23rd Field Regiment, RCA, 83rd Artillery Division

[Cheryl England]

Originally posted by John McGillivray

thank you so much to John McGillivray for the definitions of the military acronyms- your assistance is greatly appreciated. If it's not too much trouble, could I please ask you to look at the following acronyms to see if you know what they stand for. I've included the sentance I found them in, so the context is understood.

LSR - By night, the 22nd Armoured Regiment, with a company
of LSR's had made a great leap forward.
ENSA - The Regiment was put on the entertainment circuit for
Cdn. Army shows and ENSA performances.
RQM - Capt. Maxwell became RQM
RQH - RHQ and 83rd disembarked that evening
Mike - the procedure for firing MIKE targets
AP - The AP shoot would slice a hole through the burlap
BQMS - Sgt. Quinn was later to be their BQMS
CPO - the CPO and ACPO each had carriers at this stage
CCRA - The GPO said, it's too bad the CCRA had to be at the gun
postion for that shoot
RA - Several men joined an RA forward observation Unit
DRLS - the troop provided DRLS service re communication
problems
CRA - the radios were in the CO's tank while he wasked as CRA
rep at 4 Bde Headquaarters
COMPO - Those on British ships ate COMPO rations
LO - Capt. McIlroy went to Div. Arty. as LO in the Brigade
Major's Office.
Again, any assistance you could provide would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks
Cheryl England