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
Ashford
First Names
Thomas/James Elsdon
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1317
Regiment / Department
2nd Battn 7th (Royal Fusiliers) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR4
Source abbrevs
SH195 / SB259 / F155
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
Parry / Creagh and Humphris The Victoria Cross / RVC
Original Text from book
Ashford, Private Thomas/James Elsdon, V.C. (1317) 2nd Battn. 7th (Royal Fusiliers) Regt., MR4, SH195 [= James] SB259 [= James] F155 [= Thomas]; ref. Parry, p. 296; photo Creagh and Humphris, The Victoria Cross, p. 100 [= Thomas] RVC [= Thomas] p. 17, no. 38
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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