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
Nugent
First Names
Charles
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
Royal Engineers (Bengal Sappers and Miners)
Medal Rolls
MR2 / MR8
Died / Killed / KIA
23 Dec 1879
Source abbrevs
HAAL79 / HAAL80 / SH139 / SH190 / SB148 / F101
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
Gregson Through the Khyber Pass / IOL&R N/1/173 / Shadbolt / Scott Moncrieff Canals and Campaigns
Original Text from book
Nugent, Lieut. Charles, R.E. (Bengal Sappers and Miners) MR2, k. Kabul 23 Dec. 1879 by premature explosion of mine which resulted in massive explosion of the Kabul Citadel magazine MR8 (deceased) Gregson, Through the Khyber Pass, p. 68, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, p. 658, SH139, SH190, SB148, age 29, F101, IOL&R N/1/173 (buried Kabul/Sherpur); photo Shadbolt, pl. XI; photo of grave (extant) in SW wall of Kabul/Sherpur cemetery, in REI class 779 no. 18, acc. no. 7751 album group 6/44, p. 1; account of burial in Scott Moncrieff, Canala & Campaigns, p. 85 (Ed.)
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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