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
Nicholls
First Names
Handel
Rank
Corpl
Soldier No
538
Regiment / Department
F Co. 40th Bde. 2nd Battn. (South Hampshire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6
Original Text from book
Nicholls, Corpl. Handel (538) F Co. 40th Bde. 2nd Battn. (South Hampshire) Regt., MR6
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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