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
Cox
First Names
John Brenton
Rank
Bt Col
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
SH124 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Cox, Bt. Col. John Brenton, B.S.C., SH124; Asst. Commissary Gen., Principal/Chief Commissariat Officer Kurram Valley [Field] Force Nov. 1879 31 Oct. 1880, MR8 (2 refs); Deputy Asst. Commissary Gen. (1st Class) HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81; Asst. Commissary Gen. (2nd Class) 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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