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
Egerton
First Names
Charles
Rank
Capt
Soldier No
Comyn
Regiment / Department
3rd Regt Punjab Cavalry (PFF) Punjab Frontier Force
Medal Rolls
MR8 / MR14
Source abbrevs
SH302 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo NAM / Burke
Original Text from book
Egerton, Capt. Charles Comyn, B.S.C., 3rd Regt. Punjab Cavalry, P.F.F., MR8 (2 refs.) SH302, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR14; photo NAM (neg. 3360 & 6198) Burke 237 (a) [see Anderson, Maj. W.C.]; MS letters to mother (1880) NAM acc. no. 6502 104 4
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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