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
Pemberton
First Names
Sholto Edmons/Edmonstone
Rank
Capt promoted to Maj
Regiment / Department
Royal Artillery
Medal Rolls
MR3 / MR9
Died / Killed / KIA
deceased
Source abbrevs
SH140 / SH184 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Pemberton, Capt. (promoted to Maj.) Sholto Edmons/ Edmonstone R.A. (late Bengal Artillery) Ordnance Field Park, 2nd Division Kabul Field Force, MR3 (deceased) [date and place unrec.] MR9 [struck out] SH140, SH184, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81 and HAAL:82 [= Edmonstone]
Transcriber remarks
Also listed in Annex 2, MORTALITY. Trousdale The British in Afghanistan 1878 -1881.
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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