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
Maj
Rank
Hopton Scott
Regiment / Department
2nd Div Southern Afghanistan Field Force
Medal Rolls
MR11
Source abbrevs
HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Stewart, Maj. Hopton Scott, M.S.C., Communications, 2nd Div. Southern Afghanistan Field Force, under Gen. Henderson; crossed frontier 13 Sept. 1880, MR11; 3rd Regt. Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent, 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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