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
Walter D
Rank
Qr Mr Sergt and Park Sergt
Soldier No
1282
Regiment / Department
13th Battery 9th Brigade Royal Artillery
Medal Rolls
MR3
Original Text from book
Smith, Qr.-Mr. Sergt. and Park Serqt. Walter D. (1282) 13/9 R.A., MR3
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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