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
Oaks
First Names
Henry
Rank
Private
Regiment / Department
9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers
Died / Killed / KIA
24 Dec 1879
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
IOL&R N/1/173
Original Text from book
Oaks, Private Henry, 9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers, [not in MR1] IOL&R N/1/173 (buried Kabul/Sherpur); aged 26, d. Kabul of pneumonia 24 Dec 1879, buried Kabul/Sherpur 28 Dec. 1879, J.W. Adams, Chaplain; name inscribed on memorial stone (extant Aug. 1993 [Willasey-Wilsey]) cemetery Kabul/Sherpur [poss. ident. to Oakes, Private J.H. (1673) q.v.]
Transcriber remarks
[d] died. Also listed in Annex 2, MORTALITY. Trousdale The British in Afghanistan 1878-1881.
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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