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
Smith
First Names
Isaac
Rank
Fife Major
Soldier No
43
Regiment / Department
Left Wing 1st Regt Madras NI (Shaik Modeen Porannah)
Medal Rolls
MR12
Original Text from book
Smith, Fife Major Isaac (43) Left Wing, 1st Regt. Madras N.I. (Shaik Modeen - Porannah) MR12 (2 refs.) [poss. ident. to following]
Transcriber remarks
[NI] Native Infantry / [poss. ident to following] Smith Drummer Isaac (69)
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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