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
Davis
First Names
William
Rank
Private
Soldier No
2136
Regiment / Department
92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6
Sick / Wounded
13 Dec 1879
Died / Killed / KIA
15 Dec 1879 / 28 Dec 1879
Source abbrevs
F94
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
IOL&R N/1/173
Original Text from book
Davis, Private William (2136) 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt., MR6, w. Kabul 13 Dec. 1879, d. of wounds [Kabul] 15 Dec. 1879, F94, w. Kabul 13 Dec. 1879, d. of wounds 28 Dec. 1879, IOL&R N/1/173 (buried Kabul/Sherpur)
Transcriber remarks
[w] wounded. [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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