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
Brooke
First Names
W
Rank
Farrier Sergt
Soldier No
260
Regiment / Department
10th (The Prince of Wales Own Royal) Hussars
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR1
Original Text from book
Brooke, Farrier Sergt. W. (260) 10th (The Prince of Wales Own Royal) Hussars, MRl
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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