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
Swan
First Names
Private
Rank
Francis
Soldier No
896
Regiment / Department
2nd Battn 7th (Royal Fusiliers) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR4
Sick / Wounded
16 Aug 1880
Died / Killed / KIA
17 Aug 1880
Source abbrevs
F76
Original Text from book
Swan, Private Francis (896) 2nd Battn. 7th (Royal Fusiliers) Regt., MR4, F76, w. Deh Khwaja sortie 16 Aug. 1880, d. of wounds [Kandahar] 17 Aug. 1880
Transcriber remarks
[w] wounded, [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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