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
Blake
First Names
John
Rank
Sub Conductor
Regiment / Department
Commissariat Department
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR8 [2refs]
Original Text from book
Blake, Sub Conductor John, Commissariat Department, at Peiwar Kotal, Kohat, Thal; both phases, but 2nd only till 5 Oct. 1879, MR8 (2 refs.)
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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