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
Cairney
First Names
Michael
Rank
Private
Soldier No
521
Regiment / Department
58th Brigade 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6
Original Text from book
Cairney, Private Michael (521) 58th Bde. 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., MR6
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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