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
Ireland
First Names
J
Rank
Private
Soldier No
2174
Regiment / Department
A Co 2nd (Battn) Battalion 9th (East Norfolk) Reg
Medal Rolls
MR4 / MR13
Original Text from book
Ireland, Private J. (2174) A Co. 2nd Battn. 9th (East Norfolk) Regt., MR4; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13
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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