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
Smith
First Names
Alexander
Rank
Deputy Surg Gen
Regiment / Department
Army Medical Department (Bengal)
Medal Rolls
MR7
Source abbrevs
SH144 / SH249 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Ellis
Original Text from book
Smith, Deputy Surg.-Gen. Alexander, M.D., Army Medical Department (Bengal) MR7, Principal Medical Officer, Kandahar Field Force during whole campaign; Principal Medical Officer Ghazni Field Force on Lt.- Gen. D. Stewart march Kandahar-Kabul; Officiating Surg.-Gen. and Principal Medical Officer Northern Afghanistan Field Force during during campaign 1879-1880 [from Stewart arrival at Kabul until withdrawal to India Aug. 1880] SH144, SH249 [= Surg.-Gen.] HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; photo Ellis no. 15
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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