Second Afghan War Medal Rolls
The best and most complete record of British military who participated in the Second Afghan War are the Medal Rolls drawn up by every regiment, brigade, corps, and department of the British and Indian armies. Every member of the military establishment, or temporarily attached to one or another part of it, who crossed the frontier was ostensibly entitled to the Second Afghan War Medal, and the Medal Rolls are a record of these entitlements. Most of these records are in manuscript form, though in a few instances they are printed. All are now in extremely fragile condition in spite of conservation efforts, and in some cases they are faded and almost illegible. In a few instances minor fragments have been lost. They are highly variable, both with respect to care with which they were kept, and the amount of information they provide about the individuals listed in what could best be characterized as a casual alphabetical order. ln addition to the surname and Christian name (but in some cases initial only), they give the individual's rank at the time the medal was earned, that is the rank held during his service in the war. It is this rank I have assigned, insofar as possible, to all military personel appearing in the present work.
The amount of additional information provided by the separate medal rolls is highly variable. ln some instances the separate campaigns, or battles, where the individual was present are recorded, but there is no uniformity in this regard. Frequently additional remarks are added and this is generally the weakest part of the record. It is from these remarks that one may be informed of transfers to other brigades, or battalions, of sickness and death. With respect to the latter, the record may simply record that the individual is “deceased,” or it may give the date, cause, and place of death. But in the roll of some regiments deaths were not recorded in the Medal Rolls, and this data must then be gleaned from other records, such as the Burial Registers. Occasionally other information is provided on such matters as desertions (and consequent forfeiture of the medal), sentences to prison, etc. These are the exceptions. Normally the remarks simply state that the individual was present in such-and-such place. A few names are unaccountably not recorded: the murdered (5), suicides ( only) but the executed among them are never mentioned. I have included, insofar as the records allow, the notices of deaths, but rarely woundings, except insofar as they resulted in death. The late Mr. A. Farrington compiled a list the intention of which was to record all the casualties (but excluding those who died of war-related wounds, disease, or broken health, during and after the cessation of hostilities), but curiously, it omits many who were killed (especially in the 92nd Regt. Foot) in action at the Battle of Kandahar, 1 Sept. 1880 (from which it may be deduced that he did not read the Kabul-Kandahar Field Force Medal Rolls), and I saw no cause to expand the present list with information already conveniently presented. Farrington’s record of more isolated instances of soldiers KIA in minor skirmishes is much less complete than in the major battles. I have not included the most frequent notations of an individual's presence in a particular place since that is, for the purpose of this list, irrelevant to the fact of his presence in Afghanistan.
Unfortunately the Medal Rolls appear to have been unevenly kept. While those of some regiments were set in type, with full Christian names and useful annotations, others were carelessly kept and are, in some cases, now scarcely legible. lt is possible that a related problem stems from the manner in which these records were formed. Fully ten percent of the names of participants verifiable from Burial Registers, current regimental records, or even extant tombstones and memorials, are not to be found in the Medal Rolls. Even those who died, or were killed, early in the war were entitled to the award of the Afghan War Medal, providing they had crossed the frontier, rather differently construed at this time from the Durand Line which presently marks the boundary between northeastern Afghanistan and Pakistan. The southern border was even less well defined. Often Sibi, now quite deeply inside Pakistan, was accepted as the border post. At other times the southern border was considered as Quetta, much closer to the Afghan border as later defined, but still well inside Pakistan. While the "executed" and “deserters” may not have been entitled to the Medal, surely those "murdered" by an individual in the British, or Indian, Army should certainly have been entitled. Those with a notation following their name “forfeit by desertation” may not have been entitled to the Medal, but it is not my place to assign punishments and judgments, and they have been included in the list. Sometimes there is a stamp "NOT CLAIMED" following the name of a deceased, but this notation also appears against the names of many survivors who, presumably, could not be located after discharge from servive, or who simply failed to claim their medal. If such a relatively high percentage of names of the deceased, verifiable from other sources, are missing from the Medal Rolls, one wonders whether this percentage may pertain to the whole of the Medal Rolls, and that the names contained therein may represent rather less than ninety percent of the total military personnel who crossed the frontier.
The condition of the Medal Rolls is very uneven. While most are quite easily read, the hand in a few is very difficult to decipher. Some are extremely faint, while others are very dark and/or severely smudged. The Roll of the 63rd Regt. Foot, beginning at MR5, p. 191, is an example of the latter. It requires much time and patience to arrive at a probable reading.
