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
Holmes
First Names
1st Class Apothecary
Rank
Joseph
Regiment / Department
92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6 / MR9 / MR13 / MR14
Original Text from book
Holmes, 1st Class Apothecary Joseph, 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt., MR6, Sub Medical Department [Bengal ?] MR9; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13, MR14, with 3rd Regt. Punjab Cavalry, P.F.F.
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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