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
Brown
First Names
William
Rank
Lance Corpl
Soldier No
1746
Regiment / Department
72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR6
Sick / Wounded
2 Dec 1878
Died / Killed / KIA
10 Dec [1878] / 16 Dec 1878
Source abbrevs
F89
Original Text from book
Brown, Lance Corpl. William (1746) 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., MR6, d. of wounds 10 Dec. [1878] F89, w. Peiwar Kotal 2 Dec. 1878, d. of wounds 16 Dec. 1878
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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