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
Stewart
First Names
Lt Gen Sir
Rank
Donald Martin
Regiment / Department
Bengal Staff Corps
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
SH145 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
Robson Road to Kabul / photo NAM / B Simpson / Ellis / Templar and Auchinleck Army in India / G R Elsmie Field Marshall Sir Donald Stewart an Account of His Life
Original Text from book
Stewart, Lt.-Gen. Sir Donald Martin (1824-1900) B.S.C., MR8 (2 refs.) Commanding Southern Afghanistan Field Force till April 1880, subsequently Commanded Forces in Northern Afghanistan and during withdrawal to India in Aug. 1880, SH145 [= Gen.] HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; mil. service Robson, Road to Kabul, p. 285; photo NAM (neg. 46636) B. Simpson 63 (?), Ellis no. 8, Robson, Road to Kabul, 11th p. pls. fol. p. 156, Templar and Auchinleck, Army in India, p. 21; biog. by G.R. Elsmie, Field-Marshall Sir Donald Stewart: an Account of His Life, Mainly in His Own Words, London: John Murray, 1903
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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