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
Deane
First Names
F
Rank
Store Sergt
Regiment / Department
Royal Engineers
Medal Rolls
MR3 / MR9
Original Text from book
Deane, Store Sergt. F. (____) R.A., MR3 [regt. no. unrec.] Bombay Ordnance Department, MR9 (2 refs.) [struck out] [poss. ident. to following]
Transcriber remarks
[poss ident to following] Deane Temporary Sub Conductor Francis
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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