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
Arter
First Names
John
Rank
LanceSergt
Soldier No
1606
Regiment / Department
40th 2nd Somersetshire Regt
Medal Rolls
MR7
Original Text from book
Arter, Lance Sergt. John (1606) 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regt., MR7, crossed frontier 22 [Aug. 1880] employed on Communications and Signalling at Kandahar [month and year prob.; lost]
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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