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
Alexander
First Names
John Campbell
Rank
Gunner
Soldier No
4785
Regiment / Department
13th Battery 8th Brigade Royal Artillery
Medal Rolls
MR3
Original Text from book
Alexander, Gunner John Campbell (4785) 13/8 R.A., MR3; trans. to 14/9 R.A. 16 Feb 1880 [poss. ident. to following]
Transcriber remarks
[14/9 RA] 14th Battery 9th Brigade Royal Artillery / [poss ident to following] Alexander, Gunner John (3390).
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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