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
Birch
First Names
Henry Holwell
Rank
Maj
Regiment / Department
27th (Punjab) Regt Bengal NI
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR9
Died / Killed / KIA
21 Nov 1878
Source abbrevs
HAAL79 / F107
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Shadbolt
Original Text from book
Birch, Maj. Henry Holwell, B.S.C., 27th (Punjab) Regt. Bengal N.I., MR9, KIA Ali Musjid 21 Nov. 1878, SH284, SB17, KIA Ali Musjid 21 Nov, 1878, HAAL:79, p. 657, F107; photo Shadbolt, pl. II
Transcriber remarks
[BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / [NI] Native Infantry / [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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