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
Humphrey
First Names
Rueben
Rank
Private
Soldier No
2206
Regiment / Department
2nd Battalion 14th (The Buckinghamshire) Regiment (The Prince of Wales Own)
Medal Rolls
MR4
Source abbrevs
F78
Original Text from book
Humphrey, Private Rueben (2206) 2nd Battn. 14th (The Buckinghamshire) Regt. (The Prince of Wales Own) MR4 [Chr. name sic] F78 [= Private Reuben Humphries, q.v.]
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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