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
Wood
First Names
Henry J L
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1680
Regiment / Department
6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)
Medal Rolls
MR1
Died / Killed / KIA
5 Jan 1880
Source abbrevs
F70
Original Text from book
Wood, Private Henry J.L. (1680) 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) MR1, drowned Jalalabad 5 Jan. 1880 [MR1= Harry] F70, drowned Kabul river near Jalalabad 5 Jan. 1880
Transcriber remarks
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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