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
Rac
First Names
George
Rank
Private
Soldier No
622
Regiment / Department
78th (Highland) Regt, The Ross shire Buffs
Medal Rolls
MR6
Original Text from book
Rac, Private George (622) 78th (Highland) Regt., The Ross shire Buffs, MR6 [reading of surname �Rac� clear, but there are two surnames �Rae� in 78th Regt.; poss. scrible error here cannot be discounted]
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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