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
Simpson
First Names
S
Rank
Surg Maj
Regiment / Department
23rd Regt Bombay N (Light) I
Medal Rolls
MR10
Died / Killed / KIA
13 Aug 1880
Original Text from book
Simpson, Surg. Maj. S., 23rd Regt. Bombay N. (Light) I., MR10, d. 13 Aug. 1880 [place unrec.] [struck out; not in SH, HAAL, s.v. Bombay Medical Department, unless error for John Simpson, who is not in HAAL:81, either as being active, or deceased]
Transcriber remarks
[NI] Native Infantry / [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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