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
Smyth
First Names
William Beatty
Rank
Surg
Regiment / Department
Bengal Medical Department
Medal Rolls
MR11
Died / Killed / KIA
20 / 25 Jun 18579
Source abbrevs
SH348 / SB205 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / F116
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Shadbolt
Original Text from book
Smyth, Surg. William Beatty, Bengal Medical Department, MR11 (deceased) SH348, SB205, murdered Chapari [between Kurram Valley and Thall] 20/25 June 1879 [both dates given] HAAL:79 [HAAL:80, p. 658a, omitted] F116, murdered Chapri 25 June 1879; photo Shadbolt, pl. XVI
Transcriber remarks
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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