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
Salmond
First Names
Alexander
Rank
Sergt Instr of Musketry
Soldier No
1497
Regiment / Department
1st Battn 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6 / MR13
Source abbrevs
F164
Original Text from book
Salmond, Sergt. Instr. of Musketry Alexander (1497) 1st Battn. 72nd (Duke of Albanyss Own Highlanders) Regt., MR6; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13, F164 (Distinguished Conduct Medal)
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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