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
Joseph Barnard
Rank
Maj
Regiment / Department
Bengal Staff Corps
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
SH144 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Smith, Maj. Joseph Barnard, B.S.C., Officiating/Deputy Asst. Commissary Gen., 1st Div. Peshawar Valley Field Force, 20 Nov. 1878 - 15 Jan. 1879, with Khyber Line Force April-Sept. 1880, MR8 (2 refs.) SH144 [= Bt. Lt.-Col.] 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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