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
Hare
First Names
George John
Rank
Capt and Adjt
Regiment / Department
22nd (Punjab) Regiment Bengal NI
Medal Rolls
MR9
Died / Killed / KIA
3 Jan 1880 / 5 Jan 1880
Source abbrevs
SH130 / SH278 /HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Shadbolt
Original Text from book
Hare, Capt. and Adjt. George John, B.S.C., 22nd (Punjab) Regt. Bengal N.I., MR9, d. Safed Sang [Gandamak] 5 Jan. 1880, SH130, d. Safed Sang 5 Jan. 1880, SH278, d. pneumonia Safed Sang Camp 3 Jan. 1880, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, p. 657; photo Shadbolt, pl. VIII
Transcriber remarks
[BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / [NI] Native Infantry / [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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