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
Butler
First Names
Thomas Robert
Rank
Sergt
Soldier No
5012
Regiment / Department
AA Battery 4th Brigade Royal Artillery
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR3
Original Text from book
Butler, Sergt. Thomas Robert (5012) A/4 R.A., MR3 [prob. ident. to following]
Transcriber remarks
[prob ident to following] Butler Sergt Thomas Richard (5042)
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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