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
Edward Arthur
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
2nd Subaltern No 2 (Derajat) Mtn Batt PFF
Medal Rolls
MR3 / MR13 / MR14
Source abbrevs
SH181 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo NAM / Burke / B&S
Original Text from book
Smith, Lieut. Edward Arthur, R.A., 2nd Subaltern No. 2 (Derajat) Mtn. Batt., P.F.F., MR3, SH181, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; Kabul-Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13, MR14 [struck out]; photo NAM (neg. 6190) Burke 186, NAM 5504-42, p. 32, B&S 80
Transcriber remarks
[RA] Royal Artillery / [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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