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
James
Rank
Private
Soldier No
618
Regiment / Department
10th Bde 2nd Battn 14th (The Buckinghamshire) Regt (The Prince of Wales Own)
Medal Rolls
MR4 / MR4
Original Text from book
Smith, Private James (618) 10th Bde. 2nd Battn. 14th (The Buckinghamshire) Regt. (The Prince of Wales Own) MR4 (alias Burke, Private Thomas (618) [q.v.] 10th Bde. 2nd Battn. 14th (Buckinghamshire) Regt., MR4)
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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