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
Davies
First Names
Robert
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1107
Regiment / Department
D Co 40th Bde 2nd Battn 67th (South Hampshire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6
Original Text from book
Davies, Private Robert (1107) D Co. 40th Bde. 2nd Battn. 2nd Battn. 67th (South Hampshire) Regt., MR6 [surname uncertain; appears to be Diveas, but apart from being an unlikely surname, it falls outside the quite strictly maintained alphabetical order in its MS list (Ed.)]
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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