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
Drummond
First Names
John Cargill
Rank
2nd Lieut
Regiment / Department
1st Battn 25th (The Kings Own Borderers)
Medal Rolls
MR5
Died / Killed / KIA
1879
Source abbrevs
SH212 / HAAL79 / HAAL80
Original Text from book
Drummond, 2nd Lieut. John Cargill, 1st Battn. 25th (The Kings Own Borderers) SH212 (deceased1879; day, month and place unrec.) HAAL:79; HAAL:80, p. 658 [= J.G. (deceased) initial "G" sic] [cf. Drummond, Lieut. Charles, 1st Battn 25th (The Kings Own Borderers) Regt., MR5]
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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