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
Johnson
First names
Shoeing Smith
Rank
W
Soldier no
820
Orig Text from book
Johnson, Shoeing Smith W. (820) 9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers: A Troop, d. Kandahar 1880 [after 1 Sept., prob. from w. sustained at battle at Kandahar 1 Sept. 1880]
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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