Many officers had both the inclination and the means to assure receipt of the Afghan War Medal, and it is chiefly among these that there exist some questionable recipients. The southern boundary between Sibi, Quetta and Chaman was imprecisely defined, but normally anyone who passed beyond sibi, in the direction of the Bolan Pass, was considered to be entitled to the Medal. But since the Afghans claimed this part of Baluchistan at this period (and indeed, even later), one should not insist on too strict a definition of having "crossed the frontier," even though some appear to have made "day trips" for no other discernible purpose than to allow for a Medal claim. In the northern theater, anyone who entered the Khyber Pass, or traveled beyond Jamrud, near Peshawar, appears to have been entitled to the Medal. In the south, Sibi, in Sind, appears to have been the site beyond which entitlement was acknowledged.
Men of the Other Ranks were much less likely to have had ambiguous claims reviewed, since they had less notional mobility and their claims were subject to scrutiny at more administrative levels, as evidenced from correspondence included in the Medal Rolls. Civilian claims were, at times, subject to close scrutiny as well, though in some cases, such as that of the journalist Howard Hensman who spent, with the utmost conspicuousness, the entire second phase of the war in Afghanistan, it is puzzling to read that Sir F.S. Roberts himself had to support his claim with a number of official letters.
I have recorded the names as they appear in the Medal Rolls, but have at times given variant spellings from other sources, and have cross-referenced these where it seemed appropriate. Some of the surnames seem extraordinary. Possibly they are correctly recorded, but it is also possible that they were not correctly recorded, or not accurately transcribed by me. It is also impossible to be certain that "Bennet" should not have been "Bennett", or that "Willson" should not have been "Wilson," "Malony," "Maloney," "O'Donnell," "O'Donnel" etc. Among Christian names there is likely to be even a greater range for error, since they were less often used and recorded. To cite but a few cases where ambiguity must be considered: Laurence/Lawrence, Philip/Phillip/Philipp, Denis/Dennis, Lewis/Louis, Mathew/Matthew, Sidney/Sydney. Where multiple references occur, it is not uncommon for the spelling of the Christian name to vary, one from the other. There are scores of such instances and possibilities contained in the list, and the user should be cognisant of this in looking for a particular name. At times, when an individual is recorded in more than one Medal Roll, the Christian name will be different, as in Daniel/David, Edward/Edwin, John/James, Edmond/Edmund, and so forth. The spelling of names is as highly individual as pronunciation is personal, and I have not presumed to correct existing records without substantial cause.
Certainly some individuals have been listed twice though I have made every reasonable effort to avoid this error, or to cross-reference such uncertainties. Varying spellings of surnames occur, and these have been cross-referenced when appropriate, that is, if the spellings vary enough that the names would appear elsewhere in the list. Transfers were frequent and the individuals' regimental numbers, while occasionally remaining the same, most often were changed. If there is another person in the regiment with the same name, it can be difficult (if not impossible) to determine which one was the transfer, unless his regimental number remained the same, or the change noted. In such cases a double entry may be unavoidable. Even more obscure are cases of unrecorded transfers. While unusual identical names occurring in separate brigades quite possibly are the same individual, common surnames are much more difficult to equate. Whenever I have suspected the same individual was twice entered, I have indicated these possible, or probable, identical entries, but the ultimate uncertainty has not warranted the combination of the two, or deletion of one.
The separate manuscript Medal Rolls have been gathered together in thick bound volumes. Owing to their fragile condition, the India Office Library and Records microfilmed these volumes, printed from the microfilms and bound these in volumes corresponding to the manuscript volumes. Generally these bound microprint volumes are adequate for reference, and access to the manuscripts is advisedly restricted to problems which cannot be resolved by reference to the microprints. It must be noted, however, that the manuscripts were microfilmed subsequent to their having been gathered into thick bound volumes and, in consequence, when names were recorded close to the margins of the pages, some in the gutter do not appear on the films. In addition, during the microfilming, probably by disinterested civil servants, occasionally a page was skipped and consequently two papes (recto and verso) entirely missed. The microfilming was carried out before the manuscript pages were conserved, and in some cases the microfilm is easier to read than the original pages which have been stiffened with a preservative netting which at times obscures letters. During (or before) the process of conservation, brittle edge fragments of some pages were lost, and with them the names. In some cases efforts were made to restore the lost names, and in a few instances errors were introduced. In such cases the microfilmed record is the more accurate one.
