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
Shepherd
First names
Lance Sergt
Rank
Edward
Soldier no
1446
Orig Text from book
*Shepherd, Lance-Sergt. Edward (1446) 9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers: D Troop, KIA Arghandi, near Kabul, aged 25, KIA11 Dec. 1879, buried Sherpur (Kabul) 12 Dec. 1879, J.W. Adams, Chaplain [but see Shepperd, Lance-Sergt. Edward (1446)]
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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