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
Smith
First names
Private
Rank
Alfred
Soldier no
710
Orig Text from book
*Smith, Private Alfred (710) 9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers: F Troop, KIA Arghandi, near Kabul, 11 Dec. 1879, aged 34, buried Kabul/Sherpur 12 Dec. 1879, J.W. Adams, Chaplain; 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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