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
JH
Rank
Corpl
Soldier No
371
Regiment / Department
42nd Brigade 85th (Bucks Volunteers) (The King s Light Infantry) Regt
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR6
Died / Killed / KIA
Oct 1880
Original Text from book
Ball, Corpl. J.H. (371) 42nd Bde. 85th (Bucks Volunteers) (The Kings Light Infantry) Regt., MR6, d. Oct. 1880 [day and place unrec.]
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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