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
Bray
First Names
Frederick
Rank
Corpl
Soldier No
2439
Regiment / Department
F Co 2nd Battn 67th (South Hampshire) Regt
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR6
Died / Killed / KIA
16 Oct 1879
Source abbrevs
F87
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
IOL&R N/1/173
Original Text from book
Bray, Corpl. Frederick (2439) F Co. 2nd Battn. 67th (South Hampshire) Regt., MR6, k. [in explosion at Kabul] Bala Hissar 16 Oct. 1879, F87, k. in explosion of powder magazine Kabul Bala Hissar 14 Oct. 1879, IOL&R N/1/173 (buried Kabul/Siah Sang)
Transcriber remarks
[k] killed. 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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