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
Spratt
First Names
Francis/Frederick Thomas Nelson
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
Royal Engineers (Bengal Sappers and Miners)
Medal Rolls
MR2 / MR13
Source abbrevs
SH144 / SH190 / HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Bibliography / Text abbrevs
photo NAM / Burke / MacGregor War in Afghanistan
Original Text from book
Spratt, Lieut. Francis/Frederick Thomas Nelson, R.E. (Bengal Sappers and Miners) Asst. Field Engineer, Kurram Valley Field Force. MR2, SH144, SH190, HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82 [HAAL= Frederick]; Kabul-Kandahar Field Force, Aug.-Sept. 1880, MR13; photo NAM (neg. 6225) Burke 231, MacGregor, War in Afghanistan, p. 162, Burke 231
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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