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
Watt
First Names
George
Rank
Sergt
Soldier No
651
Regiment / Department
72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6
Died / Killed / KIA
6 Oct 1879
Source abbrevs
F88
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
IOL&R N/1/173
Original Text from book
Watt, Sergt. George (651) 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., MR6, KIA 6 Oct. 1879, F88, KIA Charasiab 6 Oct. 1879, IOL&R N/1/173 (buried Kabul/Charasiab)
Transcriber remarks
[KIA] killed in action. 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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