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
Crispin
First Names
George Bell
Rank
LtCol
Regiment / Department
4th Regt Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps)
Medal Rolls
MR9
Died / Killed / KIA
24 Oct 1880
Source abbrevs
SH328 / SB57 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Shadbolt
Original Text from book
Crispin, Lt. Col. George Bell, Bo.S.C. 4th Regt. Bombay N.I. (Rifle Corps) MR9, d. at sea 20 Oct. 1880, SH328, SB57, d. at sea between Aden and Suez 24 Oct. 1880, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, p. 515, HAAL:81, p. 656; photo Shadbolt, pl. V
Transcriber remarks
[Bo SC] Bombay Staff Corps / [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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