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
Boswell
First Names
John James
Rank
Lt Col
Regiment / Department
2nd or Hill Regt Sikh Infantry PFF
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR9 / MR14
Source abbrevs
MR9 / SH308 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Ellis
Original Text from book
Boswell, Lt. Col. John James, B.S.C., Commandant 2nd (or Hill) Regt. Sikh Infantry, P.F.F., MR9, SH308, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR14; photo Ellis no. 141
Transcriber remarks
[BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / [PFF] Punjab frontier or Field Force
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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