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
Reilly
First Names
Andrew
Rank
Gunner
Soldier No
4918
Regiment / Department
E Battery B Brigade Royal Horse Artillery
Medal Rolls
MR3
Sick / Wounded
27 Jul 1880
Died / Killed / KIA
30 Aug 1880
Source abbrevs
F67
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
Flinders Diary of the March
Original Text from book
Reilly, Gunner Andrew (4918) E/B R.H.A., MR3, d. Kandahar 30 Aug. 1880, F67, d. of wounds recd 27 July 1880 at Maiwand; Flinders, Diary of the March, p. 18 (30 Aug. 1880) "Funeral parade for Gunner Reilly, and buried him near the Shikapur [Shikarpur] Gate."
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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