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
Rivas
First Names
Vincent
Rank
Capt promoted to Maj
Regiment / Department
4th Regt Sikh Infantry PFF
Medal Rolls
MR8 / MR8
Source abbrevs
SH142 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Rivas, Capt. (promoted to Maj.) Vincent, B.S.C., 4th Regt. Sikh Infantry, P.F.F., MR8 (2 refs.) Deputy Asst. Adjt. and Qr. Mr. Gen. Punjab Chiefs Contingent, SH142, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82 [MR8 V.C. notation in error (Ed.)]
Transcriber remarks
[BSC] Bengal Staff Corps / [PFF] Punjab Frontier Force / [VC] Victoria Cross
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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