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
Loal
First names
Private
Rank
James
Soldier no
1010
Orig Text from book
Loal, Private James (1010) 9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers: B Troop, age 35, d. Kabul of gunshot wounds 14 Dec. 1879, buried Kabul/Sherpur 15 Dec. 1879, J.W. Adams, Chaplain, name inscribed thus [but see Love, Private James] on memorial stone (extant Aug. 1993 [Willasey-Wilsey]) cemetery Kabul/Sherpur
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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