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
Adams
First Names
James William
Rank
Rev
Regiment / Department
Bengal Ecclesiastical Establishment
Medal Rolls
MR6 / MR8 / MR14
Source abbrevs
SB259 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82 / F155
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
Parry / Creagh and Humphris, The Victoria Cross / NAM (negs) / Burke / B&S / MacGregor War in Afghanistan/ Robson Road to Kabul / Templer & Auchin-leck / The Graphic / RVC
Original Text from book
Adams, Rev. James William, B.A., V.C., Bengal Ecclesiastical Establishment, MR6, 4th Battn. The Prince Consorts Own Rifle Brigade [struck out] MR8 (2 refs.) Chaplain, Church of England, Bengal Ecclesiastical Establishment, SB259, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81 and HAAL:82 [= James Williams] F155; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR14, Senior Chaplain (2 refs.); ref. Parry, pp. 220-21, 293; biog. and photo Creagh and Humphris, The Victoria Cross, pp. 98-99; photo NAM (neg. 6180) Burke 164-1/2, (neg. 6181) Burke 161-1/2, (neg. 23954) B&S 60, NAM 6510 212, p. 3, Burke 161, MacGregor, War in Afghanistan, p. 164, Burke 161-1/2, Robson, Road to Kabul, 12th p. pls. fol. p. 156, Burke 161-1/2, Templer & Auchin-leck, p. 20; engraving The Graphic 14 Feb. 1880, p. 149 (not identified), The Graphic 15 May 1880, pp. 500 501 (not identified; the two engravings from The Graphic are repro-duced in MacGregor, War in Afghanistan, pp. 115, 143, RVC, p. 5, no. 6
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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