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All of the extant memorials save one (9th [The Queen's Royal] Lancers) are to single individuals. All of the individuals recorded here appear in the present roster, and reference should be made to the individual names in the body of this work for variants drawn from different records. The cemetery was visited briefly in August 1993 by T.A. Willasey-Wilsey (see Bibliography) and his subsequest report to BACSA indicates that as of that date the Anglo-Afghan war memorial stones had not suffered from the Russo-Afghan war (1979-1989) and subsequent civil war up to this date. No later account has been received.
== The Memorials ==
Note: letters and numbers appearing in BOLD are interpolated.
# Cr Sergt J Drummond/ 92nd Gordon Highlanders/ Who Was killed in action/ At Kabul on the 15th of Dec 1879/ Aged 41 Years/ ... is erected as a/ Mark of esteem by his Brother,/ SERGEANTS [stone placed vertically in wall is a flat grave-cover type stone, with bevelled edges]
# CHARLES JOHN RUMBALL/ HEARSEY/ LIEUT 9th LANCERS/ KILLED IN ACTION/ 11th DECer 1879 [stone placed vertically in wall is a flat grave-cover type stone, with bevelled edges; inscription oriented toward side]
# In memory of/ CECIL H. GAISFORD/ LIEUt 72nd HIGHers/ killed in action/ on the Asmai Heights/ 14th December, 1879 M.KING 72MG [stone placed vertically in wall is a flat grave-cover type stone, with bevelled edges. "M.KING 72MG" probably indicates the engraver, and may be either 693 Private Michael King, or 970 Private Michael King, both of the 72nd Regt., the "MG" being an abbreviation of Regiment.]
# IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ JOSHUA HENRY PORTER/ PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER/ KABUL FIELD FORCE/ DIED 9th JANUARY/ 1880/ FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH [stone placed vertically in wall is flat grave-cover type stone, with bevelled edges; inscription oriented toward side]
# SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ CHARLES NUGENT/ LIEUTENANT/ ROYAL ENGINEERS/ who was killed/ BY THE ACCIDENTAL/ EXPLOSION/ of a mine/ 23rd DECEMBER/ 1879/ AGED/ 20 YEARS [stone placed vertically in wall is flat grave-cover type stone, with bevelled edges]
# IN MEMORY OF/ St JOHN FORBES/ LIEUt 92nd HIGHLANDERS/ KILLED IN ACTION/ AT/ KABUL/ 13th DECEMBER 1879 [stone placed vertically in wall is center-ridged grave-cover type stone with half inscription facing one side, half the other]
# IN MEMORY OF/ MAJOR JOHN COOK \VC/ 5th GOORKHAS/ WHO DIED ON THE/ 19th OF DECEMBER 1879/ OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION BEFORE/ KABUL [stone placed vertically in wall is center-ridged grave-cover type stone with half inscription facing one side, half the other; of his VC, only the one line "\" remains]
# SACRED TO THE MEMORY/ OF/ .../ THIS STONE WAS/ ERECTED/ As a Mark of esteem/ by his Brother/ SERGEANTS [stone placed vertically in wall is center-ridged grave-cover type stone with half inscription facing one side, half the other; only possible names are: Lance-Sergt. George Edward, 2nd Battn. 67th Regt., Colour-Sergt. John Yule, 72nd Regt., Sergt. James Cross, 9th Regt., Colour-Sergt. Thomas Smith, 92nd Regt., as these are the only sergeants recorded as having died at Kabul]
# This stone is a memorial to the non-commissioned men of the 9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers who died, or were killed, during the late autumn and early winter of 1879. The stone is fragmentary (letters in bold only), but reconstruction of all the names it contained has been possible; the upper part of the stone is missing. The names are arranged in two columns, with an upper inscription partially and conjecturally restored. Of the three commissiond officers of the 9th Lancers who were buried in individual graves, the only extant stone is that of Lieutenant Charles Rumball Hearsey, aged 24, KIA Dec. 11, 1879, buried Dec. 13, 1879, J.W. Adams, Chaplain. His stone is 2) here. The other two officers of the 9th Lancers, whose memorial stones are no longer extant, are Captain Strange Gould Butler, aged [?], KIA Dec. 13, 1879, buried Dec. 15, 1879, J. W. Adams, Chaplain, and Second Lieutenant William Percy Ricardo, aged 21, KIA Dec. 11, 1879, buried Dec. 12, 1879, Roman Chaplain. These are recorded in . Not all of these men appear with the 9th Lancers recorded in MRI.
All of the below who are recorded in the MRI lists as their names are given here; those KIA or deceased who are in the MRI lists are recorded in greater detail in .
... KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
SINCE Oer 1879
[Left Column] [Right Column]
Trumpet Mjr H. POTTER. T.roop S.ergt. H.
Lce SEgt E. SHEPHERD. SPITTLE.
Lce Cpl A. DANCASTER. Lce. Cp. Alfred I.
Pte J. HARRIS. Brown.
--- J. GAMBLE. Pte G. SIMKINS.
--- T. LONGFORD. --- J. LOAL.
--- J.F. CARLYSLE. DIED OF WOUNDS
--- T. LARGE. Pte. T. Mabon.
--- W. LLOYD. --- F. WHALEY.
--- T. RUSSELL. --- W. BIDWELL,
--- A. SMITH. --- A. COLE.
--- W. TILLOTSON. DIED OF SICKNESS
--- C. HEDGES. Pte H. OAKES.
--- W. NEWSOME. --- A. SULLY.
--- L. SWANN. --- B. MURPHY.
--- R. WILKINSON. Far. Mjr. A. MOORE.
--- G. PYE
