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
Organ
First Names
David
Rank
Private
Soldier No
678
Regiment / Department
69th Brigade 1st Batllion 18th (The Royal Irish) RegIment
Medal Rolls
MR5
Original Text from book
Organ, Private David (678) 69th Bde. 1st Battn. 18th (The Royal Irish) Regt., MR5
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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