AUTHOR NOTE: Four following names [after Milbourn Private John (564) 2nd battn 7th (Royal Fusiliers Regt)]., all illegible in the copyflow and microfilm of the original manuscript of this Regt., probably surname initial letters M and N of 7th (Royal Fisiliers) Regt. are missing here; see Annex 3 on missing and questionable names.
Date transcribed
2021-09-30
Transcribed by
Geoff Summers, Don Freer
Comment
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
McAllister
First Names
Patrick
Rank
Gunner
Soldier No
4260
Regiment / Department
E Battery B Bde Royal Horse Artillery
Medal Rolls
MR3
Died / Killed / KIA
27 Jul 1880
Source abbrevs
F67
Original Text from book
McAllister, Gunner Patrick (4260) E/B R.H.A., MR3. k. [Maiwand] 27 July 1880, F67
Transcriber remarks
[k] killed. 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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