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
Lane
First Names
George
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1824
Regiment / Department
1st Battn 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6 / MR13
Died / Killed / KIA
5 Nov 1880
Original Text from book
Lane, Private George (1824) 1st Battn. 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., MR6, d. 5 June 1880; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13, d. 5 Nov. 1880 [place unrec.] [earlier death date incorrect, if he was on Kabul Kandahar march]
Transcriber remarks
[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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