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
Kelso
First Names
John Andrew
Rank
Capt
Regiment / Department
No 1 Mtn Batt PFF
Medal Rolls
MR3
Died / Killed / KIA
2 Dec 1878
Source abbrevs
SH177 / SB121 / HAAL79 / F126
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Shadbolt / NAM / B&S
Original Text from book
Kelso, Capt. John Andrew, R.A., No. 1 Mtn. Batt., P.F.F. (attached) MR3, KIA 3 Dec. 1878, SH177, SB121, KIA Peiwar Kotal 2 Dec. 1878, HAAL:79, p. 658, F126; photo Shadbolt, pl. X, NAM (neg. 45278) B&S 197
Transcriber remarks
[RA] Royal Artillery / [PFF] Punjab Frontier or Field Force / [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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