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
Berry
First Names
Robert
Rank
LanceCorpl
Soldier No
270
Regiment / Department
2nd Battn 8th (The Kings) Regt
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR4
Died / Killed / KIA
27 Sep 1879
Original Text from book
Berry, Lance Corpl. Robert (270) 2nd Battn. 8th (The Kings) Regt., MR4, d. 27 Sept. 1879 [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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