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
Ward
First Names
Thomas
Rank
Private
Soldier No
231
Regiment / Department
59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR5
Sick / Wounded
15 [16 ?] Aug 1880
Died / Killed / KIA
15 [16 ?] Aug 1880
Source abbrevs
F81
Original Text from book
Ward, Private Thomas (231) 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regt., MR5, F81, w. Deh Khwaja 15 [16?] Aug. 1880, d. of wounds same day
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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