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
Grey
First Names
David
Rank
Driver
Soldier No
3542
Regiment / Department
E Battery B Brigade Royal Horse Artillery
Died / Killed / KIA
27 Jul 1880
Source abbrevs
F67
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
Flinders Diary of the March
Original Text from book
Grey, Driver David (3542) E/B R.H.A., F67, KIA Maiwand 27 July 1880 [not in MR3] [reported Driver Gray (3542) E/B R.H.A. KIA Maiwand]; Flinders, Diary of the March, p. 14, as well as âDrivers Istead, Websterâ also KIA Maiwand
Transcriber remarks
[KIA] Killed in Action. 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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