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
Lindsay
First Names
Arthur Fergusson
Rank
Maj
Regiment / Department
8th Regt Bengal Cavalry
Medal Rolls
MR8
Died / Killed / KIA
28 Sep 1881
Source abbrevs
SH255 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Lindsay, Maj. Arthur Fergusson, B.S.C., 8th Regt. Bengal Cavalry, MR8 (2 refs.) d. en route [from England ?] to India 28 Sept. 1881, SH255, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82, p. 658 (deceased)
Transcriber remarks
[BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / [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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