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
Newport
First Names
William Henry
Rank
Bt Lt Col
Regiment / Department
28th Regt. Bombay Native Infantry
Medal Rolls
MR9
Died / Killed / KIA
16 Aug 1880
Source abbrevs
SH338 / SB144 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / F148 / IMI I / IMI II
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Shadbolt
Original Text from book
Newport, Bt. Lt. Col. William Henry, Bo.S.C., 28th Regt. Bombay N.I., MR9, SH338, SB144, KIA Deh Khwaja 16 Aug. 1880, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, p. 656, F148, IMI, II,l, p. 182, IMI, I1,2, p. 253 (buried Kandahar); photo Shadbolt, pl. XI
Transcriber remarks
[Bo SC] Bombay Staff Corps / [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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