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
Edmund
First Names
Palmer
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
Bengal Commissariat Dept
Sick / Wounded
14 Apr 1880
Died / Killed / KIA
15 Apr 1880
Source abbrevs
F115
Original Text from book
Edmund, Lieut. Palmer, Bengal Commissariat Dept., F115, w. Hissarak 14 April 1880, d. of wounds 15 April 1880 [see Palmer, Lieut. Edmund]
Transcriber remarks
[w] wounded [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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