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
Lockhart
First Names
William Stephen Alexander
Rank
Lt Col
Regiment / Department
Bengal Infantry
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
SH135 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82 / BACSA
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo NAM / Burke / MacGregor War in Afghanistan / Robson Road to Kabul / Templar and Auchinleck Army in India / Chowkidar [BACSA] / biog Soldier of the Queen Empress Hunstanton
Original Text from book
Lockhart, Lt. Col. William Stephen Alexander, Bengal Infantry, MR8 (2 refs.) Asst. Qr. Mr. Gen., SH135, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; photo NAM (neg. 6180) Burke 164½, (neg. 6181) Burke 161½, (neg. 6225) Burke 231, NAM 6510 212, p. 3, Burke 161, MacGregor, War in Afghanistan, p. 162, Burke 251, p. 164, Burke 161½, Robson, Road to Kabul, 12th p. pls. fol. p. 156, Burke 161½, Templar and Auchinleck, Army in India, p. 24. He served as Assist. Qr-Mr. Gen. with the Kabul Field Force 1879-1880, Chowkidar, [Journal of] The British Association For Cemeteries in South Asia, vol. 13, no. 2 Autumn 2012, p. 41; biog. Martin Smith, General Sir William Stephen Alexander Lockhart: Soldier of the Queen Empress, Hunstanton: Witley Press Ltd. 2011
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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