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
Burlton
First Names
Newton Robert
Rank
Maj
Regiment / Department
Deputy Asst Commissary Gen Actg Commissary Gen and Chief Commissariat Officer
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR8 [2 refs]
Source abbrevs
SH121 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Burlton, Maj. Newton Robert, B.S.C., Deputy Asst. Commissary Gen., Actg. Commissary Gen. and Chief Commissariat Officer 2nd Div. Kabul Field Force 17 April Sept. 1879, subsequently with Kurram Valley Field Force and Khyber Line Force, MR8 (2 refs.) SH121, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82
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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