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
Reilly
First names
Gunner
Rank
Andrew
Soldier no
4918
Orig Text from book
*Reilly, Gunner Andrew (4918) E/B R.H.A., d. Kandahar 30 Aug. 1880 of wounds rec'd 27 July 1880 at Maiwand; Flinders, Diary of the March, p. 18 (30 Aug. 1880) "Funeral parade for Gunner Reilly, and buried him near the Shikapur Gate [Shikarpur Gate, Kandahar]."
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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