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
Lionel
Rank
Maj
Regiment / Department
(BSC) Bengal Staff Corps 3rd Goorkha (Kemaoon) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR9
Died / Killed / KIA
25 Jan 1879
Source abbrevs
SH295 / SB204 / HAAL79 / HAAL80
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
IOL&R N/1/173 / photo Shadbolt
Original Text from book
Smith, Maj. Lionel, B.S.C., 3rd Goorkha (Kemaoon) Regt., MR9, d. Khelat-i Ghilzai 25 Jan. 1879, SH295, SB204, d. Khelat-i Ghilzai of dysentery 25 Jan. 1879, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, p. 657, IOL&R N/1/173 (buried Khelat-i Ghilzai); photo Shadbolt, pl. XVI
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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