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
Sparling
First Names
James Philip
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
5th Regt Punjab Infantry PFF
Medal Rolls
MR9
Source abbrevs
SH314 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82 / HAAL79
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo NAM / Burke
Original Text from book
Sparling, Lieut. James Philip, B.S.C., 5th Regt. Punjab Infantry, P.F.F., MR9, SH314, HAAL:80 [Index: for p. 429, read p. 428] HAAL:81, HAAL:82; 2nd Battn. 67th Regt. Foot, HAAL:79; photo NAM (neg. 6209) Burke 198
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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