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
William
Rank
Mr
Regiment / Department
Special artist for Illustrated London News
Original Text from book
Simpson, Mr. William, special artist for Illustrated London News, in eastern Afghanistan during 1st phase of war only; pub. (besides many contemporary articles on antiquities of Afghanistan) The Autobiography of William Simpson, ed. by George Eyre Todd, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1903; famed especially for his large series of drawings of Crimean War (Ed.)
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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