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
Dewar
First Names
William
Rank
Private
Soldier No
2721
Regiment / Department
58th Bde 1st Battn 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6 / MR13 / MR15
Died / Killed / KIA
4 Feb 1881
Original Text from book
Dewar, Private William (2721) 58th Bde. 1st Battn. 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., MR6, d. 4 Feb. 1881; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13, 4 Feb. 1881 [place unrec.]; MR15 lists surname under heading "Discrepancies" as Deivar
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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