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
Greensmith
First Names
F W
Rank
Lance Corp;
Soldier No
573/255
Regiment / Department
2nd Battn 15th (Yorkshire East Riding) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR5
Died / Killed / KIA
30 Sep 1880
Original Text from book
Greensmith, Lance Corpl. F.W. (573/255) 2nd Battn. 15th (Yorkshire, East Riding) Regt., MR5, d. Kandahar 30 Sept 1880 (n. in MR16 records that appears to be ident. to Regt. no. 225) [see preceding two entries]
Transcriber remarks
[appears to be ident to preceiding two entries] Greensmith, Lance Corpl F W (225) and Greensmith Lance Corpl F (255) / [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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