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
Roughan
First Names
J
Rank
Troop Sergt Maj
Soldier No
704
Regiment / Department
9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers D Troop
Medal Rolls
MR1 / MR13
Original Text from book
Roughan, Troop Sergt. Maj. J. (704) 9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers: D Troop, MR1, H.A.B. Jamrud, 13 March 1879; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13
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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