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
Ball
First Names
Daniel
Rank
Private/Corpl
Soldier No
328
Regiment / Department
59th (2nd Nottinghamshire)Regt
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR5
Died / Killed / KIA
15 Feb 1880
Original Text from book
Ball, Private/Corpl. Daniel (328) 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regt., MR5, d. 15 Feb. 1880
Transcriber remarks
[d] died. 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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