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
Barrett
First Names
F
Rank
Sergt
Regiment / Department
1st Battn 5th (Northumberland Fusiliers) Regt
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR4
Original Text from book
Barrett, Sergt. F. (____) 1st Battn. 5th (Northumberland Fusiliers) Regt., MR4 [poss. ident. to following] [regt. number faint in copyflow and microfilm of original manuscript; has to be read inverted]
Transcriber remarks
[poss ident to following] Barrett Armourer Sergt F (327)
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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