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
Willis
First Names
Herbert Valiant
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
E Battery 4th Brigade Royal Artillery
Medal Rolls
MR3
Sick / Wounded
10 Jan 1879
Died / Killed / KIA
15 Jan 1879
Source abbrevs
SH182 / SB244 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / F68
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
IOL&R N/1/173 / photo Shadbolt
Original Text from book
Willis, Lieut. Herbert Valiant, E/4 R.A., MR3, SH182, SB244, k. (stabbed) Kandahar 10 Jan. 1879, "buried in a quiet and shaded spot in the midst of the Fort garden, within the walls of Kandahar, chosen by General Biddulph," HAAL:79, HAAL:80, p. 658, F68, w. by assassin 10 Jan. 1879, d. of wounds Kandahar 15 Jan. 1879, IOL&R N/1/173 (buried Kandahar); photo Shadbolt, pl. XIX
Transcriber remarks
[w] wounded, [k] killed, [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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