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
Loal
First Names
James
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1010
Regiment / Department
9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers B Troop
Medal Rolls
MR1
Died / Killed / KIA
14 Dec 1879
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
IOL&R N/1/173
Original Text from book
Loal, Private James (1010) 9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers: B Troop, MR1; aged 35, d. Kabul of gunshot wounds 14 Dec. 1879, buried Kabul/Sherpur 15 Dec. 1879, J.W. Adams, Chaplain, IOL&R N/1/173 (buried Kabul/Sherpur) [surname appears thus on memorial stone (extant Aug. 1993 [Willasey-Wilsey]) cemetery Kabul/Sherpur cemetery; in MR1, and in burial register, but see Love, Private James]
Transcriber remarks
[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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