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
Drummond
First Names
James
Rank
Colour Sergt
Soldier No
304
Regiment / Department
56th Bde 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6
Died / Killed / KIA
13 Dec 1879
Source abbrevs
SH238 / F92
Original Text from book
Drummond, Colour Sergt. James (304) 56th Bde. 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt., MR6, KIA [Kabul 13 Dec. 1879] SH238, F92; buried Kabul/Sherpur, gravestone extant Aug. 1993 [Willasey-Wilsey] Kabul/Sherpur cemetery
Transcriber remarks
[KIA] Killed in action. 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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