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
Lewes
First Names
Hugh Arthur
Rank
Maj
Regiment / Department
5th Regt Bengal N (Light) I
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
SH267 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
misc papers NAM
Original Text from book
Lewes, Maj. Hugh Arthur, B.S.C., 5th Regt. Bengal N. (Light) I., MR8 (2 refs.) Kurram Line 1879 1880, SH267 [= Lt. Col.] HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; misc. papers NAM acc. no. 7808 31
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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