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
Pye
First Names
George
Rank
Farrier Maj
Soldier No
1487
Regiment / Department
9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers C Troop
Medal Rolls
MR1
Died / Killed / KIA
10 Mar 1880
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
IOL&R N/1/173
Original Text from book
Pye, Farrier Maj. George (1487) 9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers: C Troop, MR1, IOL&R N/1/173, d. of alcoholic poisoning Kabul 10 March 1880, buried Kabul/Sherpur 11 March 1880, J.W. Adams, Chaplain; name inscribed on memorial stone (extant Aug. 1993 [Willasey-Wilsey]]) cemetery Kabul/Sherpur
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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