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
Hastings
First Names
Francis Eddowes
Rank
Maj
Regiment / Department
2nd (or Hill) Regiment Sikh Infantry
Medal Rolls
MR9 / MR14
Source abbrevs
SH308 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Ellis
Original Text from book
Hastings, Maj. Francis Eddowes General List, Bengal Infantry, 2nd [or Hill] Regt. Sikh Infantry, P.F.F., MR9, SH308, HAAL79, HAAL80, HAAL81, HAAL82; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR14; photo Ellis no. 142
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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