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
Ross
First Names
John
Rank
Maj Gen Sir
Regiment / Department
Infantry Force Commander
Medal Rolls
MR7 / MR13
Source abbrevs
SH142 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
Robson Road to Kabul / photo NAM / Burke
Original Text from book
Ross, Maj. Gen. Sir John (1829 1905) MR7 (2 refs.) Commanded the Infantry of the Force at the Battle of Kandahar, 1 Sept. 1880, SH142, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; Commanding Infantry, Kabul Kandahar Field Force, Aug. Sept. 1880, MR13; mil. service Robson, Road to Kabul, p. 285; photo NAM (neg. 6192) Burke 254, (neg. 6193) Burke 263
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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