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
Ross
First Names
Henry
Rank
Private
Soldier No
2522
Regiment / Department
7th (Royal Fusiliers) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR4
Source abbrevs
F164 / F164
Original Text from book
Ross, Private Henry (2522) 7th (Royal Fusiliers) Regt., F164 (Distinguished Conduct Medal); promoted to Lieut. during course of war, not recorded in MR4, but in F164
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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