One additional problem must be mentioned. The bound pages of the manuscript volumes were given consecutive numbers in pencil at the upper right hand corner, subsequent to the binding and carrying consequtively through each volume. For reasons that are unclear to me, and have been inadequately explained, when the conservation of the manuscripts was conducted these numbers were replaced with new ones which do not correspond to the original ones appearing on the microfilm. This is an inexplicable and unfortunate complication, and it is for this reason that in my list I have given no page numbers which, in any case, formed no part of the original records.
Contents of the Medal Rolls
The reels of the microfilmed Medal Rolls correspond to the volumes into which the manuscripts have been gathered, and share the same shelfmark with these volumes. The 1861 Order of Precedence is not followed in the gathering of these records. Principal Regiments and Departments only are included in the catalogue entries: individuals from other Regiments and Departments -- attached, or otherwise present -- occur in most volumes. The contents and order of the Indian Army Medal Roll volumes is particularly confusing. The contents given here represent the actual order within each volume rather than that described in the library records. Many individual names, attached to regiments, brigades, corps, or departments not included here appear as single entries within another volume entry, as in a transfer. Such instances are too numerous to record in this general guide and can be determined only by reference to the personal name.
MR1 IOL&R L/MIL/5/110 British Army Cavalry Regiments
- 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards
- 6th Dragoon Guard (Carabiniers)
- 8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars
- 9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers
- 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars 15th (The King's) Hussars
MR2 IOL&R L/MIL/5/111 British Army
- Corps of Engineers
MR3 IOL&R L/MIL/5/112 British Army
Royal Horse Artillery
D/A R.H.A. I/A R.H.A. E/B R.H.A. E/A R.H.A. A/B R.H.A. H/C R.H.A. F/A R.H.A. D/B R.H.A. I/C R.H.A.
- Royal Artillery
H/1 R.A. A/4 R.A. 6/8 R.A. 5/11 R.A. I/1 R.A. C/4 R.A. 13/8 R.A. 6/11 R.A. C/2 R.A. D/4 R.A. 16/8 R.A. 8/11 R.A. D/2 R.A. E/4 R.A. 11/9 R.A. 9/11 R.A. F/2 R.A. G/4 R.A. 12/9 R.A. 10/11 R.A. C/3 R.A. L/5 R.A. 13/9 R.A. 11/11 R.A. E/3 R.A. 1/8 R.A. 14/9 R.A. 13/16 R.A. G/3 R.A. 5/8 R.A. 15/9 R.A. 16/16 R.A.
MR4 IOL&R L/MIL/5/113 British Army: Infantry Brigades
- 1st Battn. 5th (Northumberland Fusiliers) Regiment
- 2nd Battn. 5th (Northumberland Fusiliers) Regiment
- 2nd Battn. 7th (Royal Fusiliers) Regiment
- 2nd Battn. 8th (The King's) Regiment
- 2nd Battn. 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment
- 2nd Battn. 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment
- 1st Battn. 12th (East Suffolk) Regiment
- 1st Battn. 14th (The Buckinghamshire) Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own)
- 2nd Battn. 14th (The Buckinghamshire) Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own)
MR5 IOL&R L/MIL/5/114 British Army: Infantry Regiments
- 2nd Battn. 15th (Yorkshire, East Riding) Regiment
- 2nd Battn. 16th (The Bedfordshire) Regiment
- 1st Battn. 17th (The Leicestershire) Regiment
- 2nd Battn. 17th (The Leicestershire) Regiment
- 1st Battn. 18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment
- 1st Battn. 21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Regiment
- 2nd Battn. 22nd (The Cheshire) Regiment
- 1st Battn. 25th (The King's Own Borderers) Regiment
- 26th (The Cameronian) Regiment
- 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment
- 30th (The Cambridgeshire) Regiment
- 33rd (Duke of Wellington's) Regiment
- 34th (The Cumberland) Regiment
- 39th (The Dorsetshire) Regiment
- 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment
- 43rd (Monmouthshire Light Infantry) Regiment
- 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) (The King's Own Light Infantry) Regiment
- 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment
- 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment
- 2nd Battn. 60th The King's Royal Rifle Corps
- 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment
- 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment
- 65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment
MR6 IOL&R L/MIL/5/115 British Army: Infantry Regiments
- 66th (Berkshire) Regiment
- 2nd Battn. 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment
- 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment
- 68th (Durham) (Light Infantry) Regiment
- 70th (Surrey) Regiment
- 72nd (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment
- 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment
- 78th (Highland) Regiment, The Ross-shire Buffs
- 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment
- 1st Battn. 83rd (County Dublin) Regiment [Royal Irish Rifles]
- 85th (Bucks Volunteers) (The King's Light Infantry) Regiment
- 88th (Connaught Rangers) Regiment
- 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment
- 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment
- 101st (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) Regiment
- 4th Battn. The Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade
MR7 IOL&R L/MIL/5/116
- Staff
- Army Medical Department
- Veterinary Department
- Transport Department
- Signalling Department
MR8 IOL&R L/MIL/5/116 Bengal Army
Included are only the principal units; many Medical, Veterinary, Survey, Signals, Supply, Transport, etc., scattered throughout. The disorder and repetitions are in sequential order; some of the minor entries have been omitted.
