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
Barclay
First Names
Frank Miles
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
45th (Rattrays Sikhs) Regt Bengal NI
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR9
Sick / Wounded
17 Mar 1879
Died / Killed / KIA
31 Mar 1879
Source abbrevs
SH291 / SB7 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / F110
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Shadbolt
Original Text from book
Barclay, Lieut. Frank Miles, B.S.C. (Provisionally) 45th (Rattrays Sikhs) Regt. Bengal N.I. MR9, d. Landi Kotal 21 July 1879, SH291, SB7, d. 31 March 1879, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, p. 658, "of wounds received in action," F110 [= Francis] mortally wounded Maidanak 17 March 1879; photo Shadbolt, Pl. I
Transcriber remarks
[BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / [NI] Native Infantry / [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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