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
Sully
First Names
Private
Rank
Arthur
Regiment / Department
9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers
Died / Killed / KIA
24 Dec 1879
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
IOL&R N/1/173
Original Text from book
Sully, Private Arthur, 9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers, IOL&R N/1/173 (buried Kabul/Sherpur); aged 24, d. [Kabul] of pneumonia 24 Dec. 1879, buried Kabul/Sherpur 26 Dec. 1879, J.W. Adams, Chaplain; name inscribed on 9th Lancers memorial stone (extant Aug. 1993 [Willasey-Wilsay]) cemetery Kabul/Sherpur [not in MR1]
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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