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
Porter
First Names
Joshua Henry
Rank
Surg Maj
Regiment / Department
Army Medical Department
Died / Killed / KIA
9 Jan 1880
Source abbrevs
SH141 / SH248 / SB161 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
Gregson Through the Khyber Pass / Shadbolt / IOL&R N/1/173
Original Text from book
Porter, Surg. Maj. Joshua Henry, Army Medical Department, SH141, SH248, SB161, d. Kabul/Sherpur of pneumonia 9 Jan. 1880, Gregson, Through the Khyber Pass, p. 100, IOL&R N/1/173 (buried Kabul/Sherpur) HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, p. 658; photo Shadbolt, pl. XIII; memorial plaque in chapel at Netley, where he had earlier served (Ed.)
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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