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
Hackett
First Names
John
Rank
Corpl
Soldier No
1919
Regiment / Department
1st Battalion 18th (The Royal lrish) Regiment
Medal Rolls
MR5
Original Text from book
Hackett, Corpl. John (1919) 1st Battn. 18th (The Royal lrish) Regt., MR5
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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