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
Orr
First Names
William
Rank
Private
Soldier No
737
Regiment / Department
58th Brigade 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regiment
Medal Rolls
MR6
Died / Killed / KIA
14 May 1880
Original Text from book
Orr, Private William (737) 58th Bde. 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., MR6, d. 14 May 1880
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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