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
Straton
First Names
Capt
Rank
Edward
Regiment / Department
2nd Battn 22nd (The Cheshire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR5 / MR7 / MR13
Died / Killed / KIA
1 Sep 1880
Source abbrevs
SH145 / SB214, /HAAL79, /HAAL80, /HAAL81 / F65
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Shadbolt / NAM / Burke / Robson Road to Kabul
Original Text from book
Straton, Capt. Edward, 2nd Battn. 22nd (The Cheshire) Regt., MR5, KIA [Battle of Kandahar] 1 Sept. 1880, MR7 (2 refs.) SH145, SB214, KIA between Kandahar and Baba Wali 1 Sept. 1880, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, p. 657, F65; Kabul-Kandahar Field Force, Aug.-Sept. 1880, MR13 (deceased); photo Shadbolt, pl. XVII, NAM (neg. 6180) Burke 164 1/2, (neg. 6222) Burke 269, (neg. 6223) Burke 271, (neg. 6224) Burke 166, Robson, Road to Kabul, pl. facing p. 157
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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