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
Thomas
Rank
Colour Sergt
Soldier No
1566
Regiment / Department
92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6
Sick / Wounded
25 Apr 1880
Died / Killed / KIA
25 Apr 1880
Source abbrevs
F92
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
IOL&R N/1/173
Original Text from book
Smith, Colour-Sergt. Thomas (1566) 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt., MR6, d. of wounds sustained at Charasiab 25 April 1880, F92, w. Charasiab 25 April 1880, since d. of wounds, IOL&R N/1/173 (buried Kabul/Sherpur) [d. date unrec.]
Transcriber remarks
[w] wounded, [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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