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
Balcarrie
First Names
John W
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1388
Regiment / Department
92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR6 / MR13
Source abbrevs
F93
Original Text from book
Balcarrie, Private John W. (1388) 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt., MR6, F93 [= Balcarres]; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug Sept l880, MR13 [= Balcarris]
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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