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
Wallace
First Names
Edward
Rank
Private
Soldier No
139
Regiment / Department
8th Bde 51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) (The Kings Own Light Infantry) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR5
Original Text from book
Wallace, Private Edward (139) 8th Bde. 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) (The Kings Own Light Infantry) Regt., MR5
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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