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
Keith
First Names
Alexander Crombie
Rank
Surg
Regiment / Department
Army Medical Department (Bengal)
Medal Rolls
MR7
Died / Killed / KIA
13 Jan 1880
Source abbrevs
SB116 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / SH247
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
IOL&R N/1/173
Original Text from book
Keith, Surg. Alexander Crombie, M.B., Army Medical Department (Bengal) MR7 (2 refs.) during 2nd phase, at Field Hospital during seige of Kabul/-Sherpur 11-23 Dec. 1879, in medical charge of a squadron of 9th (The Queens Royal) Lancers, SH247, [â...embalming fluid was all he needed.â] SB116, d. [Kabul] of pneumonia 13 Jan. 1880, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, p. 658, 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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