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
Gilliott
First Names
William
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1024
Regiment / Department
2nd Battn 60th The Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Medal Rolls
MR5
Died / Killed / KIA
18 Jan 1879
Original Text from book
Gilliott, Private William (1024) 2nd Battn. 60th The Kings Royal Rifle Corps, MR5, d. Kandahar 18 Jan. 1879 [see also Gillott, Private W.]
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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