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
Smyth
First Names
Richard Lawrence
Rank
Officiating Apothecary
Regiment / Department
Sub Medical Department (Bengal)
Medal Rolls
MR8
Original Text from book
Smyth, Officiating Apothecary Richard Lawrence, Sub Medical Department (Bengal) with Gen. R. Phayre Force at Kandahar, 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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