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
Wiseman
First Names
Nicholas Cuthbert
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
1st Battn. 17th (The Leicestershire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR5
Died / Killed / KIA
2 Apr 1879
Source abbrevs
SH208 / SB248 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / F78
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Shadbolt
Original Text from book
Wiseman, Lieut. Nicholas Cuthbert, 1st Battn. 17th (The Leicestershire) Regt., MR5, KIA 2 April 1879, SH208, SB248, KIA Futtehabad 2 April 1879, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, p. 658, F78; photo Shadbolt, pl. XIX
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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