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
Price
First Names
Samuel
Rank
Lance Corpl
Soldier No
940
Regiment / Department
34th (The Cumberland) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR5 /MR7
Original Text from book
Price, Lance Corpl. Samuel (940) 34th (The Cumberland) Regt., MR5 [Chr. name and regt. no. unrec.] MR7 (2 refs.) crossed frontier 22 Aug. 1880, employed on Communicat ions and Signalling at Kandahar
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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