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
Hughes
First Names
John
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1194
Regiment / Department
48th Brigade 2nd Battalion 2nd (The Queens Royal) Regiment
Medal Rolls
MR4
Original Text from book
Hughes, Private John (1194) 48th Bde. 2nd Battn. 2nd (The Queens Royal) 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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