| ATS | Army Transport Service | Some WAACs were attached to the ATS as cooks, clerks etc. The Army Transport Service was part of the Army Service Corps, providing food and equipment to the Army.
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| CHR | Civilian Hospital Reserve | A register of trained nurses in hospitals who were available to be called up during the War.
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| FANY | First Aid Nursing Yeomanry | A group formed in 1907, FANYs nursed and drove ambulances in France. They were mostly from wealthy backgrounds, some with their own cars.
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| QAIMNS | Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service | Formed in 1902, this was the regular nursing service attached to the Army. It still exists.
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| QARNNS | Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service | Formed in 1902, this was the regular nursing service attached to the Royal Navy. It still exists.
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| QMAAC | Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps | The WAAC was renamed QMAAC on 9 th April 1918. Queen Mary was their Colonel in Chief. It was disbanded in 1920.
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| SWH | Scottish Women’s Hospitals | Set up in 1914 (against official opposition) by women. Women doctors and nurses, some Welsh, worked in difficult circumstances in Serbia and Salonika, as well as France.
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| TFNS | Territorial Forces Nursing Service | The equivalent of the Territorial Army, trained civilian nurses were available to be called up from their civilian hospitals.
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| VAD | Voluntary Aid Detachment | Most VADs worked as unqualified nurses, though training was provided by the Red Cross. Many served close to home, but some were sent abroad.
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| WAAC | Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps | Established in December 1916. Women replaced soldiers doing domestic and clerical tasks. Proportionate to size, more WAACs came from Wales than from elsewhere in the UK. Renamed QMAAC in 1918.
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| WLA | Women’s Land Army | Established in January 1917 to recruit young women into farm work. Many girls and women had been working on farms, but this organised them and gave them uniform and training.
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| WRAF | Women’s Royal Air Force | Established on 1 April 1918. Women replaced airmen doing domestic and clerical tasks. It was disbanded in 1920.
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| WRNS | Women’s Royal Naval Service | Established in November 1917. Women replaced sailors doing domestic and clerical tasks. It was disbanded in 1919.
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