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
Nixon
First Names
John Eccles
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
18th Regt. Bengal Cavalry
Medal Rolls
MR8
Source abbrevs
SH139 / SH265 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82 / HAAL79
Original Text from book
Nixon, Lieut. John Eccles, B.S.C., 18th Regt. Bengal Cavalry, MR8 (2 Refs.) SH139, SH265, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; Lieut. 25th (The Kings Own Borderers) Regt., HAAL:79
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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