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
Shafto
First Names
Edward Duncombe
Rank
Capt
Regiment / Department
Royal Artillery
Medal Rolls
MR3/ MR9
Died / Killed / KIA
16 Oct 1879
Source abbrevs
SH144/ SH177/ SB194/ HAAL79/ HAAL80/ F65
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
IOL&R N/1/173 / photo Shadbolt
Original Text from book
Shafto, Capt. Edward Duncombe, R.A., MR3, k. in explosion Kabul Bala Hissar powder magazine 14 Oct. 1879, MR9 [struck out] SH144, SH177, SB194, k. in explosion Kabul Bala Hissar powder magazine 16 Oct. 1879 [correct date] HAAL:79, HAAL:80, p. 658, F65, k. in explosion Kabul Bala Hissar 14 Oct. 1879, IOL&R N/1/173 (buried Kabul/Siah Sang); photo Shadbolt, pl. XV
Transcriber remarks
[k] killed. 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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