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
Vandeleur
First Names
Thomas Burton
Rank
Bt Maj
Regiment / Department
2nd Battn 7th (Royal Fusiliers) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR4
Sick / Wounded
16 Aug 1880
Died / Killed / KIA
26 Aug 1880
Source abbrevs
SH195 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / F74
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
Cane Kandahar Letters
Original Text from book
Vandeleur, Bt. Maj. Thomas Burton, 2nd Battn. 7th (Royal Fusiliers) Regt., MR4, d. Kandahar 26 Aug. 1880, SH195 [= Vandaleur] HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, p. 657, F74, w. Deh Khwaja 16 Aug. 1880, d. Kandahar of wounds 26 Aug. 1880, Cane, âKandahar Letters,â cites acts of courage during Deh Kwaja sortie (p. 216), 25 Aug. arm amputed at shoulder, d. 26 Aug. 1:00 a.m. and buried six hours later (p. 217)
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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