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
Reid
First Names
William
Rank
Private
Soldier No
111
Regiment / Department
56th Bde 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6 / MR13
Died / Killed / KIA
1 Sep 1880
Source abbrevs
F95
Original Text from book
Reid, Private William (111) 56th Bde. 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt., MR6, KIA Kandahar 1 Sept. 1880; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13, KIA 1 September 1880, F95
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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