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
Hobday
First Names
Capt and Bt Maj
Rank
Thomas Francis
Regiment / Department
Officiating Deputy Asst Commissary Gen Southern Afghanistan Field Force
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
SH132 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Hobday, Capt. and Bt. Maj. Thomas Francis, B.S.C., Officiating Deputy Asst.Commissary Gen., Southern Afghanistan Field Force, subsequently Chief Commissariat Officer at Kandahar, MR8 (2 refs.) SH132, [= F.T.], 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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