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
Gordon
First Names
Benjamin Lumsden
Rank
Lt Col and Bt col
Regiment / Department
Royal Artillery (late Madras Artillery)
Medal Rolls
MR3
Source abbrevs
SH128 / SH185 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo NAM / Burke / B&S 72 / MacGregor War in Afghanistan / Robson Road to Kabul
Original Text from book
Gordon, Lt.-Col. and Bt. Col. Benjamin Lumsden, R.A. (late Madras Artillery) MR3, SH128, SH185, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; photo NAM (neg. 6173 & 6378) Burke 216), (neg. 6180) Burke 164½, (neg. 6181) Burke 161½, (neg. 6190) Burke 186, (neg. 6193) Burke 263, (neg. 26349) B&S 72, NAM 6510-212, p.3, Burke 161, MacGregor, War in Afghanistan, p. 164, Burke 161½, Robson, Road to Kabul, 12th p. pls. fol. p. 156, Burke 161½
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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