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
Hills
First Names
Lt Col
Rank
John
Regiment / Department
Royal Engineers (late Bombay Engineers)
Medal Rolls
MR2
Source abbrevs
SH132 / SH190 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
pub The Bombay Field Force
Original Text from book
Hills, Lt. Col. John, R.E. (late Bombay Engineers) MR2, SH132, SH190, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; pub. The Bombay Field Force, 1880. London: Brimley Johnson, 1900
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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