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
Swetenham
First Names
Lieut
Rank
Henry Harvey
Regiment / Department
21st (Punjab) Regt Bengal NI
Medal Rolls
MR9
Died / Killed / KIA
6 Jun 1880
Source abbrevs
HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81
Original Text from book
Swetenham, Lieut. Henry Harvey, B.S.C., 21st (Punjab) Regt. Bengal N.I., MR9, d. England 6 June 1880, SH277 [= Sweetenham] HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, p. 657 (deceased)
Transcriber remarks
[BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / [NI] Native Infantry / [d] died. Also listed in Annex 2, MORTALITY. Trousdale The British in Afghanistan 1878-1881.
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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