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
Birmingham
First Names
Walter
Rank
Bombardier
Soldier No
2192
Regiment / Department
L Battery 5th Brigade Royal Artillery
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR3
Original Text from book
Birmingham, Bombardier Walter (2192) L/5 R.A., MR3
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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