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
Thompson
First Names
Edward
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1294
Regiment / Department
72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt
Died / Killed / KIA
14 Dec 1879
Source abbrevs
F91
Original Text from book
Thompson, Private Edward (1294) 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., F91, k. Kabul 14 Dec. 1879 [but see Thomson, Private Edward] [place unrec.]
Transcriber remarks
[k] Killed. 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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