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
Booth
First Names
William
Rank
Private
Soldier No
256
Regiment / Department
56th Bde 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR6
Original Text from book
Booth, Private William (256) 56th Bde. 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt., MR6, �discharged with ignominy� 31 Dec. 1879
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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