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
Lyster
First Names
Henry John
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
No 3 (Peshawar) (Mtn Batt) Mountain Battery PFF
Medal Rolls
MR3 / MR8 / MR13
Source abbrevs
SH180 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Lyster, Lieut. Henry John, R.A., No. 3 (Peshawar) Mtn. Batt., P.F.F.; No. 2 (Derajat) Mtn. Batt., P.F.F., MR3, MR8, served with Kandahar Field Force, Quetta Column, in advance and capture of Kandahar, and subsequently employed in reconnaissance toward Girishk in 1878-1879 [1879-1880 ?] SH180 [= Capt.] HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; 1st Subaltern, No. 2 (Derajat) Mtn. Batt., P.F.F., Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13
Transcriber remarks
[RA] Royal Artillery / [PFF] Punjab Frontier or Field Force
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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