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
Sergt
Rank
William
Soldier No
2226
Regiment / Department
2nd Battn 7th (Royal Fusiliers) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR4
Sick / Wounded
16 Aug 1880
Died / Killed / KIA
19 Sep 1880
Source abbrevs
F75
Original Text from book
Stewart, Sergt. William (2226) 2nd Battn. 7th (Royal Fusiliers) Regt., MR4, d. Kandahar 19 Sept. 1880 of wounds rec'd in action, F75, w. Deh Khwaja sortie 16 Aug. 1880
Transcriber remarks
[w] wounded, [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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