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
Nicholson
First Names
William Gustavus
Rank
Capt
Regiment / Department
Royal Engineers (Bengal Sappers and Miners)
Medal Rolls
MR2 / MR13
Source abbrevs
SH138 / SH190 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo NAM / Burke / REI album
Original Text from book
Nicholson, Capt. William Gustavus, R.E. (Bengal Sappers and Miners) with Kurram Valley Field Force, MR2, SH138, SH190, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13; photo NAM (neg. 6188) Burke 207, (neg. 6189) Burke 209; photo REI album group 6/44, p. 43 (Burke 208)
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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