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
Sibley
First Names
Thomas Harmer
Rank
Lt Col and Bt Col
Regiment / Department
Bengal Staff Corps
Medal Rolls
MR9
Source abbrevs
SH144/ HAAL79/ HAAL80/ HAAL81/ HAAL82
Original Text from book
Sibley, Lt. Col. and Bt. Col. Thomas Harmer, B.S.C., Deputy Commissary Gen., Commissariat Department, MR9, Kandahar Field Force, SH144 [= Maj. Gen.] HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82, retired as Maj.-Gen.
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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