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
White
First Names
John
Rank
Private
Soldier No
645
Regiment / Department
12th Bde. 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6
Original Text from book
White, Private John (645) 12th Bde. 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regt., MR6 [name added later by hand to printed list]
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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