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
Ford
First Names
William
Rank
Private
Soldier No
744
Regiment / Department
70th (Surrey) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6 / MR7
Original Text from book
Ford, Private William (744) 70th (Surrey) Regt., MR6, MR7, crossed frontier 4 Sept. 1880, with Military Signallers in Southern Afghanistan [struck out in MR7 with confusing n. that included in 70th Regt. MR, but MR6 is that roll]
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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