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
Baker
First Names
John
Rank
Private
Soldier No
871
Regiment / Department
2nd Batt 11th (North Devonshire) Regt
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR4
Died / Killed / KIA
10 Aug 1880
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
Corrie
Original Text from book
Baker, Private John (871) 2nd Batt. 11th (North Devonshire) Regt., MR4, d. 10 Aug. 1880, Corrie 23, d. Sibi
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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