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
Cunningham
First Names
Joseph
Rank
Private
Soldier No
493
Regiment / Department
56th Bde 66th (Berkshire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6
Sick / Wounded
10 Aug 1880
Died / Killed / KIA
[21] Aug 1880
Source abbrevs
F81
Original Text from book
Cunningham, Private Joseph (493) 56th Bde. 66th (Berkshire) Regt., MR6, d. Kandahar [21] Aug. 1880, F81, severely w. 10 Aug. 1880 siege of Kandahar
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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