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
Palmer
First Names
Edmund
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
Bengal Staff Corps
Medal Rolls
MR10
Sick / Wounded
14 Apr 1880
Died / Killed / KIA
15 Apr 1880
Source abbrevs
SB158 / F115 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81
Original Text from book
Palmer, Lieut. Edmund, B.S.C., Sub Asst. Commissary Gen. (2nd Class) Bengal Commissariat Dept., MR10, w. Hissarak 14 April 1880 Pezwan (near Kabul), d. of wounds Pezwan 15 April 1880, MR10; Indian Staff Corps, SB158, mortally w. Hissarak 14 April 1880, d. Pezwan 15 April 1880, buried Pezwan 16 April 1880, F115; B.S.C., Sub Asst. Commissary Gen., HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, p. 657
Transcriber remarks
[BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / [w] wounded, [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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