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
Smith
First Names
Charles
Rank
Shoeing Smith
Soldier No
339
Regiment / Department
C Battery 2nd Brigade Royal Artillery
Medal Rolls
MR3 / MR13
Original Text from book
Smith, Shoeing Smith Charles (339) C/2 R.A., MR3; Kabul-Kandahar Field Force, Aug.-Sept. 1880, MR13
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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