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
Scott
First Names
Andrew
Rank
Bt Maj and Maj
Regiment / Department
4th Regt Sikh Infantry PFF
Medal Rolls
MR8
Died / Killed / KIA
poss 26 Jul 1877 ?
Source abbrevs
SH143/ HAAL79/ HAAL80/ HAAL81/ HAAL82 / RVC
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
Creagh and Humphris The Victoria Cross
Original Text from book
Scott, Bt. Maj. and Maj. Andrew, V.C., B.S.C., 4th Regt. Sikh Infantry, P.F.F., MR8 (2 refs.) Bde. Major 1st Infantry Bde. Kurram Valley Field Force, SH143, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; biog. Creagh and Humphris, The Victoria Cross, p. 88, RVC, p. 287, no. 1117 [RVC erroneously gives date of death as k. Quetta 26 July 1877]
Transcriber remarks
[VC] Victoria Cross / [BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / [PFF] Punjab Frontier Force / [k] killed. Not 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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