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
Davidson
First Names
John
Rank
Capt
Regiment / Department
3rd Regt Punjab Cavalry PFF
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
SH125 / SH302 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Davidson, Capt. John, B.S.C. 3rd Regt. Punjab Cavalry, P.F.F., Deputy Asst. Qr. Mr. Gen., 1st Div. Peshawar Valley Field Force, MR8 (2 refs.) SH125, SH302, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82
Transcriber remarks
[BCS] Bengal Civil Service / [PFF] Punjabi 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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