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
Barrie
First Names
Alexander
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1947
Regiment / Department
92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt 56th Brigade
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR6 / MR13
Source abbrevs
F93
Original Text from book
Barrie, Private Alexander (1947) 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt., MR6, F93 [= regt. no. 194 and in 56th 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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