- Bengal Staff Corps [passim]
- 6th Regiment Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
- 39th (The Allygurh) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- Ordnance Department (Bengal)
- Supply and Transport
- 8th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 39th (The Allygurgh) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- Ordnance Department (Bengal)
- 15th (The Loodianah) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 13th Regiment Bengal Cavalry (Lancers)
- 41st (The Gwalior) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 15th (The Loodianah) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 13th Regiment Bengal Cavalry (Lancers)
- 41st (The Gwalior) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 4th Regiment Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 5th Regiment Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
- No. 3 (Peshawur) Mountain Battery, Punjab Frontier Force
- No. 4 (Hazara) Mountain Battery, Punjab Frontier Force
- 2nd (Queen's Own) Regiment Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
- Bhopaul Battalion, Bheel Corps
- No. 3 (Peshawur) Mountain Battery, Punjab Frontier Force
- No. 4 (Hazara) Mountain Battery, Punjab Frontier Force
- I Battery A Brigade Royal Horse Artillery
- 1st Battn. 18th (The Royal Irish) Regiment
- C Battery 3rd Brigade Royal Artillery
- 2nd (Queen's Own) Regiment Bengal Native (Light) Infantry
- Bhopaul Battalion, Bheel Corps
- 30th (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 4th Regiment Bengal Cavalry
- 1st Regiment Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 5th Regiment Bengal Cavalry
- 3rd Regiment Punjab Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force
- No. 1 Mountain Battery, Punjab Frontier Force
- Bengal Sappers and Miners (Queen's Own)
- 30th (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 4th Regiment Bengal Cavalry
- 3rd Regiment Punjab Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 5th Regiment Punjab Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 4th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 14th (The Ferozepore) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 5th Regiment Punjab Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 4th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- The Central India Horse
- 14th (The Ferozepore) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- Mhairwarra Battalion, Bheel Corps
- 1st Battery 8th Brigade Royal Artillery
- 28th (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- Bengal Medical Department
- Bengal Ecclesiastical Establishment
- Bengal Commissariat Department
- Queen's Own Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force
- Bengal Commissariat Department
- Queen's Own Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force
- Bengal Commissariat Department
- Political Officers (Bengal)
- Bengal Commissariat Department
- Bengal Medical Department
- Bengal Ecclesiastical Department
- Staff, 1st Infantry Brigade, 1st Division, Punjab Frontier Force
- Bengal Commissariat Department
- Bengal Ecclesiastical Department
- Subordinate Medical Department (Bengal)
- Indian Medical Service
- 1st Regiment, The Central India Horse
- 2nd Regiment, The Central India Horse
- 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Goorkha Regiment (The Sirmoor Rifles)
- 11th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 8th Regiment Bengal Cavalry
- 1st Goorkha Regiment (Light Infantry)
- 1st Regiment Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 1st Regiment, The Central India Horse
- 2nd Regiment, The Central India Horse
- 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Goorkha Regiment (The Sirmoor Rifles)
- 11th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 8th Regiment Bengal Cavalry
- 1st Goorkha Regiment (Light Infantry)
- 1st Regiment Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
- Political Department (Bengal)
- 8th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 18th Regiment Bengal Cavalry
- Subordinate Medical Department (Bengal)
- 24th (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 8th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 18th Regiment Bengal Cavalry
- 24th (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
MR9 IOL&R L/MIL/5/118 Bengal Army
The disorder and repetition observed in MR8 obtains here also.
