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
Thurlow
First Names
Benjamin Smith
Rank
2nd Lieut
Regiment / Department
51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) (The Kings Own Light Infantry) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR5
Died / Killed / KIA
22 Mar 1880
Source abbrevs
SB219 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / F79
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Shadbolt
Original Text from book
Thurlow, 2nd Lieut. Benjamin Smith, 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) (The Kings Own Light Infantry) Regt., MR5, SB219, k. between Gandamak and Jagdalak 22 March 1880, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, p. 658, F79; photo Shadbolt, pl. XVII
Transcriber remarks
[k] Killed. 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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