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
Vine
First Names
John
Rank
Private
Soldier No
94
Regiment / Department
58th Bde 1st Battn 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6 / MR13
Source abbrevs
F91
Original Text from book
Vine, Private John (94) 58th Bde. 1st Battn. 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., MR6 (2 refs., and MR6, p. 98, further details concerning entitlement, F91 [omits Bde.]; 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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