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
Hearsey
First Names
Lieut
Rank
Charles John Rumball
Regiment / Department
9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers
Medal Rolls
MR1
Died / Killed / KIA
11 Dec 1879
Source abbrevs
SH155 / SB105 / F71 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / IMI II
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
IOL&R N /1 /173 / photo Shadbolt / NAM
Original Text from book
Hearsey, Lieut. Charles John Rumball, 9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers, MR1, SH155, SB105, F71, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, p. 658a (deceased) IMI II,2, p. 161, IOL&R N/1/173; aged 24, KIA Kabul 11 Dec. 1879, buried Kabul/Sherpur 13 Dec. 1879. J.W. Adams, Chaplain; individual memorial stone (extant Aug. 1993 [Willasey-Wilsey]) at cemetery Kabul/Sherpur; photo Shadbolt, pl. VIII; microfilm misc. papers NAM acc. no. 78ll 179
Transcriber remarks
[KIA] Killed in Action. 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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