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
Pole
First Names
Reginald
Rank
Carew Lieut and Capt
Regiment / Department
1st Battalion Coldstream Guards
Medal Rolls
MR7 / MR13
Source abbrevs
SH141 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo NAM / Burke / MacGregor War in Afghanistan
Original Text from book
Pole Carew, Lieut. and Capt. Reginald, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, MR7 (2 refs.) SH141, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; Staff, Extra A.D.C. to Maj. Gen. Sir F.S. Roberts, Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13; photo NAM (neg. 6180) Burke 164-1/2, (neg. 6226) Burke 228, MacGregor, War in Afghanistan, p. 168, Burke 228
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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