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
Wallace
First Names
John
Rank
Surg Maj
Regiment / Department
1st Battn 12th (East Suffolk) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR4
Died / Killed / KIA
16 Jul 1879
Source abbrevs
SH250 / SB228 / HAAL79 / HAAL80
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Shadbolt
Original Text from book
Wallace, Surg.-Maj. John, M.D., 1st Battn. 12th (East Suffolk) Regt., MR4, d. 16 July 1879; Army Medical Department (Bengal) Peshawar Valley Field Force, SH250, SB228, d. Landi Kotal of cholera 16 July 1879 (employed at Landi Kotal field hospital at time) HAAL:79, HAAL:80, p. 658a; 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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