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
Watson
First Names
James
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1462
Regiment / Department
10th Bde 2nd Battn 14th (The Buckinghamshire) Regt (The Prince of Wales Own)
Medal Rolls
MR4
Died / Killed / KIA
1 May 1880
Original Text from book
Watson, Private James (1462) 10th Bde. 2nd Battn. 14th (The Buckinghamshire) Regt. (The Prince of Wales Own) MR4, d. 1 May 1880 [place unrec.]
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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