploma; Chartered Society of Designers |
| CSI |
Companion, Order of the Star of India |
| CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia) |
| CSM |
Company Sergeant-Major |
| CSO |
Chief Scientific Officer; Chief Signal Officer; Chief Staff Officer; Central Statistical Office |
| CSP |
Chartered Society of Physiotherapists; Civil Service of Pakistan |
| CSS |
Companion, Star of Sarawak; Council for Science and Society |
| CSSR |
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorist Order) |
| CStJ |
Commander, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem |
| CSV |
Community Service Volunteers |
| CT |
Connecticut |
| Ctee |
Committee |
| CU |
Cambridge University |
| CV |
Cross of Valour (Canada) |
| CVCP |
Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom |
| CVO |
Commander, Royal Victorian Order |
| CWA |
Crime Writers Association |
| Cwlth |
Commonwealth |
| CWS |
Co-operative Wholesale Society |
