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
Howard
First names
Gunner
Rank
Robert
Soldier no
4557
Orig Text from book
Howard, Gunner Robert (4557) E/B R.H.A.; Flinders, Diary of the March, 19 Aug. 1881: "Gunner R. Howard died [Kirkee] on this date, after a long illness, lung disease and dysentery, buried him on the following morning...."
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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