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
Lynch
First Names
John
Rank
Asst Apothecary
Regiment / Department
1st Battn 25th (The Kings Own Borderers) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR5 / MR8
Original Text from book
Lynch, Asst. Apothecary John, 1st Battn. 25th (The Kings Own Borderers) Regt., MR5, Asst. Apothecary/2nd Class Asst. Apothecary, Sub Medical Department (Bengal) with 1st Battn. 25th (Punjab) Regt. Bengal N.I., MR8 (2 refs.) [one of the refs. poss. in error (Ed.)]
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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