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
Ryall
First Names
Denis O
Rank
Sergt Instr of Musketry
Soldier No
497
Regiment / Department
1st Battn 17th (The Leicestershire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR5
Died / Killed / KIA
22 Apr 1879
Original Text from book
Ryall, Sergt. Instr. of Musketry Denis O. (497) 1st Battn. 17th (The Leicestershire) Regt., MR5, d. 22 April 1879 [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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