Claim: Henry Richard Abadie (Companion of the Order of the Bath awardee) joined the army in 1858 and served in the 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia before he was made a captain in 1872 and fought in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, a military conflict fought between the British Raj and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880.
Evidence: Companion of the Order of the Bath Abadie joined the army in 1858 and served in the 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia, where he was involved in the Battle of Magdala. He was made a captain 1872 and fought in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, including the Battle of Kandahar in 1879. The Second Anglo-Afghan War (Pashto: د افغان-انګرېز دويمه جګړه‎) was a military conflict fought between the British Raj and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880, when the latter was ruled by Sher Ali Khan of the Barakzai dynasty, the son of former Emir Dost Mohammad Khan.