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
Selby
First Names
Henry Oliphant
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
Royal Engineers (Bombay Sappers and Miners)
Medal Rolls
MR2 /MR7
Source abbrevs
SH143/ SH190/ HAAL79/ HAAL80/ HAAL81/ HAAL82
Original Text from book
Selby, Lieut. Henry Oliphant, R.E. (Bombay Sappers and Miners) MR2, MR7 (2 refs.) crossed frontier 22 Aug. 1880, employed on Communications and Signalling at Kandahar SH143, SH190 [= Capt.] HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82
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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