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
Tom Cooper
Rank
Private
Soldier No
478
Regiment / Department
G Co40th Bde 2nd Battn 67th (South Hampshire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6
Sick / Wounded
18 Dec 1879
Died / Killed / KIA
deceased
Source abbrevs
F87
Original Text from book
Ward, Private Tom Cooper (478) G Co.40th Bde. 2nd Battn. 67th (South Hampshire) Regt., MR6 (deceased) F87, w. Kabul 18 Dec. 1879, since deceased
Transcriber remarks
[w] wounded, 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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