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
Gamble
First Names
John Henry
Rank
Capt
Regiment / Department
1st Battn 17th (The Leicestershire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR5
Died / Killed / KIA
14 Jul 1879
Source abbrevs
SH208 / SB86 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 /
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Shadbolt
Original Text from book
Gamble, Capt. John Henry, 1st Battn. 17th (The Leicestershire) Regt., MR5, d. 14 July 1879, SH208, SB86, d. Landi Kotal 14 July 1879, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, p. 658; photo Shadbolt, pl. VII
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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