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
Jackson
First Names
Robert
Rank
Driver
Soldier No
2909
Regiment / Department
E Battery B Brigade Royal Horse Artillery
Medal Rolls
MR3
Died / Killed / KIA
deceased
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
Flinders Diary of the March
Original Text from book
Jackson, Driver Robert (2909) E/B R.H.A., MR3 (deceased) Flinders, Diary of the March, (28 Aug. 1881) "Driver R. Jackson, died [Kirkee] on this date from abscess on the liver, buried at 4 p,m, the same day."
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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