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
Sullivan
First Names
Private
Rank
John
Soldier No
1442
Regiment / Department
27th Bde 1st Battn 17th (The Leicestershire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR5
Original Text from book
Sullivan, Private John (1442) 27th Bde. 1st Battn. 17th (The Leicestershire) Regt., MR5 [cf. Spiller, Private William (1442) 1st Battn. (The Leicestershire) Regt., MR5, with same regt. no.]
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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