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
Bolton
First Names
Harry John
Rank
Lieut (Probationer)
Regiment / Department
4th Goorkha Regt
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR9 / MR14
Source abbrevs
SH297 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo NAM / Burke
Original Text from book
Bolton, Lieut. Harry John, B.S.C. (Probationer) 4th Goorkha Regt., MR9, SH297, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81 (from 60th Regt. Foot) 4th Goorkha Regt., HAAL:82; Kabul-Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR14; photo NAM (neg. 6203) Burke 297
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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