Abbreviations

Abbreviations used throughout the text, including within the chronology and appendices.

ABCA Army Bureau of Current Affairs
AGI Alliance Graphique Internationale
AIA Artists International Association
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
ARP Air Raid Precautions
ATS Auxiliary Territorial Service
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
BIPO British Institute of Public Opinion
BMJ British Medical Journal
BSHC British Social Hygiene Council
BUF British Union of Fascists
CAI Council for Art and Industry
CBE Commander of the Order of the British Empire
CCHE Central Council for Health Education
CID Committee for Imperial Defence
COI Central Office of Information
DG Director General (of MOI)
DDG Deputy Director General (of MOI)
EMB Empire Marketing Board
ENSA Entertainments’ National Service Association
EWO Emergency Works Order
FO Foreign Office
GPD General Production Division
GPO General Post Office
HI Home Intelligence Division
HLRO
HPD House of Lords Records Office
Home Publicity Division
HMEC Home Morale Emergency Committee
HMSO His/Her Majesty’s Stationary Office
HOC House of Commons
HPC Home Planning Committee
IPA Institute for Propaganda Analysis
IWM Imperial War Museum
JAS Junior Assistant Specialist
LCC London City Council
LDV Local Defence Volunteers
LNER London and North-Eastern Railway
LPTB London Passenger Transport Board
LT London Transport
LTM London Transport Museum
MACS Medical Advisory Committee for Scotland
MBE Member of the Order of the British Empire
MIRIAD Manchester Institute for Research and Innovation in Art and Design
MMB Milk Marketing Board
MNCS Merchant Navy Comforts Service
M-O Mass-Observation
MOF Ministry of Food
MOH Ministry of Health
MOI Ministry of Information
MOLNS Ministry of Labour and National Service
MOWT Ministry of War Transport
NAL National Art Library
NCCVD National Council for Combatting Venereal Diseases
NGA National Galley of Art (USA)
NHS National Health Service
NSC National Savings Committee
NSPVD National Society for the Prevention of Venereal Diseases
OBE Office of the Order of the British Empire
PRO Public Record Office
PWE Political Warfare Executive
RA Royal Academy of Art
RAC Royal Armoured Corps
RAF Royal Air Force
RAOC Royal Army Ordnance Corps
RCA Royal College of Art
RDI Royal Designer for Industry
RIO Regional Information Officer
RMVP Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda
ROSPA/RSPA Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
RSMA Royal Society of Marine Artists
SHAEF Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
SIA Society of Industrial Artists
SOE Special Operations Executive
UK United Kingdom
USA United States of America
USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
V&A Victoria and Albert Museum
VADS Visual Arts Data Service
VD Venereal Disease
WAAF Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
WLA Women’s Land Army
WRNS Women’s Royal Naval Service
WSS Wartime Social Survey
WVS Women’s Voluntary Service

The Planning, Design and Reception of British Home Front Propaganda Posters of the Second World War (PhD, 2004) by Dr Bex Lewis is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.