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
Neill
First Names
Andrew Henry Spencer
Rank
Capt
Regiment / Department
Squadron Commander 1st Regt. The Central lndia Horse
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
SH138 / SH315 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo NAM
Original Text from book
Neill, Capt. Andrew Henry Spencer, B.S.C., Squadron Commander 1st Regt. The Central lndia Horse, trans. to Staff Corps 17 March 1877, SH138, SH315 [= Maj.] A.D.C. to Maj- Gen. John Watson, V.C., Kurram Valley; subsequently Road Commandant, 2nd phase, MR8 (3 refs.) HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; photo NAM (neg. 3359)
Transcriber remarks
[BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / [ADC] Aide de Camp / [VC] Victoria Cross
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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