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
Bird
First Names
Henry W
Rank
LanceCorpl
Soldier No
492
Regiment / Department
6th Bde 1st Battn 25th (The Kings Own Borderers) Regt
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR5
Original Text from book
Bird, Lance Corpl. Henry W. (492) 6th Bde. 1st Battn. 25th (The Kings Own Borderers) Regt., MR5
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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