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
Becher
First Names
Henry George
Rank
Maj
Regiment / Department
11th Regt Bengal NI
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR8 [2refs]
Sick / Wounded
26 Oct 1880
Source abbrevs
SH270 / SB15 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Shadbolt pl II
Original Text from book
Becher, Maj. Henry George, B.S.C., 11th Regt. Bengal N.I., MR8 (2 refs.) SH270, SB15, invalided to England, d. 26 Oct. 1880 [place unrec.], HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81 [Index: for p. 419, read p. 656 or 657 (omitted)]; photo Shadbolt, pl. II
Transcriber remarks
[BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / [NI] Native Infantry 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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