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
Paine
First Names
J
Rank
Farrier Maj
Soldier No
421
Regiment / Department
9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers
Medal Rolls
MR1
Died / Killed / KIA
Mar 1880
Original Text from book
Paine, Farrier Maj. J. (421) 9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers, MR1, d. Kabul, March 1880 [day unrec.]
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.
If you found this useful then why not join FIBIS to get all the benefits from membership and help this work to continue. You can now join on-line in the FIBIS Shop...