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
Rowcroft
First Names
Francis Frederick
Rank
Lt Col
Regiment / Department
4th Goorkha Regt
Medal Rolls
MR9 / MR14
Sick / Wounded
Aug 1880
Died / Killed / KIA
1883
Source abbrevs
SH296 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / F112
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
The Daily Telegraph
Original Text from book
Rowcroft, Lt. Col. Francis Frederick, B.S.C., Commanding 4th Goorkha Regt., MR9, SH296, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81; Commandant 44th (Sylhet) Regt, Bengal N.I.; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR14, F112 L= Frederick Francis] Letters Feb. 22-July 27, The Daily Telegraph, Dec. 26, 2001, pp.12-13; in group photo (1880) officers 4th Battn. Gurkha Rifles; slightly wounded Aug. 1880, d. Brighton 1883 aged 48
Transcriber remarks
[BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / [NI] Native Infantry / [w] wounded, [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.
If you found this useful then why not join FIBIS to get all the benefits from membership and help this work to continue. You can now join on-line in the FIBIS Shop...