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
Hook
First Names
Charles
Rank
Lance Corpl
Soldier No
1731
Regiment / Department
27th Brigade 1st Battalion 17th (The Leicestershire) Regiment
Medal Rolls
MR5
Original Text from book
Hook, Lance Corpl. Charles (1731) 27th Bde. 1st Battn. 17th (The Leicestershire) Regt., MR5
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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