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
Batten
First Names
Alan Coddington
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
2nd Regt (Punjab) Cavalry PFF
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR9 / MR14
Source abbrevs
SH301 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Ellis
Original Text from book
Batten, Lieut. Alan Coddington, B.S.C., 2nd Regt. Punjab Cavalry, P.F.F., MR9 [= Sub Lieut.] SH301, HAAL:79, 34th (The Cumberland) Regt. HAAL:80, HAAL:81, 34th (The Cumberland) Regt., 2nd Regt. Punjab Cavalry, P.F.F., HAAL:82, B.S.C., 2nd Regt. Punjab Cavalry, P.F.F.; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept.1880, MR14, attached 9th (The Queenss Royal) Lancers [MR14= Sub Lieut.]; photo Ellis no. 71
Transcriber remarks
[BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / [PFF] Punjab Frontier or Field Force
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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