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
Holmes
First Names
Private
Rank
John
Soldier No
665
Regiment / Department
56th Bde 66th (Berkshire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6
Died / Killed / KIA
11 Aug 1880 / 27 Jul 1880
Source abbrevs
F81
Original Text from book
Holmes, Private John (665) 56th Bde. 66th (Berkshire) Regt., MR6, d. Kandahar of diarrhoea 11 Aug. 1880, F81, KIA Maiwand 27 July 1880
Transcriber remarks
[KIA] Killed in action, [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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