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
Coombs
First names
Private
Rank
George
Soldier no
1420
Orig Text from book
Coombs, Private George (1420) 2nd Battn. 60th The Kings Royal Rifle Corps, d. Kandahar/Baba Wali 1 Sept. 1880
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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