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
Sullivan
First Names
Private
Rank
John
Soldier No
1796
Regiment / Department
58th Bde 1st Battn 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6 / MR13
Died / Killed / KIA
23 Mar 1879
Original Text from book
Sullivan, Private John (1796) 58th Bde. 1st Battn. 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., MR6, d. 23 March 1879 (regt. no. corrected from 796); (1796) Kabul-Kandahar Field Force, Aug.-Sept. 1880, MR13 [record error; either not on Kabul-Kandahar march, or date of d. date incorrect]
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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