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
Bryan
First Names
E
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1429
Regiment / Department
9th (The Queens Royal Lancers E Troop
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR1 / MR13
Died / Killed / KIA
1880
Original Text from book
Bryan, Private E. (1429) 9th (The Queens Royal Lancers: E Troop, MR1, d. Quetta 1880; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13 (deceased; day and month 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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