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
St John
First Names
Oliver Beauchamp Coventry
Rank
Maj and Bt Lt Col
Regiment / Department
Royal Engineers (Bengal Sappers and Miners)
Medal Rolls
MR2 / MR8
Source abbrevs
SH143/ SH190/ HAAL79/ HAAL80/ HAAL81/ HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
Robson Road to Kabul / Cane Kandahar Letters
Original Text from book
St. John, Maj. and Bt. Lt. Col. Oliver Beauchamp Coventry (1837 1891) R.E. (Bengal Sappers and Miners) MR2, MR8, Political Department, Southern Afghanistan, SH143, SH190, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; mil. service Robson, Road to Kabul, p. 286; remarks on, by Cane, �Kandahar Letters,� p. 152
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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