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
Charles Hugh Manners
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
3rd Regt Sikh Infantry PFF
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
SH144 / SH310 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo NAM / Burke / B&S / MacGregor War in Afghanistan
Original Text from book
Smith, Lieut. Charles Hugh Manners, B.S.C., 3rd Regt. Sikh Infantry, P.F.F.,MR8 (2 refs.) Deputy Asst. Qr.-Mr. Gen., attached to Survey Department Kurram Valley Pield Force [but moved on to Kabul for 2nd phase (Ed.)] SH144, SH310, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; photo NAM (nef. 6180) Burke 164 1/2, (neg. 6192) Burke 254, (neg. 6193) Burke 263, (neg. 6213) Burke 176, (neg. 6225) Burke 231, NAM 5504-42, p. 18, B&S 61, MacGregor, War in Afghanistan, p. 162, Burke 231 [surname more frequently given as Manners Smith, q.v.]
Transcriber remarks
[BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / [PFF] Punjab Frontier or Field Force
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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