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
Le Messurier
First Names
Augustus
Rank
Maj
Regiment / Department
Royal Engineers (late Bombay Engineers)
Medal Rolls
MR2
Source abbrevs
SH135 / SH190 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
Diary of Major Le Messurier R.E.
Original Text from book
Le Messurier, Maj. Augustus, R.E. (late Bombay Engineers) MR2, SH135, SH190, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; photographer: Kandahar in 1879, p. 252 (2 Sept. 1879): "Took a picture of the cemetery in the citadel."; pub. Kandahar in 1879, being the Diary of Major Le Messurier, R.E., London: W.M. Allen & Co., 1880 [some sources use single "s" in surname (Ed.)]
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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