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
Blackhurst
First Names
Samuel
Rank
Private
Soldier No
2767
Regiment / Department
51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) (The King�s Own Light Infantry Regt)
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR5
Died / Killed / KIA
26 Jul 1879
Original Text from book
Blackhurst, Private Samuel (2767) 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) (The King�s Own Light Infantry Regt., MR5, d. 26 July 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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