- 10th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Regiment Bengal Cavalry (Lancers)
- Subordinate Medical Department (Bengal)
- 26th (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 5th Regiment Punjab Native Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
- Bengal Ecclesiastical Establishment
- Subordinate Medical Department (Bengal)
- 12th Regiment Bengal Cavalry
- 11th (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment Bengal Cavalry (Lancers)
- Subordinate Medical Department (Bengal)
- Deolee Irregular Force, The Central India Horse
- 1st Regiment Punjab Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 2nd (or Hill) Regiment Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 12th (The Kelat-i-Ghilzie) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 45th (Rattray's Sikhs) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 3rd Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 3rd Goorkha (Kemaoon) Regiment
- 3rd Sikh Regiment Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 6th Infantry Regiment, Hyderabad Contingent
- 5th Infantry Regiment, Hyderabad Contingent
- Commissariat Department (Madras)
- 20th (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 22nd (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 29th (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- Subordinate Medical Department (Bengal)
- 5th Goorkha Regiment (The Hazara Goorkha Battalion) Punjab Frontier Force
- 9th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 13th (The Shekhawattee) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- Indian Medical Service/Department
- 17th (The Loyal Poorbeah) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 14th Regiment Bengal Cavalry (Lancers)
- 4th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- Commissariat Department (Bengal)
- 19th Regiment Bengal Cavalry (Lancers)
- 23rd (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry (Pioneers)
- 3rd Regiment Bengal Cavalry
- 31st (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 2nd Regiment Punjab Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
- No. 2 (Derajat) Mountain Battery, Punjab Frontier Force
- 21st (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- Baluchistan Agency, Governor-General's Staff
- 17th Regiment Bengal Cavalry
- 19th (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 4th Goorkha Regiment
- 1st Regiment Punjab Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
- Ordnance Department (Bengal)
- 25th (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- Bengal Police (Transport)
- Survey Department
- 16th (The Lucknow) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 1st Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- Poona Horse (Bombay)
- Medical Department (Bombay)
- 5th Regiment Bombay Native (Light) Infantry
- Subordinate Medical Department (Bombay)
- 2nd Regiment Punjab Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 15th Regiment Bengal Cavalry
- Telegraphs Department
- 32nd (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry (Pioneers)
- 27th (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- No. 2 Co. Bombay Sappers and Miners
- No. 3 Co. Bombay Sappers and Miners
- No. 4 Co. Bombay Sappers and Miners
- 24th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry
- 27th Bombay Native Infantry, or 1st Belooch Regiment
- Medical Department (Bombay)
- Bombay Ecclesiastical Establishment
- Bombay Police
- 4th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps)
- 28th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry
- Commissariat Department (Bombay)
- Transport Department (Bombay)
- Ordnance Department (Bombay)
- 3rd Regiment Bombay Cavalry (Queen's Own)
- 3rd Regiment Sind Horse, Sind Frontier Force
- 9th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry
- 16th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry
- 19th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry
- 29th Bombay Native Infantry, or 2nd Belooch Regiment
- 26th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry
- Telegraphs Department (Bombay)
- Police Department (Bombay) (Transport)
- Survey Department (Bombay)
- Commissariat Department (Bombay)
- Subordinate Medical Department (Bombay)
- 30th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry, or Jacob's Rifles
- 19th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry
MR10 IOL&R L/MIL/5/119 Bengal and Bombay Armies
The disorder and repetition observed in MR9 obtains here also.
- Staff
- Transport (Bombay)
- Subordinate Medical Department (Bombay)
- 15th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry
- 2nd Regiment Sind Horse, Sind Frontier Force
- Subordinate Medical Department (Bombay)
- 8th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry
- 10th Regiment Bombay Native (Light) Infantry
- 13th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry
- 23rd Regiment Bombay Native (Light) Infantry
- Staff
- Commissariat Department (Bombay)
- Indian Medical Department (Bombay)
- Subordinate Medical Department (Bombay)
- 3rd Regiment Sind Horse, Sind Frontier Force
- Queen's Own Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force (attached Bombay officers)
- Bhopaul Battalion, Bheel Corps (attached Bombay officers)
- Commissariat Department (Bombay)
- 4th Regiment Punjab Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 19th Regiment Bengal Cavalry (Lancers)
- 31st (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 21st (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- Baluchistan Agency Staff (2 entries, see below)
- 16th (The Lucknow) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- Postal Service, Baluchistan, Kabul, Ali Kheyl
- Subordinate Medical Department (Bombay)
- 4th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps)
- 1st Regiment Sind Horse, Sind Frontier Force
- 2nd Regiment Bombay Cavalry
- Bombay Ecclesiastical Establishment
- Subordinate Medical Department (Bombay)
- Bombay Sappers and Miners
- Staff (Bengal and Bombay)
- 1st Regiment Bombay Native Infantry (Grenadiers)
- 1st Regiment Bengal Cavalry
- 3rd Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- Subordinate Medical Department (Bengal)
- Commissariat Department (Bombay)
- Subordinate Medical Department (Bengal)
- Staff, Bengal and Bombay
- Political Department (Bengal)
- Subordinate Medical Department (Bombay)
- Baluchistan Agency, Staff {2 entries; see above)
- Telegraphs Department
MR11 IOL&R L/MIL/5/120 Bombay Army
The same disorder and repetition observed in MR10 obtains here.
