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
Cromar
First Names
Frank
Rank
Corpl
Soldier No
1881
Regiment / Department
12th (The Prince of Wales Royal) Lancers
Medal Rolls
MR7
Original Text from book
Cromar, Corpl. Frank (1881) 12th (The Prince of Wales Royal) Lancers; crossed frontier 15 July 1880, with Military Signallers in Southern Afghanistan, MR7
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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