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
Bidwell
First Names
William
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1271
Regiment / Department
9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers C Troop
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR1
Died / Killed / KIA
31 Dec 1879
Source abbrevs
F71
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
IOL&R N/1/173
Original Text from book
Bidwell, Private William (1271) 9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers: C Troop, MR1, F71; aged 26, d. of pneumonia 31 Dec. 1879 Kabul, buried 31 Dec. 1879, Kabul/Sherpur, J.W. Adams, Chaplain; name appears on regt. memorial stone (extant Aug.1993 [Willasey-Wilsey]) cemetery Kabul/Sherpur, IOL&R N/1/173 (buried Kabul/-Sherpur)
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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