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
Briggs
First Names
Joseph
Rank
Drum Major
Soldier No
15
Regiment / Department
A Co 4th Regt Madras NI (Baillie)
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR12 [2 refs]
Original Text from book
Briggs, Drum Major Joseph (15) A Co. 4th Regt. Madras N.I. (Baillie) MR12 (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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