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
Jarvis
First Names
Robert Edward Colborne
Rank
Capt
Regiment / Department
2nd Battn (South Hampshire) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6 / MR13
Source abbrevs
SH133 / SH228 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Jarvis, Capt. Robert Edward Colborne, 2nd Battn. (South Hampshire) Regt., MR6, SH133, SH228 [= Bt. Maj.], HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13, Bde. Major 1st Bde. (Macphersons)
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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