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
Powell
First Names
John
Rank
Private
Soldier No
287
Regiment / Department
27th Brigade 1st Battalion 17th (The Leicestershire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR5
Sick / Wounded
21 Dec 1878
Died / Killed / KIA
22 Dec 1878
Source abbrevs
F78
Original Text from book
Powell, Private John (287) 27th Bde. 1st Battn. 17th (The Leicestershire) Regt., MR5, k. 22 Dec. 1878, F78, w. Bazar Valley 21 Dec. 1878, d. from wounds 22 Dec. 1878
Transcriber remarks
[k] killed [w]wounded [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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