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
Oaks
First names
Private
Rank
Henry
Soldier no
____
Orig Text from book
Oaks, Private Henry (____) 9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers, d. Kabul of pneumonia 24 Dec. 1879, age 26, buried Kabul/Sherpur 28 Dec. 1879, J.W. Adams, Chaplain; name inscribed on regt. memorial stone (extant Aug. 1993 [Willasey-Wilsey]) cemetery Kabul/Sherpur [not in MR] [poss. ident. to Oakes, Private J.H. (1673) q.v.] [regt. no. unrec.]
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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