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
Johnstone
First Names
Hugh
Rank
Private
Soldier No
105
Regiment / Department
58th Bde 1st Battn 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6 / MR13
Source abbrevs
F90
Original Text from book
Johnstone, Private Hugh (105) 58th Bde. 1st Battn. 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., MR6 [= 2 regt. nos. (883) and (105) 58th Bde., F90, lists both Regt. nos.]; (105) and (883) Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13, Regt. Transport [MR13 gives separate entries to the two regt. nos.; poss. two distinct persons]
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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