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
Badger
First Names
F
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1124
Regiment / Department
10th (The Prince of Wales Own Royal) Hussars
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR1
Died / Killed / KIA
31 Mar 1879
Source abbrevs
F72
Original Text from book
Badger, Private F. (1124) 10th (The Prince of Wales Own Royal) Hussars, MR1 (deceased, date and place unrec.) F72 [= E.] drowned in Kabul river near Jalalabad 31 March 1879
Transcriber remarks
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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