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
Robinson
First Names
Alfred
Rank
Private
Regiment / Department
9th (East Norfolk) Regt
Sick / Wounded
19 Dec 1879
Died / Killed / KIA
deceased
Source abbrevs
F77
Original Text from book
Robinson, Private Alfred (____) 9th (East Norfolk) Regt., F77, w. Jagdalak Kotal 19 Dec. 1879 (deceased) [regt. no. unrec.; poss. ident. to Robinson, Private A. (1564) q.v.]
Transcriber remarks
[w] wounded, deceased. 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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