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
Cunningham
First Names
Charles
Rank
Trumpeter
Soldier No
893
Regiment / Department
15th (The Kings) Hussars
Medal Rolls
MR1
Died / Killed / KIA
deceased
Original Text from book
Cunningham, Trumpeter Charles (893) 15th (The Kings) Hussars, MR1 (deceased, date and place unrec.)
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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