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
Wickham
First Names
J
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1150
Regiment / Department
C Co. 2nd Battn. 9th (East Norfolk) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR4
Died / Killed / KIA
12 Apr 1880
Original Text from book
Wickham, Private J. (1150) C Co. 2nd Battn. 9th (East Norfolk) Regt., MR4, d. Kabul 12 April 1880 [prob. ident. to following]
Transcriber remarks
[prob ident to following] Wickham Private James] / [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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