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
Charles
First Names
James
Rank
Maj
Regiment / Department
Royal Artillery (late Bengal Artillery) No 3 (Peshawar) Mountain Battery PFF
Medal Rolls
MR3 / MR8
Source abbrevs
SH184 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Charles, Maj. James, R.A. (late Bengal Artillery) No. 3 (Peshawar) Mtn. Batt., P.F.F., MR3, MR8 (2 refs.) served with Kandahar Field Force, Quetta Column, in advance and capture of Kandahar [Jan. 1879] and subsequently employed in reconnaissance toward Girishk in 1878-1879, SH184, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82
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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