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
Ewan
First Names
H R W
Rank
Officiating asst Apothecary / Officiating 2nd class
Regiment / Department
(The Kings) Hussars
Medal Rolls
MR8
Original Text from book
Ewan, Officiating Asst. Apothecary/Officiating 2nd Class Asst. Apothecary H.R.W., Sub Medical, Department (Bengal) with 15th (The Kings) Hussars, 10 Aug. 15 Oct. 1880, MR8 (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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