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
Borrowdale
First Names
Francis S
Rank
Corpl
Soldier No
1231
Regiment / Department
10th Bde 2nd Battn 14th (The Buckinghamshire) Regt (The Prince of Wales Own)
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR4
Died / Killed / KIA
28 Jul 1880
Original Text from book
Borrowdale, Corpl. Francis S. (1231) 10th Bde. 2nd Battn. 14th (The Buckinghamshire) Regt. (The Prince of Wales Own) MR4, d. Landi Kotal 28 July 1880
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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