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
Forrest
First Names
George Oliver
Rank
2nd class Apothecary
Regiment / Department
72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6 / MR9 / MR13 / MR14
Original Text from book
Forrest, 2nd Class Apothecary George Oliver, 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., MR6; Sub Medical Department, Bengal Medical Department, MR9; Kabul-Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880. MR13, Divisional Field Hospital [struck out] MR14, Sub Medical Department (Bengal) Sub Medical Charge B Section Field Hospital, 2nd Bde. (Brig. Gen. T. Bakers)
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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