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
Howard
First Names
Robert
Rank
Gunner
Soldier No
4557
Regiment / Department
E Battery B Brigade Royal Horse Artillery
Medal Rolls
MR3
Died / Killed / KIA
19 Aug 1881
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
Flinders Diary of the March
Original Text from book
Howard, Gunner Robert (4557) E/B R.H.A., MR3 (deceased) Flinders, Diary of the March, (19 Aug. 1881) "Gunner R. Howard died on this date, after a long illness, lung disease and dysentery; buried him on the following morning...."
Transcriber remarks
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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