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
Anderson
First Names
Alexander Dunlop
Rank
Maj
Regiment / Department
23rd Regt (Punjab) Bengal NI (Pioneers)
Died / Killed / KIA
2 Dec 1878
Source abbrevs
SH279 / SB1 / HAAL79 / F105
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Shadbolt / NAM / B&S
Original Text from book
Anderson, Maj. Alexander Dunlop, B.S.C., 23rd Regt. (Punjab) Bengal N.I. (Pioneers), SH279, SB1, KIA Peiwar Kotal 2 Dec. 1878, HAAL:79, p. 657, F105; photo Shadbolt, pl. I, NAM (neg. 45278) B&S 197
Transcriber remarks
[BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / [NI] Native Infantry / [KIA] Killed in action. 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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