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
Sanford
First Names
George Edward Langham Somerset
Rank
Bt Lt Col
Regiment / Department
Royal Engineers (Bengal Sappers and Miners) / Asst Qr Mr Gen Peshawar Field Force
Medal Rolls
MR2
Source abbrevs
SH143/ SH190 HAAL79/ HAAL80/ HAAL81/ HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo REI / DOV album
Original Text from book
Sanford, Bt. Lt. Col. George Edward Langham Somerset, R.E. (Bengal Sappers and Miners) Asst. Qr. Mr. Gen. Peshawar Field Force, MR2 [= Sandford] SH143, SH190. HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; photo REI class 779 no. 18 acc. no. 7751 DOV album 4/4, p. 49
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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