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
Ancrum
First Names
Arthur Rutherford
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
Royal Engineers (Bengal Sappers and Miners)
Medal Rolls
MR2 / MR8
Died / Killed / KIA
7 Jul 1879
Source abbrevs
SH189 / HAAL79 / HAAL80
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo REI
Original Text from book
Ancrum, Lieut. Arthur Rutherford, R.E. (Bengal Sappers and Miners) MR2, d. Peshawar 7 July 1879, MR8 (deceased); at Jalalabad and Safed Sang Jan. June 1879, SH189 [= A.H.] HAAL:79, HAAL:80, p. 658; photo REI class 779 (581) album 6/6, p. 46; photo of grave REI class 779 (581) album 6/6, p. 57 [album of photos in REI attributed to him (Ed.)]
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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