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
Farrell
First Names
Bernard
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1963
Regiment / Department
69th Bde 1st Battn 18th (The Royal Irish) Regt d 16 Nov 1880 (place unrec)
Medal Rolls
MR5
Died / Killed / KIA
16 Nov 1880
Original Text from book
Farrell, Private Bernard (1963) 69th Bde. 1st Battn. 18th (The Royal Irish) Regt., MR5, d. 16 Nov. 1880 [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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