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
Willis
First names
Lieut
Rank
Herbert Valiant
Orig Text from book
*Willis, Lieut. Herbert Valiant, E/4 R.A., stabbed Kandahar 10 Jan. 1879, d. of wounds Kandahar 15 Jan. 1879, "buried in a quiet and shaded spot in the midst of the Fort garden, within the walls of Kandahar, chosen by General Biddulph"
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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