Key to Abbreviations and Symbols
Note: When we are unsure of a person’s years of employment, we have added a brace { and/or } to indicate uncertainty about the start of employment, the end of employment, or both.
| ph | photograph on file |
| Rembr | Rembrandt Photogravure (formerly Rembrandt Intaglio Printing) |
| ret | retired (incl. voluntary severance) |
| s | son |
| Samlist | Sun Life ‘lost pensioners’ list (Basil Boden) |
| SaW | The ‘Sun’ at War |
| S.Comp. | Sun Compendium (1929) |
| S.Engrv | Sun Engraving |
| sis | sister |
| sn | Sun News |
| snn | Sun News (or Sunews), New Series |
| S.Print | Sun Printers |
| src | information source when other than the individual |
| SWn | Sun War News |
| w | worked for |
| [name] | the information came from the individual(s) and/or document(s) shown in bold |
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Note: The People page also contains armed services abbreviations relating to WWII. We have used the conventional short forms in such cases, and have not included these abbreviations in the list. | |
| ( ) | parentheses enclose birth & death dates |
| AFlist | Alex Fayer’s list |
| AHlist | 1933 Gravure Machines shift roster (Alan Hoare) |
| André | André Sleigh & Anglo |
| Anglo | Anglo Engraving Co. |
| appr | apprenticed |
| BCP | Bushey Colour Press |
| BP | British Printer 1914 |
| bro | brother |
| CRG | Papers of Cyril Greenhill |
| d | daughter |
| EAC | Ernest Corp (history and notes) |
| EMlist | Ernie Mackenzie’s list |
| f | father |
| FF | Fred Frost (mgmt chart 1945-1988) |
| Impr | Impressions |
| [KiA] | Killed in action |
| Leech | Miriam Leech |
| Lilien | Otto Lilien |
| ListQ1 | List supplied to Jack Clarke at 2005 reunion, source unknown |
| m | married |
| ManList | Management List (Broadsheet Distribution) (Aug. 1969) |
| Mertle | J.S. Mertle, ‘Evolution of Rotogravure’ (1957) |
| [MH] | Milford House |
| NMPFT | National Museum of Photography, Film & Television |
| NSList | Nigel Sutton's list from Cylinder Engraving, c. 1985 |