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
Somerset
First Names
Alfred
Rank
Band Major
Soldier No
1100
Regiment / Department
2nd Battn 60th The Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Medal Rolls
MR5 / MR13
Original Text from book
Somerset, Band Major Alfred (1100) 2nd Battn. 60th The Kings Royal Rifle Corps, MR5; 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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