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
Baker
First Names
Thomas Durand
Rank
Col and Brig Gen Sir
Regiment / Department
18th (The Royal Irish) Regt
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR7 / MR8 / MR13
Source abbrevs
SH118 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
Robson The Road to Kabul / photo NAM / MacGregor War in Afghanistan / MS letters NAM
Original Text from book
Baker, Col. and Brig. Gen. Sir Thomas Durand (1837 93) Staff, MR7, 18th (The Royal Irish) Regt., MR8, MR13, SH118, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82 [Index: delete ref. to p. 441]; Commanding 2nd Infantry Bde., Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13; mil. service, Robson, The Road to Kabul, p. 284; photo NAM (neg. 6181) Burke 161 1/2, NAM 6510 212, p. 3, Burke 161, MacGregor, War in Afghanistan, p. 164, Burke 161 1/2, Robson, The Road to Kabul, 12th p. pls. fol. p. 156, Burke 161 1/2; MS letters NAM acc. no. 7804 25
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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