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
Smith
First Names
Alfred
Rank
Private
Soldier No
710
Regiment / Department
9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers F Troop
Medal Rolls
MR1
Died / Killed / KIA
11 Dec 1879
Source abbrevs
F72
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
IOL&R N/1/173
Original Text from book
Smith, Private Alfred (710) 9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers: F Troop, MR1, k. Kabul 1879, F72, KIA Arghandi near Kabul 11 Dec. 1879, IOL&R N/1/173, aged 34, KIA Arghandi (Kabul area) 11 Dec. 1879, buried Kabul/Sherpur 12 Dec. 1879, J.W. Adams, Chaplain; name inscribed on memorial stone as Albert Smith (extant Aug. 1993 [Willasey-Wilsey]) cemetery Kabul/-Sherpur
Transcriber remarks
[k] killed, [KIA] killed in action. 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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