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
Ambridge
First Names
Henry
Rank
Drummer
Soldier No
462
Regiment / Department
10th Bde 2nd Battn 14th The Buckinghamshire Regt (The Prince of Wales Own)
Medal Rolls
MR4
Died / Killed / KIA
20 May 1880
Source abbrevs
F78
Original Text from book
Ambridge, Drummer Henry (462) 10th Bde. 2nd Battn. 14th (The Buckinghamshire) Regt. (The Prince of Wales Own) MR4, KIA 20 May 1880, F78
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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