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
Newsome
First names
Private
Rank
William
Soldier no
773
Orig Text from book
*Newsome, Private William (773) 9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers, KIA Kabul 11 Dec. 1879, age 33, buried 12 Dec. 1879 Kabul/Sherpur, J.W. Adams, Chaolain; name inscribed on regt. memorial stone (extant Aug. 1993 [Willasey-Wilsey]) cemetery Kabul/Sherpur
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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