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
Fay
First Names
Alfred George
Rank
1st class Apothecary
Regiment / Department
E Battery 4th Brigade Royal Artillery
Medal Rolls
MR3 / MR8
Original Text from book
Fay, 1st Class Apothecary Alfred George, E/4 R.A., MR3 [struck out] MR8 (2 refs.) [Bengal] Sub Medical Department, across frontier from 24 Oct. 1878 12 March 1879
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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