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
Norton
First Names
Solomon
Rank
Private
Soldier No
726
Regiment / Department
59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR5 / MR13
Died / Killed / KIA
26 Jul 1879
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
lOLR N/1/173
Original Text from book
Norton, Private Solomon (726) 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regt., MR5, d. 26 July 1879 place unrec.], lOL&R N/1/173 (buried Kandahar)
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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