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
Perry
First Names
Ernest Wenman
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR5
Died / Killed / KIA
19 Jun 1879
Source abbrevs
SH140 / SB160 / HAAL79 / HAAL80
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Shadbolt
Original Text from book
Perry, Lieut. Ernest Wenman, 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regt., MR5, d. 19 June 1879, SH140, SB160, d. Quetta of cholera 19 June 1879; [believed to have gone beyond Quetta on Kandahar Line, and was at Gandamak for Treaty signing] HAAL:79, HAAL:80 [Index: for p. 284, read p. 658, deceased, s.v. Capt.]; photo Shadbolt, pl. XII
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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