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
Williams
First Names
Henry
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1137
Regiment / Department
2nd Battn. 11th (North Devonshire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR7
Original Text from book
Williams, Private Henry (1137) 2nd Battn. 11th (North Devonshire) Regt., crossed frontier 20 July 1880, employed on Communications and Signalling at Kandahar, MR7 (2 refs.)
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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