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
Wright
First names
Shoeing Smith
Rank
John
Soldier no
4107
Orig Text from book
Wright, Shoeing Smith John (4107) E/B R.H.A., d. Kandahar 8 Aug. 1880; Flinders, Diary of the March, p. 17 (9 Aug. 1880) "Funeral parade for shoeing smith Wright, buried him near the Shikapur [Shikarpur] Gate."
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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