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
Breen
First Names
James
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1347
Regiment / Department
1st Battn 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR6 / MR13
Original Text from book
Breen, Private James (1347) 1st Battn. 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., MR6; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13, Band
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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