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
Spittle
First Names
Henry
Rank
Troop Sergt Maj
Soldier No
722
Regiment / Department
9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers C Troop
Medal Rolls
MR1
Died / Killed / KIA
13 Dec 1879
Source abbrevs
F71 / F164
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
IOL&R N/1/173
Original Text from book
Spittle, Troop Sergt.-Maj. Henry (722) 9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers: C Troop, MR1, F71, F164 (Distin-guished Conduct Medal) IOL&R N/1/173, aged 35, KIA Kabul 13 Dec. 1879, buried Kabul/Sherpur 15 Dec. 1879, J.W. Adams, Chaplain; name inscribed as Troop Sergeant on 9th Lancers memorial stone (extant Aug. 1993 [Willasey-Wilsey]) cemetery Kabul/Sherpur
Transcriber remarks
[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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