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
Riley
First Names
William
Rank
Private
Soldier No
878
Regiment / Department
10th Bde 2nd Battn 14th (The Buckinghamshire) Regt (The Prince of Wales Own)
Medal Rolls
MR4
Died / Killed / KIA
23 Jun 1880
Original Text from book
Riley, Private William (878) 10th Bde. 2nd Battn. 14th (The Buckinghamshire) Regt. (The Prince of Wales Own) MR4, d. Pesh Bolak 23 June 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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