Bibliography
The Bibliography is neither a general, nor a selected, listing of sources relating to the history of the Second Afghan War. Such bibliographies are contained in histories of the war and in the many memoirs written by participants and biographies of officers who served in Afghanistan during the war. These biographies, diaries and personal memoirs appear in the present list as annotations to the individuals to whom they relate and are not included in the Bibliography. The following sources represent only those used in the compiling of the present work.
- Ascoli, David. A Companion to the British Army 1660-1983. London: Harrap, 1983
- Askwith, General W. N., comp. List of Officers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery from the Year 1716 to the Year 1899. To Which are Added the Notes on Officers’ Services, Collected by Gen. W.N. Askwith. {4th and best edition of Kane’s List)
- Blue Book: East India -- British Officers in Afghanistan. No. 358. London, 1879 [22pp., British Officers in Indian Army regts., incl. casualty list and notes on services]
- Blue Book: East India -- Officers Present with Native Regiments in Afghanistan. No. 141. London, 1880 [27pp., arranged by date, name of regt., original station, rank]
- Blue Book: Purchase Officers Killed in Action in Afghanistan and South Africa. No. 197. London, 1880
- Buzzell, Nora, comp. and researched, The Register of the Victoria Cross. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Cheltenham, 1988 [see also Register ...]
- Cambridge, The Marquess of, "Notes on the Armies of India," Part I, JSAHR, vol. 47, No. 189 (1969) pp. 23-32; Part II, vol. 47, No. 190 (1969) pp. 65-85; Part III, vol. 47, No. 192 (1969) pp. 194-210; Part IV, vol. 48, No. 193 (1970) pp. 35-45; Part V, vol. 48, No. 194 (1970) pp. 105-108; part Vl, vol. 48, No. 195 (1970) pp. 167-181
- Camps, O.F.M., Arnulf, "Mill Hill Missionaries in Afghanistan from 1879 until 1881 and Their Stay in Quetta, Baluchistan, until 1883," ZMG [Zeitschrift der Missionariens Gesellschaft ?] 3, Heft 1 (1967) pp. 13-25
- Cane, Rev. Alfred Granger, "The Kandahar Letters of the Reverend Alfred Cane," ed. by Brian Robson, JSAHR, vol. 69, no. 279 (1991) pp. 146-60, vol.. 69, no. 280 (1991) pp. 206-220
- Chowkidar, [Journal of the] British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia (see BACSA in Abbreviations)
- Corrie, Lieut.-Colonel W.T., "A Devonshire Regiments' Deathroll, Kandahar, Southern Afghanistan, 22nd January 1881," North Devon Journal, 3 March 188l, p. 2e. Reprinted: The Devon Family Historian, No. 31 (July 1984) pp. 23-24, No. 32 (October 1984) p. 15
- Creagh, Sir O'Moore, and E.M. Humphris, eds., The Victoria Cross 1856-1920: A Complete Record of the Recipients of the Victoria Cross from Its Institution in 1856, to the 29th October, 1920 with Descriptions of the Deeds and Services for Which the Award Was Given and with Many Biographical and Other Details. Polstead, Suffolk: J.B. Hayward & Son, 1985 (reprint of the edition originally published 1920)
- Ellis, Colonel W.V., comp., Kandahar Field Force, Afghanistan, 1879-80. Key to the Engraving, with Names of Officers. Also Short Account of the Occupation of Kandahar and Advance to Kabul, together with Official Despatches. Bristol: E.S. & A. Robinson, Ltd., 1919 [containing small frontispiece "from photogravure engraving by H.J. Whitlock & Sons, Birmingham," with a number against each portrait (181) in the larger 68 cms. by 85 cms. (ca. 27 by 34 inches) photogravure published separately, and with a list of the 181 officers appearing in the photo montage; many of the portraits are from times subsequent to the date of the subjects' service in the Second Afghan War]
- Farmer, John S. The Regimental Records of the British Army: a Historical Résumé Chronologically Arranged of Titles, Campaigns, Honours, Uniforms, Facings, Badges, Nicknames, Etc. Reprinted ed., Bristol: Crécy Books, 1984
- Farrington, Anthony, comp. The Second Afghan War 1878-1880: Casualty Roll. London: The London Stamp Exchange Ltd., 1986
- Flinders, Trumpeter J.J. [John James], E.B. R.H.A. Diary of the March of E. Batterey B. Brigade R.H.A. From Kirkee to Afghanistan. From 28th January to 27th December 1880. Bangalore: W.W. Gaunt Printer, -- Albion Press, 1883
- Gregson, Rev. J. Gelson. Through the Khyber Pass to Sherpore Camp, Cabul. An Account of Temperance Work among our Soldiers in the Cabul Field Force. London: Elliot Stock, 1883
- Hammond, James, "The East Lancs in Afghanistan." The Military Chest, vol. 5, no. 4 (1986) p. 6
- Hart, Lieutenant General Henry George. The Annual Army List, Militia List, and Indian Civil Service List, for 1879 ... Corrected to the 30th December, l878. London: John Murray, 1879
