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
Acocks
First Names
Samuel
Rank
Gunner
Soldier No
6773
Regiment / Department
G Battery 3rd Brigade Royal Artillery
Medal Rolls
MR3
Died / Killed / KIA
23 Aug 1880
Source abbrevs
F68
Original Text from book
Acocks, Gunner Samuel (6773) G/3 R.A., MR3, drowned at Dakka 23 Aug. 1880, F68
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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