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
George
Rank
Private
Soldier No
314
Regiment / Department
56th Bde 66th (Berkshire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6
Sick / Wounded
sick
Original Text from book
Smith, Private George (314) 56th Bde. 66th (Berkshire) Regt., MR6, sick at Quetta
Transcriber remarks
Also listed in Annex 2, MORTALITY. Trousdale The British in Afghanistan 1878-1881.
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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