AUTHOR NOTE: Four following names [after Milbourn Private John (564) 2nd battn 7th (Royal Fusiliers Regt)]., all illegible in the copyflow and microfilm of the original manuscript of this Regt., probably surname initial letters M and N of 7th (Royal Fisiliers) Regt. are missing here; see Annex 3 on missing and questionable names.
Date transcribed
2021-09-30
Transcribed by
Geoff Summers, Don Freer
Comment
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
Mabon
First Names
Thomas
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1028
Regiment / Department
9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers B Troop
Medal Rolls
MR1
Died / Killed / KIA
14 Dec 1879
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
IOL&R N/1/173
Original Text from book
Mabon, Private Thomas (1028) 9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers: B Troop, MR1; aged 35, d. of gunshot wounds Kabul 14 Dec. 1879, buried Kabul/Sherpur 15 Dec. 1879, Roman Chaplain; IOL&R N/1/173 (buried Kabul/Sherpur); name inscribed on memorial stone (extant Aug. 1993 [Willasey-Wilsey]) cemetery Kabul/Sherpur [surname thus in MR1, on Kabul memorial, and in burial register, but see Mahon, Private Thomas]
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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