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
Showers
First names
Capt
Rank
Howe Frederick
Orig Text from book
*Showers, Capt. Howe Frederick, B.S.C., 1st Regt. Punjab Infantry, P.F.F., k. by marauders on road between Chappar and Quetta 25 March 1880; Flinders, Diary of the March, 27 March: "Captain Showers of the Punjab Cavalry, brought into camp massacred by the Hill tribes."
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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