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
Lewis
First Names
Richard John
Rank
Passed Hospital Apprentice
Regiment / Department
Sub Medical Department (Bombay)
Medal Rolls
MR10 / MR14
Original Text from book
Lewis, Passed Hospital Apprentice Richard John, Sub Medical Department (Bombay) MR10; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR14, with F Section, Field Hospital (2 refs.)
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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