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
Wright
First Names
John Harrington
Rank
Surg Maj
Regiment / Department
4th Battn The Prince Consorts Own Rifle Brigade
Medal Rolls
MR6
Died / Killed / KIA
21 Jun 1879
Source abbrevs
SH250 / SB2S3 / HAAL79 / HAAL80
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Shadbolt
Original Text from book
Wright, Surg.-Maj. John Harrington, 4th Battn. The Prince Consorts Own Rifle Brigade, MR6, Army Medical Department, MR6, SH250, SB2S3, d. Attock of "heat apoplexy" 21 June 1879, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, p. 658a; photo Shadbolt, pl. XIX
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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