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
Tripp
First Names
George
Rank
Private
Soldier No
852
Regiment / Department
2nd Battn 7th (Royal Fusiliers) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR4
Sick / Wounded
16 Aug 1880
Died / Killed / KIA
16 Aug 1880
Source abbrevs
F76
Original Text from book
Tripp, Private George (852) 2nd Battn. 7th (Royal Fusiliers) Regt., MR4, d. 25 Nov. 1880 of wounds rec'd in action, F76, w. Deh Khwaja 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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