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
Allfrey
First Names
Edward
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
1st Battn 17th (The Leicestershire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR5
Died / Killed / KIA
13 May 1879
Source abbrevs
SH208 / HAAL79 / HAAL80
Original Text from book
Allfrey, Lieut. Edward, 1st Battn. 17th (The Leicestershire) Regt., MR5, d. 13 May 1879 [place unrec.]SH208, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, p. 658
Transcriber remarks
[d] died. [unrec] unrecorded. Also listed in Annex 2, MORTALITY. Trousdale The British in Afghanistan 1878 -1881.
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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