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
Brown
First Names
Louis George
Rank
Maj
Regiment / Department
8th Regt Bombay NI
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR10
Died / Killed / KIA
11 Aug 1880
Source abbrevs
HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81
Original Text from book
Brown, Maj. Louis George, 8th Regt. Bombay N.I., MR10, d. 11 Aug. 1880 [place unrec.], HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, p. 656
Transcriber remarks
[NI] Native Infantry / [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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