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
Kerr
First Names
James
Rank
Private
Soldier No
589
Regiment / Department
58th Bde 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Reg
Medal Rolls
MR6
Died / Killed / KIA
5? Dec 1879
Original Text from book
Kerr, Private James (589) 58th Bde. 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., MR6, d. Seh Baba 3 [5?] Dec. 1879
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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