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
Dove
First Names
Horatio
Rank
Capt
Regiment / Department
Royal Engineers (Bengal Sappers and Miners)
Medal Rolls
MR2 / MR8
Source abbrevs
SH186 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82 /
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo REI / Scott Moncrieff Canals Campaigns
Original Text from book
Dove, Capt. Horatio, R.E. (Bengal Sappers and Miners) MR2, MR8, SH186, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82, Asst. Field Engineer, Afghan Field Force; photo REI class 779 no. 18 acc. no. 7751 album 4/5, p. 2, and class 779 (581) album 6/6, p. 46, and album group 6/44, p. 44, Scott Moncrieff, Canals & Campaigns, p. 49 (at Safed Sang)
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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