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
Brown
First names
Private promoted to Lance Corpl
Rank
William
Soldier no
1746
Orig Text from book
*Brown, Private, promoted to Lance-Corpl. William (1746) 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., d. of wounds 10 Dec. [1878] [MR] w. Peiwar Kotal 2 Dec. 1878, d. of wounds 16 Dec. 1878 [F]
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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