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
Wright
First Names
John
Rank
Shoeing Smith
Soldier No
4107
Regiment / Department
E Battery B Brigade Royal Horse Artillery
Medal Rolls
MR3
Died / Killed / KIA
8 Aug 1880
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
Flinders Diary of the March
Original Text from book
Wright, Shoeing Smith John (4107) E/B R.H.A., MR3, d. Kandahar 8 Aug. 1880, Flinders, Diary of the March, p. 17 (9 Aug. 1880) "Funeral parade for shoeing smith Wright, buried him near the Shikapur [Shikarpur] Gate."
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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