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
Collins
First Names
James
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1456
Regiment / Department
8th Bde 51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) (The Kings Own Light Infantry) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR5
Original Text from book
Collins, Private James (1456) 8th Bde. 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) (The Kings Own Light Infantry) Regt., MR5 (Given up to the 8th Hussars as a Deserter 1 March 1879; Discharged in roll of 8th Hussars as Private James Fisher) [see Fisher, Private James (1467) 8th (The Kings Royal Irish) Hussars]
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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