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
Barker
First Names
James
Rank
1st Class Apothecary
Regiment / Department
1st Div Field Hospital
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR8 [2refs]
Original Text from book
Barker, 1st Class Apothecary James, Sub Medical Department (Bengal) with 1st Div. Field Hospital, Peshawar Valley Field Force, at Khyber, Jalalabad and Safed Sang, 1st phase, MR8 (2 refs.)
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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