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
Ayling
First Names
William
Rank
Corpl
Soldier No
1011
Regiment / Department
66th (Berkshire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6
Died / Killed / KIA
27 Jul 1880
Source abbrevs
F83
Original Text from book
Ayling, Corpl. William (1011) 66th (Berkshire) Regt., MR6, KIA [Maiwand] 27 July 1880, F83 [= James; James Armstrong (1462) is preceding name in MR6]
Transcriber remarks
[KIA] Killed in action. 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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