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
VonWien
First Names
John William
Rank
Officiating Apothecary
Regiment / Department
Bengal Medical Department/Sub Medical Department (Bengal)
Medal Rolls
MR8 / MR14
Original Text from book
Von Wien, Officiating Apothecary John William, Bengal Medical Department/Sub Medical Department (Bengal) with Kabul-Kandahar Force, MR8 (2 refs.); Asst. Apothecary, Kabul-Kandahar Field Force, Aug.-Sept. 1880, MR14, with 2nd Bde. 1st Div. Southern Afghanistan Field Force
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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