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
Parsons
First Names
William
Rank
Private
Soldier No
1813
Regiment / Department
E Company 2nd Battalion 9th (East Norfolk) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR4
Died / Killed / KIA
29 Jun 1880
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
IOL&R N/1/173
Original Text from book
Parsons, Private William (1813) E Co. 2nd Battn. 9th (East Norfolk) Regt., MR4, d. Kabul 29 June 1880, IOL&R N/1/173 (buried Kabul/Sherpur)
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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