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
Strong
First Names
Private
Rank
William
Soldier No
1418
Regiment / Department
60th Bde 2nd Battn 60th The Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Medal Rolls
MR5 / MR13
Died / Killed / KIA
4 Oct 1880
Original Text from book
Strong, Private William (1418) 60th Bde. 2nd Battn. 60th The Kings Royal Rifle Corps, MR5, d. 4 Oct. 1880; Kabul-Kandahar Field Force, Aug.-Sept. 1880, MR13 (deceased) [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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