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
Cairns
First Names
William
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1792
Regiment / Department
78th (Highland) Regt The Ross shire Buffs
Medal Rolls
MR6
Original Text from book
Cairns, Private William (1792) 78th (Highland) Regt., The Ross shire Buffs, 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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