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
Swinley
First Names
Capt
Rank
Silas Adair
Regiment / Department
Bengal Cavalry 11th (Prince of Wales Own) Regt Bengal Cavalry (Lancers)
Medal Rolls
MR9
Died / Killed / KIA
24 May 1879
Source abbrevs
SH258 / SB217 / HAAL79 / HAAL80
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Shadbolt
Original Text from book
Swinley, Capt. Silas Adair, General List, Bengal Cavalry, 11th (Prince of Wales Own) Regt. Bengal Cavalry (Lancers) MR9, d. Camp Safed Sang [near Gandamak] 24 May 1879, SH258, SB217, d. Safed Sang [near Gandamak] of typhoid fever 24 May 1879, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, p. 658; photo Shadbolt, pl. XVII
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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