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
Shearwood
First Names
George
Rank
Private
Soldier No
2270
Regiment / Department
2nd Battn 60th The Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Medal Rolls
MR5 / MR13
Died / Killed / KIA
27 Mar 1880
Original Text from book
Shearwood, Private George (2270) 2nd Battn. 60th The Kings Royal Rifle Corps, MR5, d. Kandahar 27 March 1880; Lance Corpl., Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13 [date of d. or participation in Kabul Kandahar Field Force in error]
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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