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
Burns
First Names
Peter
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1983
Regiment / Department
72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR6
Died / Killed / KIA
20 Jul 1879
Original Text from book
Burns, Private Peter (1983) 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., MR6, d. Ali Kheyl 20 July 1879
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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