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
Ventris
First Names
Edward Peyton
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
1st Battn 3rd (East Kent The Buffs) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR4
Died / Killed / KIA
14 or 17 Apr 1879
Source abbrevs
SH147 / SB227 / HAAL79 / HAAL80
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Shadbolt
Original Text from book
Ventris, Lieut. Edward Peyton, 1st Battn. 3rd (East Kent - The Buffs) Regt., MR4, SH147, SB227, d. Bagh (Baluchistan) of sickness 14/17 April 1879, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, p. 658; photo Shadbolt, pl. XVII
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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