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
Hart
First Names
Henry
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1786
Regiment / Department
51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) (The Kings Own Light Infantry) Regiment
Medal Rolls
MR7 / MR4
Original Text from book
Hart, Private Henry [1786] 51st [2nd Yorkshire, West Riding] [The Kings Own Light Infantry] Regt., MR7 [3 refs.] crossed frontier 22 [Aug. 1880], employed on Communications and Signalling at Kandahar [month and year prob.; lost] [cf. Hart, Private H., of 54th Regt. Foot] [Hart may have changed regts. during service in Afghanistan because in MR4 he has regt. no. [4143]
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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