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
O'Brien
First Names
William
Rank
Sergt
Soldier No
811
Regiment / Department
27th Brigade 1st Batallion 17th (The Leicestershire) Regiment
Medal Rolls
MR5
Died / Killed / KIA
8 Jan 1880
Original Text from book
O'Brien, Sergt. William (811) 27th Bde. 1st Battn. 17th (The Leicestershire) Regt., MR5, d. 8 Jan. 1880 [place unrec.]
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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