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
Balfour
First Names
Joseph Hume
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
13th Regt Bengal Cavalry (Lancers)
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR8 [2refs]
Died / Killed / KIA
25 Jul 1880
Source abbrevs
SH261 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Balfour, Lieut. Joseph Hume, B.S.C. (Probationer) 13th Regt. Bengal Cavalry (Lancers) MR8 (2 refs.) d. Peiwar Kotal 25 July 1880), SH261; 8th (The Kings) Regt., HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81 [Index: for p. 244, read p. 657 (omitted) HAAL:82 (delete)
Transcriber remarks
[BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / [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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