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
Olivey
First Names
Walter Rice
Rank
2nd Lieut
Regiment / Department
66th (Berkshire) Regiment
Medal Rolls
MR6
Died / Killed / KIA
27 Jul 1880
Source abbrevs
SH225 / SB154 / HAAL81 / F82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Shadbolt
Original Text from book
Olivey, 2nd Lieut. Walter Rice, 66th (Berkshire) Regt., MR6, KIA [Maiwand] 27 July 1880, SH225, SB154, HAAL:81, p. 658 (omitted) [was with regt. only weeks before k. (Ed.)] F82; photo Shadbolt, pl. XII
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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