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
King
First Names
Robert Ambrose Cecil
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
No 3 (Peshawar) Mtn Batt PFF
Medal Rolls
MR3 / MR8
Source abbrevs
SH179 / HAAL79 and HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
King, Lieut. Robert Ambrose Cecil, No 3 (Peshawar) Mtn. Batt., P.F.F., MR3, MR8, commanded Div. of Batt. in operations in Pishin Valley, SH179, HAAL:79 and HAAL:80 [= 3rd Bde. R.A.] 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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