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
Bell
First Names
Thomas
Rank
Asst Apothecary
Regiment / Department
Sub Medical Department (Bengal)
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR8 [2refs]
Original Text from book
Bell, Asst. Apothecary Thomas, Sub Medical Department (Bengal) poss. with I/C R.H.A., MR8 (2 refs.)
Transcriber remarks
[I/C RHA] I Battery C Brigade Royal Horse Artillery
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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