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
Gunn
First Names
Colin
Rank
Private
Soldier No
561
Regiment / Department
78th (Highland) Regt The Ross shire Buffs
Medal Rolls
MR6
Died / Killed / KIA
16 Mar 1881
Original Text from book
Gunn, Private Colin (561) 78th (Highland) Regt., The Ross shire Buffs, MR6, d. 16 March 1881 [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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