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
Ellis
First Names
Thomas
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1598
Regiment / Department
10th Bde 2nd Battn 14th (The Buckinghamshire) Regt (The Prince of Wales Own)
Medal Rolls
MR4
Died / Killed / KIA
28 Jul 1880
Original Text from book
Ellis, Private Thomas (1598) 10th Bde. 2nd Battn. 14th (The Buckinghamshire) Regt. (The Prince of Wales Own) MR4, d. Pesh Bolak 28 July 1880
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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