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
Preston
First Names
Jenico John
Rank
Capt
Regiment / Department
4th Battalion The Prince Consorts Own Rifle Brigade
Medal Rolls
MR6
Died / Killed / KIA
1 May 1879
Source abbrevs
SH241 / SB172 / HAAL79 / HAAL80
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Shadbolt
Original Text from book
Preston, Capt. Jenico John, 4th Battn. The Prince Consorts Own Rifle Brigade, MR6, SH241, SB172, d. Safed Sang of fever 1 May 1879, buried Safed Sang 2 May 1879, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, p. 658; photo Shadbolt, pl. XIII
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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