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
Wood
First names
Sergt
Rank
Michael Joseph
Soldier no
4217
Orig Text from book
*Wood, Sergt. Michael Joseph (4217) E/B R.H.A., KIA Maiwand 27 July 1880; Flinders, Diary of the March, p. 13 (27 July 1880) "Sergt. Wood, fell across the [1 word] of No. 4 Gun, shot dead...."
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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