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
O W H
Rank
Passed Hospital Apothecary
Regiment / Department
1st Battn 18th (The Royal Irish) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR5 / MR8
Original Text from book
Smith, Passed Hospital Apothecary O.W.H., 1st Battn. 18th (The Royal Irish) Regt., MR5 [struck out] Sub Medical Department [Bengal] 2nd phase only, MR8 (2 refs.)
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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