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 British In Afghanistan [vol 1]. Name Index C

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DescriptionThe British in Afghanistan, 2nd Afghan War 1878-1881. Index of names.
The entire book (except the A-Z list of names) can be viewed in the Fibiwiki.
Links to certain sections of the book are listed below:
Medal Rolls
Source Abbreviations
Bibliography
Text Abbreviations
Rank and Service Abbreviations

Date transcribed2020-12-31
Transcribed byDon Freer
CommentOur 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.




View all other items of "Surname" with value "Collis" in "British In Afghanistan [vol 1]. Name Index C" Surname  Collis    
First Names  James    
Rank  Gunner    
Soldier No  5085    
Regiment / Department  E Battery B Brigade Royal Horse Artillery    
Medal Rolls  MR3    
Source abbrevs  SB260 / F155    
Bibliography / Text abbrevs  The Graphic / ref Parry / RVC / Creagh and Humphris The Victoria Cross    
Original Text from book  Collis, Gunner James, V.C. (5085) E/B R.H.A., MR3, SB260, F155 [some sources give C/B R.H.A. in error]; notice, The Graphic, 28 Jan. 1882, p. 78, ref. Parry, pp. 222-26, 306; engraving, The Graphic, 28 Jan. 1882, p. 89, photo RVC, p. 66, no. 234, Creagh and Humphris, The Victoria Cross, p. 97 [Collis was deprived of his V.C. for a period owing to a conviction for bigamy; it was restored to him by an order of the king in a celebrated ruling on the entitlement to hold the V.C. regardless of any subsequent act, or crime (Ed.)]    
Transcriber remarks  [C/B RHA ] C Battery B Brigade Royal Horse Artillery    
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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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