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
Eddowes
First Names
William
Rank
Surg Maj
Regiment / Department
2nd (Prince of Wales Own) Goorkha Regt
Medal Rolls
MR8
Died / Killed / KIA
17 Jan 1880
Source abbrevs
SH344 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81
Original Text from book
Eddowes, Surg. Maj. William, 2nd (Prince of Wales Own) Goorkha Regt., Bengal Medical Department, with Khyber Line Force, 1st phase, MR8 (2 refs.) d. England 17 Jan. 1880, SH344, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, p. 658 [omitted]
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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