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
Langford
First Names
James
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1678
Regiment / Department
9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers C Troop
Medal Rolls
MR1
Died / Killed / KIA
11 Dec 1879
Original Text from book
Langford, Private James (1678) 9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers: C Troop; age 23, KIA 11 Dec. 1879, buried Kabul/Sherpur 12 Dec. 1879, J.W. Adams, Chaplain; name inscribed on memorial stone (extant Aug. 1993 [Willasey-Wilsey]) cemetery Kabul/Sherpur [MR1= Longford, Private G., as does memorial stone]
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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