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
Forbes
First Names
St John William
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6
Died / Killed / KIA
13 Dec 1879
Source abbrevs
SH240 / SB79 / F92 / HAAL79 / HAAL80
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
IOL&R N/1/173 / Gregson Through the Khyber / photo Shadbolt / NAM / B&S
Original Text from book
Forbes, Lieut. St. John William, 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regt., MR6, KIA Kabul 13 Dec. 1879, SH240, SB79, KIA Takht i Shah, Kabul 13 Dec. 1879, F92, Gregson, Through the Khyber Pass, p. 53, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, p. 658a, IOL&R N/1/173 (buried Kabul/Sherpur, 15 Dec. 1879) gravestone extant (Willasey-Wilsey, 29 Aug. 1993, photo Shadbolt, pl. VI, NAM (neg. 23951) B&S 7
Transcriber remarks
[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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