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
Blood
First Names
Bindon
Rank
Capt and Bt Maj
Regiment / Department
Royal Engineers (Bengal Sappers and Miners)
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR2 / MR8
Source abbrevs
SH186 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
pub Four Score Years and Ten Sir Bindon Bloods Reminiscences
Original Text from book
Blood, Capt. and Bt. Maj. Bindon, R.E. (Bengal Sappers and Miners) MR2, MR8, advanced to Kabul with Gen. [Charles] Gough Dec. 1879, SH186, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; pub., Four Score Years and Ten: Sir Bindon Bloods Reminiscences, London: G. Bell & Sons, 1933
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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