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
Barrett
First Names
Richard
Rank
QrMr
Regiment / Department
1st Battn 18th (The Royal Irish) Regt
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR5
Died / Killed / KIA
17 Oct 1880
Source abbrevs
SH209 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81
Original Text from book
Barrett, Qr. Mr. Richard, 1st Battn. 18th (The Royal Irish) Regt., MR5, d 17 Oct. 1880, SH209, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, p. 658
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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