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
Heaphy
First Names
Sergt
Rank
E D
Soldier No
12023
Regiment / Department
2 Company Bombay Sappers and Miners
Medal Rolls
MR9
Died / Killed / KIA
27 Jul 1880
Source abbrevs
F138
Original Text from book
Heaphy, Sergt. E.D. (12023) R.E., No. 2 Co. Bombay Sappers and Miners, MR9, KIA [Maiwand] 27 July 1880, F138, KIA Maiwand 27 July 1880 [not in MR2]
Transcriber remarks
[RE] Royal Engineers / [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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