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
Watson
First names
Surg
Rank
George
Orig Text from book
Watson, Surg. George, M.D., 13th Regt. Bengal Cavalry (Lancers) Bengal Medical Department, d. Peiwar Kotal of enteric fever 25 July 1880, buried "in the cemetery at Fort Kuram"
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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