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
Woolmer
First Names
A
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1829
Regiment / Department
9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers B Troop
Medal Rolls
MR1
Died / Killed / KIA
5 Apr 1880
Original Text from book
Woolmer, Private A. (1829) 9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers: B Troop, MR1, d. Basawal 5 April 1880
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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