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
Erskine
First Names
William
Rank
Private
Soldier No
2553
Regiment / Department
58th Bde 1st Battn 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6 / MR13
Died / Killed / KIA
1 Sep 1880
Source abbrevs
F90
Original Text from book
Erskine, Private William (2553) 58th Bde. 1st Battn. 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., MR6, KIA [Kandahar] 1 Sept. 1880; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13, KIA Kandahar 1 Sept. 1880, F90, KIA Kandahar 1 Sept 1880 [F= regt. no. (2653)]
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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