Our thanks to William Trousdale, who permitted FIBIS to create this searchable database of the A-Z name index found in his book, The British in Afghanistan, vol I.
Below is a list of the most frequently used abbreviations and acronyms.
Surname
James
First Names
William Henry
Rank
Driver
Soldier No
4164
Regiment / Department
H Battery 1st Brigade Royal Artillery
Medal Rolls
MR3
Original Text from book
James, Driver William Henry (4164) H/1 R.A., MR3 [two names following are lost in gutter]
Systematic Compilation of Officers, Other Ranks, Civil Officials, and Other Individuals Present in Afghanistan during The Second Afghan War. Annotated with references to military service, diaries, memoirs, biographies and photographs.
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