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
Beagan
First Names
James
Rank
Private
Soldier No
468
Regiment / Department
58th Brigade 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR6
Sick / Wounded
1 Sep 1880
Died / Killed / KIA
2 Sep 1880
Source abbrevs
F89
Original Text from book
Beagan, Private James (468) 58th Bde. 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., F89 [MR6 = Baggan, Private James, q.v.] w. Kandahar 1 Sept. 1880, d. [Kandahar] of wounds 2 Sept. 1880
Transcriber remarks
[w] wounded [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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