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
Smith
First Names
George
Rank
Gunner
Soldier No
4270
Regiment / Department
E Battery B Brigade Royal Horse Artillery
Medal Rolls
MR3
Died / Killed / KIA
27 Jul 1880
Source abbrevs
F67
Original Text from book
Smith, Gunner George (4270) E/B R.H.A., MR3, KIA [Maiwand] 27 July 1880, F67
Transcriber remarks
[KIA] killed in action. 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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