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
Hark
First Names
George
Rank
Sergt
Soldier No
1746
Regiment / Department
1st Battalion 12th (East Suffolk) Regiment
Medal Rolls
MR4
Died / Killed / KIA
22 Apr 1879
Original Text from book
Hark, Sergt. George (1746) 1st Battn. 12th (East Suffolk) Regt., MR4, KIA [near Dakka] 22 April 1879 [not in F]
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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