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
Hack
First Names
James
Rank
Corpl
Soldier No
1178
Regiment / Department
2nd Battalion 8th (The Kings) Regiment
Medal Rolls
MR4
Original Text from book
Hack, Corpl. James (1178) 2nd Battn. 8th (The Kings) Regt., MR4
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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