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
Cherry
First Names
William
Rank
Private
Soldier No
900
Regiment / Department
72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6
Died / Killed / KIA
26 Sep 1879
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
IOL&R N/1/173
Original Text from book
Cherry, Private William (900) 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., MR6, d. 26 Sept. 1879, IOL&R N/1/173 (buried Shutargardan) [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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