Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills
Page created 1 September 2000. Corrected and updated 08.09.2005
Second
Anglo-Afghan War
1878-1880
  Causes
  Chronology
  Results
  Forces & Casualties
  Commanders
  Battles & Battle Honours 		  Order of  Battle
  Campaign Medals
  Societies, Forums, Re-Enactors
  Museums & Memorials
  Bibliography  
  External Links
 
   Causes

     

   Chronology (except battles, which see below)
 
 
 
   Results

     

   Forces and Casualties
 
 
peak forces
total forces
total dead
KIA
NCD
civilian dead
WIA
PW-MIA
  subtotal
  TOTAL
                   
   Commanders
 
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   Battles & Battle Honours
Index of Battle Honours
 
Date Battles
(Battle Honours are shown in bold face) 		Regiments
(regiments awarded Battle Honours are shown in bold face)
Note: battle honours were awarded in 1881.
signifies clasp to campaign medal.
1878 Nov. 20-21
Ali Masjid
clasp: "Ali Musjid"
Cav: H10 Inf: 1/F17 F51 F81 4/RB
  • Ali Masjid, by Stephen Luscombe (The British Empire)
1878 Dec. 2
Peiwar Kotal
 
Inf: 2/F8 F72
1879 Shahjui
Inf: F59
 
1879 Oct. 6
Charasiah
clasp: "Charasia"
Cav: L9 Inf: 2/F9 F67 F72 F92
  • Charasia, by Stephen Luscombe (The British Empire)
1879 Dec. 11-23
Kabul 1879
clasp: "Kabul"
Cav: L9 Inf: 2/F9 F67 F72 F92
1880 Jan. 1-
   1880 Aug. 15		 Khyber Pass
Cav: DG6 H8 Inf: 1/F5 1/F12 2/F14 1/F25 F51
 
1880 Apr. 19
Ahmad Khel
clasp: "Ahmed Khel "
Inf: F59 2/F60
 
1880 July 27 Maiwand
Inf: F66 Arty: MaiwandBty
  • Maiwand, by Stephen Luscombe (The British Empire)
  Zawa
Inf: F85
 
1880 Aug. 5-
   1880 Sep. 1
Kandahar 1880
clasp: "Kanadahar"
Cav: L9 Inf: 2/F7 2/F60 F66 F72 F92
1878 Nov. 20-
   1881 Apr. 27		 Afghanistan 1878-79
Cav: H10
Inf: 1/F17 F70 F81 4/RB
Cav: 11 35
Arty: 23Bty
Inf: 6 9 12 14 26 44 51 55 56
Afghanistan 1879-80
Cav: DG6 H8
Inf: 2/F7 2/F9 2/F11 2/F14 2/F15 1/F18 F63 F66 F78 F85
Cav: 1 3 4 5 17 18 23 26 32 33 34 36 38 39
Inf: 3 4 5 8 13 16 17 2 30 31 42 53 57 61 64 75 104 105 108 109 110 113 116 123 124 127 128 GR9
Afghanistan 1878-80
Cav: L9 H15
Inf: 1/F5 2/F8 1/F12 1/F25 F51 F59 2/F60 F67 F72 F92
Cav: 8 BL10 12 13 14 15 19 21 22 25 Guides
Arty: 21Bty 22Bty 24Bty 26Bty
Inf: 11 15 19 20 21 23 24 25 27 28 29 32 45 52 58 81 90 101 119 129 130 GR1 GR2 GR3 GR4 GR5
Engr: BSM MSM BySM
Afghanistan 1880
Cav: H13
Cav:
Inf:
   Order of Battle (Regiments & Formations)
Introduction to Regiments
   Medals
 
 
   Societies, Forums & Re-Enactors
   Museums & Memorials
   Bibliography
How to Find Books
  Books:
  Forbes, Archibald. The Afghan wars 1839-42 and 1878-80. {Project Gutenberg full text}
   
 
Films:
 
Links:
Bibliography of the Second Anglo-Afghan War, by Garen Ewing
 
 
   External Links