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
Powys
First Names
Littleton Albert
Rank
Bt Maj
Regiment / Department
59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR5
Died / Killed / KIA
6 Aug 1879
Source abbrevs
SH217 / SB170 / HAAL79 / HAAL80
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
Hammond The East Lancs in Afghanistan / Shadbolt / IOL&R N/1/173
Original Text from book
Powys, Bt. Maj. Littleton Albert, 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regt., MR5, SH217, SB170, d. Kandahar of cholera 6 Aug. 1879, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, p. 657, Hammond, "The East Lancs in Afghanistan," p. 6, IOL&R N/1/173 [= Lyttleton] d. Kandahar 6 Aug. 1879, buried Kandahar; photo Shadbolt, pl. XIII
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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