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
Goff
First Names
George Charles
Rank
Sub Conductor
Regiment / Department
Ordnance Department Temporary Sub Conductor )
Medal Rolls
MR9 / MR13 / MR14
Original Text from book
Goff, Sub Conductor George Charles, Ordnance Department, MR9; Temporary Sub Conductor, R.A., crossed frontier 22 Dec. 1878, recrossed 16 Oct. 1880, duty with Ordnance Field Park, Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13; Temporary Sub Conductor George Charles, Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR14, Ordnance Department Field Park [poss. ident. to preceding]
Transcriber remarks
[poss ident to preceding] Goff Sub Conductor Charles RA
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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