Our thanks to William Trousdale, who permitted FIBIS to create this searchable database of the A-Z name index found in his book, The British in Afghanistan, vol I.
Below is a list of the most frequently used abbreviations and acronyms.
Surname
Blair
First Names
Henry Francis
Rank
Bt Lt Col
Regiment / Department
Royal Engineers (late Bengal Engineers)
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR2
Source abbrevs
SH120 / SH190 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo REI
Original Text from book
Blair, Bt. Lt. Col. Henry Francis, R.E. (late Bengal Engineers) MR2, SH120, SH190, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; photo REI class 779" no. l8" acc. no. 7751 album 4/2 p. 31
Systematic Compilation of Officers, Other Ranks, Civil Officials, and Other Individuals Present in Afghanistan during The Second Afghan War. Annotated with references to military service, diaries, memoirs, biographies and photographs.
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