- Staff
- Police, Postal Services, Commissariat, Medical Department, Ecclesiastical Establishments, Civil Service, Public Works Departments, Telegraphs, Engineers (Bengal and Bombay)
MR12 IOL&R L/MIL/5/121 Madras Army
The same disorder and repetition observed in preceding Indian Army Medal Rolls obtains to a somewhat lesser degree here.
- 1st Regiment Madras Cavalry
- 2nd Regiment Madras Cavalry (all attached to 1st Regiment Madras Cavalry)
- A Co. Corps of Madras Sappers and Miners (Queen's Own)
- B Co. Corps of Madras Sappers and Miners (Queen's Own)
- C Co. Corps of Madras Sappers and Miners (Queen's Own)
- E Co. Corps of Madras Sappers and Miners (Queen's Own)
- I Co. Corps of Madras Sappers and Miners (Queen's Own)
- K Co. Corps of Madras Sappers and Miners (Queen's Own)
- 1st Regiment Madras Native Infantry (Shaik Modeen - Porannah)
- 4th Regiment Madras Native Infantry (Baillie)
- 15th Regiment Madras Native Infantry (Davis)
- 21st Regiment Madras Native Infantry (Roberts)
- 30th Regiment Madras Native Infantry (Crewe)
- Commissariat Department (Madras)
- Indian Medical Department (Madras)
- Staff
- Veterinary Department (Madras)
MR13 IOL&R L/MIL/5/122 [Kabul-Kandahar Field Force, British Army]
- Staff
- 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)
- 9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers
- 10th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Hussars
- Royal Horse Artillery (Staff)
- Royal Artillery (Staff)
- No. 2 (Derajat) Mountain Battery, Punjab Frontier Force
- A Battery B Brigade Royal Horse Artillery
- 6th Battery 11th Brigade Royal Artillery
- C Battery 2nd Brigade Royal Artillery
- 6th Battery 8th Brigade Royal Artillery
- 11th Battery 9th Brigade Royal Artillery
- Royal Engineers
- 1st Battalion 6th (Royal 1st Warwickshire) Regiment
- 2nd Battalion 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment
- 14th (The Buckinghamshire) Regt. (The Prince of Wales's Own)
- 2nd Battalion 22nd (The Cheshire) Regiment
- 33rd (Duke of Wellington's) Regiment
- 51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding) Regiment (The King's Own Light Infantry)
- 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment
- Army Pay Department
- 2nd Battalion 60th The King's Own Rifle Corps
- 65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment
- 2nd Battalion 66th (Berkshire) Regiment
- 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment
- 1st Battalion 72nd (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment
- 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment
- 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment
- 4th Battalion The Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade
- Army Medical Department
MR14 IOL&R L/MIL/5/123 [Kabul-Kandahar Field Force, Indian Army]
- Staff
- 3rd Regiment Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Goorkha Regiment (The Sirmoor Rifles)
- 5th Goorkha Regiment (The Hazara Goorkha Battalion)
- Commissariat Department
- Ordnance Department
- Ecclesiastical Establishment
- Medical Department
- 23rd (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry (Pioneers)
- 24th (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 3rd Regiment Bengal Cavalry
- 2nd Regiment Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force
- 15th (The Loodianah) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 1st Regiment The Central India Horse
- 2nd Regiment The Central India Horse
- 25th (Punjab) Regiment Bengal Native Infantry
- 3rd Regiment Punjab Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force
- Subordinate Medical Department
- 29th Bombay Native Infantry, or 2nd Belooch Regiment
- Political, Transport, Commissariat, Medical
- 4th Goorkha Regiment
- Staff, Political, Ecclesiastical
MR15 IOL&R L/MIL/5/124 [Kabul-Kandahar Field Force, Indian Army, and Miscellany]
- Staff
- "Discrepancies"
- 2nd Regiment Bombay Cavalry
- Ecclesiastical Department (Bombay)
- Medical Department (Bombay)
- Bombay Sappers and Miners
- 19th Regiment Bombay Native Infantry