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
Brown
First Names
Charles
Rank
Mr
Regiment / Department
District Superintendent of Police
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR8 [2 refs] MR9
Original Text from book
Brown, Mr. Charles, District Superintendent of Police, Punjab; District Superintendent of Police, Kabul 21 Nov. l879 15 Jan. 1880, Orderly Officer to Gen. W.G.D. Massy 17 23 Dec. 1879, MR8 (2 refs.) MR9 [struck out]
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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