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
Smyth
First Names
Robert Edward Seymour
Rank
Capt
Regiment / Department
General List Bengal Infantry 15th (The Loodianah) Regt Benqal (NI) Native Infantry
Medal Rolls
MR8 / MR14
Source abbrevs
SH144 / SH273 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo Ellis
Original Text from book
Smyth, Capt. Robert Edward Seymour, General List, Bengal Infantry, 15th (The Loodianah) Regt. Benqal N.I., MR8 (2 refs.) SH144, SH273 [= Maj.] HAAL:79, HAAL:80 and HAAL:81 [Index: s.v. Smith; Smyth under regt.] HAAL:82; Kabul-Kandahar Field Force, Aug.-Sept. 1880, MR14; photo Ellis no 152
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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