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
Roberts
First Names
Stephen William Thornhill
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
27th (Punjab) Regt Bengal NI
Medal Rolls
MR9
Died / Killed / KIA
16 Jun 1879
Source abbrevs
HAAL79 / SH284 / SB183 / HAAL80
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Shadbolt
Original Text from book
Roberts, Lieut. Stephen William Thornhill, B.S.C. (Probationer) 27th (Punjab) Regt. Bengal N.I., MR9, d. Landi Kotal 16 June 1879, HAAL:79, SH284, SB183, d. Landi Kotal of cholera 16 June 1879; Lieut., 39th (The Dorsetshire) Regt., HAAL:79, HAAL:80, p. 658; photo Shadbolt, pl. XIV
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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