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
Wood
First Names
O B
Rank
Lieut local
Regiment / Department
Bengal Police, Transport Department
Medal Rolls
MR9
Died / Killed / KIA
1 May 1880
Source abbrevs
F153
Original Text from book
Wood, Lieut. (local) 0.B., Bengal Police, Transport Department, MR9, F153, k. Chapri 1 May 1880
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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