- Hart, the late Lieutenant General Henry George. The Annual Army List, Militia List, and Indian Civil Service List, for 1880, ed. by his son ... Corrected to the 31st December, 1879. London: John Murray, 1880
- __________ The Annual Army List, Militia List, and Indian Civil Service List, for 1881, ed. by his son ... Corrected to the 31st December, 1880. London: John Murray, l88l
- __________ The Annual Army List, Militia List, and Indian Civil Service List, for 1882, ed. by his son ... Corrected to the 31st December, 1881. London: John Murray, 1882
- Heathcote, T.A. The Indian Army. The Garrison of British Imperial India 1822-1922. Historic Armies and Navies. London: David Charles, Newton Abbott, 1974
- Irving, Miles, and George William de Rhé-Philipe. A List Of Inscriptions on Christian Tombs or Monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan. Indian Monumental Inscriptions. vol. II. parts 1 and 2. Lahore: Punjab Government Press, 1910- 1912. [very few from Afghanistan]
- Johnston, Colonel William. Roll of Commissioned Officers in the Medical Service of the British Army who have served on full pay within the period between the accession of George II and the formation of the Royal Army Medical Corps 20 June 1727 to 23 June 1898. Ed. by Lt.- Col. Harry A.L. Howell. Aberdeen, 1917 [638pp.]
- Le Messurier, Major [Augustus], R.E. Kandahar in 1879; being the Diary of Major Le Messurier, R.E., Reprinted, with Corrections & Additions, from the Royal Engineers' Journal. London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1880
- MacGregor, Maj.-Gen. Sir Charles Metcalfe. War in Afghanistan. The Personal Diary of Major General Sir Charles Metcalfe MacGregor. Ed. by William Trousdale. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1985
- Medal Rolls. The British Library, India Office India and Oriental Collections. Library and Records. Records L/MIL/5/110 - L/MIL/5/124 [annotated MS records containing the names of all military (and some civilians) personnel entitled to receive The Second Afghan War Medal by virtue of their having crossed the frontier in service connected with the prosecution of the war; disciplinary and/or penal forfeits antedating the compilation of these lists are not included; some, usually officers, spent a few hours, or minutes accross the line, and thus claimed their right to request The Second Afghan War Medal; officers probably received it, lowly soldiers did not.]
- Mitford, Major R.C.W., To Caubul with the Cavalry Brigade. 2nd ed. London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1881
- Mollo, Boris. The Indian Army. Poole: Blandford Press, 1981
- Parry, D.H., Britain's Roll of Glory, or The Victoria Cross, Its Heroes and their Valour ... London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell and Company, 1895
- Register of the Victoria Cross, The, rev'd and enl'd ed., comp. and researched Bora Buzzell. Cheltenham: This England Books, 1988
- Robson, Brian. The Road to Kabul. The Second Afghan War 1878-1881. London; Arms and Armour Press, 1986
- Scott Moncrieff, Major General Sir George, Canals and Campaigns, An Engineer Officer in India 1877-1885. BACSA Books, Putney, London: BACSA, 1987
- Shadbolt, Sydney H. The Afghan Campaigns of 1878-1880. Compiled from Official and Private Sources. 2 vols. (Historical [SH] and Biographical [SB]) London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1882
- Swinson, Arthur, ed. A Register of the Regiments and Corps of the British Army. London: The Archive Press Ltd., 1972
- Templer, Field-Marshal Sir Gerald Templar and Field-Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck. The Army in India 1850-1914: A Photographic Record 1850-1914. London: Hutchinson, 1968
- Thackeray, Col. Sir Edward Talbot. Biographical Notices of Officers of the Royal (Bengal) Engineers. London, 1900
- _______ Views of Kabul and Environs from Pictures Taken by the Photograph School of the Corps of Bengal Sappers and Miners, with a short Description of the City and buildings and Historical Sketch. London: Strangeways, 1881
- Van der Klugt, Rev. James, and Rev. Michael Conroy. The Opening Door. Mill Hill Mission to Afghanistan: 1878-1882. History of the Diocese of Rawalpindi: Part 1. Rawalpindi: Pastoral Institute Publication Centre. Multan, 1979
- [Willasey-Wilsey, T.A.] The British Cemetery, Kabul [transcriptions of, and brief commentaries on, the ten Anglo-Afghan war memorial stones in the Qabr Gorah, with two-page introduction, dated 29th August 1993; copy in BACSA file at the British Library, Indian and Oriental Collections]
- Williams, William Hamilton, Diary by W.H. Williams, R.H.A., Part 2: India and Afghanistan (1880). MS diary, National Army Museum, acc. no. 7505-68
- Yate, Major Charles E., Northern Afghanistan, or Letters from the Afghan Boundary Commission. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1888