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
M'Queen
First names
Drummer
Rank
John
Soldier no
238
Orig Text from book
M`Queen, Drummer John (238) 58th Bde. 1st Battn. 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., d. 24 Oct. 1880 [place unrec.; prob. result of w. at battle of Kandahar 1 Sept. 1880]
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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