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
Griffiths
First Names
John
Rank
Sergt
Soldier No
2066
Regiment / Department
Commissariat Department
Medal Rolls
MR8 /MR14
Original Text from book
Griffiths, Sergt. John (2066) Commissariat Department, served from Charasiah to Battle of Kandahar [Oct. 1879 Sept. 1880] MR8 (2 refs.) Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR14, Unattached List, Commissariat Department
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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