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
Perkins
First Names
Aeneas
Rank
Lt Col
Regiment / Department
Royal Engineers (late Bengal Engineers) (Bengal Sappers and Miners)
Medal Rolls
MR2 / MR13
Source abbrevs
SH140 / SH190 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo NAM / Burke / REI album / MacGregor War in Afghanistan / Robson Road to Kabul
Original Text from book
Perkins, Lt. Col. Aneas, R.E. (late Bengal Engineers) (Bengal Sappers and Miners) MR2, SH140, SH190, HAAL:79, Commanding R.E. Kurram Valley Field Force, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13; photo NAM (neg. 6055) Burke 191, (neg. 6180) Burke 164-1/2, (neg. 6181) Burke 161-1/2, (neg. 6188) Burke 207, (neg. 6189) Burke 209, (neg. 6374) Burke 190, NAM 6510 212, p. 3, Burke 161; photo REI album group 6/44, p. 42, p. 43, Burke 208, MacGregor, War in Afghanistan, p. 164, Burke 161-1/2, Robson, Road to Kabul, 12 p. pls. fol. p. 156, Burke 161-1/2
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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