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
Hornby
First names
Driver
Rank
Thomas
Soldier no
1634
Orig Text from book
*Hornby, Driver Thomas (1634) E/B R.H.A., k. accidentally Kandahar 2 May 1880 [see also Tew, Gunner James]; Flinders, Diary of the March, 2 May: "Tew shot through the back, and Hornby through the head...."
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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