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
Hensman
First Names
Mr
Rank
Howard
Regiment / Department
Special Correspondent
Medal Rolls
MR11
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
pubThe Afghan War of 1879 80
Original Text from book
Hensman, Mr. Howard, Special Correspondent for The Pioneer (Allahabad) and The Daily Mail (London), covering second phase of war only; present by special permission of Maj. Gen. Sir Frederick S. Roberts [who expected favorable reports (Ed.)]; Special Correspondent, MR11, correspondence indicates medal refused him, but that Maj. Gen. F.S. Roberts interceded, outcome unrec.; pub.The Afghan War of 1879 80, London: W.H. Allen, 1881
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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