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
Joy
First Names
Hillery
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1873
Regiment / Department
H Co 2nd Battn (South Hampshire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6
Died / Killed / KIA
deceased
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
IOL&R N/1/173
Original Text from book
Joy, Private Hillery (1873) H Co. 2nd Battn. (South Hampshire) Regt., MR6 (deceased) [date and place unrec.] IOL&R N/1/173 [= Hilary] (buried Kabul/Siah Sang)
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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