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
Stewart
First Names
Private
Rank
James
Soldier No
323
Regiment / Department
58th Bde 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6
Died / Killed / KIA
2 Dec 1878
Source abbrevs
F91
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
The Graphic
Original Text from book
Stewart, Private James (323) 58th Bde. 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., MR6, KIA [Peiwar Kotal] 2 Dec. 1878, F91, k. Peiwar Kotal 2 Dec. 1878; engraving of grave, Peiwar Kotal, The Graphic, 2 April 1880, p. 353 [= Stuart]
Transcriber remarks
[KIA] killed in action, [k] killed. 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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