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
Sampson
First Names
Joseph
Rank
1st Class Asst Apothecary
Regiment / Department
78th (Highland) Regt The Ross shire Buffs
Medal Rolls
MR6 / MR9
Original Text from book
Sampson, 1st Class Asst. Apothecary Joseph, 78th (Highland) Regt., The Ross shire Buffs, MR6, Sub Medical Department (Bombay) MR9
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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