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
Wood
First Names
Alexander
Rank
Sergt
Soldier No
1403
Regiment / Department
1st Battn 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6 / MR13
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
Gregson Through the Khyber Pass
Original Text from book
Wood, Sergt. Alexander (1403) 1st Battn. 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., MR6; Kabul-Kandahar Field Force, Aug.-Sept. 1880, MR13; Gregson, Through the Khyber Pass, pp. 57, 62
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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