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
Jacobs
First Names
George
Rank
Colour Sergt
Soldier No
514
Regiment / Department
1st Battn 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6 / MR13
Source abbrevs
F88 / F161
Original Text from book
Jacobs, Colour Sergt. George (514) 1st Battn. 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., MR6; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13, invalided to England, F88, F161 (Distinguished Conduct Medal) [prob. ident. to Jacob, Colour Sergt., 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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