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
Fletcher
First Names
William
Rank
Gunner
Soldier No
1271
Regiment / Department
I Battery C Brigade Royal Horse Artillery
Medal Rolls
MR3
Sick / Wounded
2 Apr 1879
Died / Killed / KIA
25 Apr 1879
Source abbrevs
F67
Original Text from book
Fletcher, Gunner William (1271) I/C R.H.A., MR3 (deceased); F67, w. Fatehabad 2 April 1879, d. of gunshot w. 25 April 1879
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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