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
Ridgeway
First Names
Joseph West
Rank
Capt promoted to Maj
Regiment / Department
Bengal Infantry
Medal Rolls
MR8 / MR14
Source abbrevs
SH142 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo NAM / Burke
Original Text from book
Ridgeway, Capt. (promoted to Maj.) Joseph West, General List, Bengal Infantry, Political Officer, Kabul area, with Kabul Kandahar Field Force, served Jan. Aug. 1880, MR8 (2 refs.) SH142 [= Bt. Lt. Col.] HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR14, Capt., Political Officer (2 refs.); photo NAM (neg. 6169) Burke 199, (neg. 6231) Burke 163 [surname sometimes West Ridgeway]
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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