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
Luke
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1399
Regiment / Department
1st Battn 12th (East Suffolk) Reqt
Medal Rolls
MR4
Died / Killed / KIA
30 Jun 1879
Original Text from book
Smith, Private Luke (1399) 1st Battn. 12th (East Suffolk) Reqt., MR4, d. 30 June 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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