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
Beeston
First Names
Henry
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1820
Regiment / Department
2nd Battn 8th (The Kings) Regt
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR4
Original Text from book
Beeston, Private Henry (1820) 2nd Battn. 8th (The Kings) Regt., MR4
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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