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
Chessum
First Names
John H
Rank
ColourSergt
Soldier No
1482
Regiment / Department
2nd Battn 60th The Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Medal Rolls
MR5
Died / Killed / KIA
19 Aug 1880
Source abbrevs
F81
Original Text from book
Chessum, Colour Sergt. John H. (1482) 2nd Battn. 60th The Kings Royal Rifle Corps, MR5, KIA 19 Aug. 1880, F81
Transcriber remarks
[KIA] Killed in Action. 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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