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
Smith
First Names
Robert
Rank
Private
Soldier No
515
Regiment / Department
D Co 2nd Battn 9th (East Norfolk) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR4
Died / Killed / KIA
11 Jan 1880
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
IOL&R N/1/173
Original Text from book
Smith, Private Robert (515) D Co. 2nd Battn. 9th (East Norfolk) Regt., MR4, d. Kabul 11 Jan. 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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