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
Robertson
First Names
Edmund Elliott
Rank
2nd Lieut promoted to Lieut
Regiment / Department
1st Battn 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt
Medal Rolls
MR6 / MR13
Source abbrevs
SH233 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo NAM / Burke / B&S
Original Text from book
Robertson, 2nd Lieut. (promoted to Lieut.) Edmund Elliott, 1st Battn. 72nd (Duke of Albanys Own Highlanders) Regt., MR6, SH233, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13; photo NAM (neg. 6183) Burke 232, (neg. 28806) B&S 100
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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